Senior Financial Analyst

A. O. Smith Corporation • Ashland City, TN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

A.O. Smith is a global leader applying innovative technologies and energy-efficient solutions to products manufactured and marketed worldwide. The company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment and boilers, as well as a manufacturer of water treatment products for residential and light commercial applications. A. O. Smith is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with approximately 12,000 employees at operations in the United States, Canada, China, India, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.Primary FunctionPrimary focus for this role is Wholesale & Export FP&A (~70-80%) with the remaining time split across NPD financial support, industry data management, ad-hoc reporting and KPI support.  FP&A duties include budgeting, reporting and end-to-end analysis of the Wholesale (Residential & Commercial) channels and the Export segment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or related discipline
• 5-8+ years of progressive financial analysis experience with advanced analytical skills and exposure to accounting systems
• Demonstrated ability to influence business partners without direct authority
• Proficient in collecting, organizing, analyzing, modeling and summarizing significant amounts of information quickly, accurately and timely
• Strong attention to detail, documentation and high organization skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to communicate with all levels of the organization including senior leadership
• Ability to work with and maintain the integrity of confidential information
• Ability to work independently and as a team to meet strict deadlines while balancing priorities
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Working knowledge of financial and accounting systems – SAP BI/BPC/Onestream experience a plus
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint.  Tableau experience a plus

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree and/or CPA/CMA preferred
• Experience in a manufacturing company also a plus

Responsibilities

• Budget, report, and analyze Wholesale Residential, Wholesale Commercial and Export SBU financial projections and results
• Prepare and present executive-level financial summaries, variance bridges (price/volume/mix/cost) and business insights to senior leadership for the Wholesale & Export SBUs.
• Assist in operational excellence initiatives such as forecast accuracy improvement, margin analysis standardization and finance process optimization (SAP/BPC/OneStream/Tableau).
• Support the A. O. Smith New Product Development (NPD) process by providing financial analyses (P and L impact, balance sheet impact, cash flow, PAR index, payback, other as needed) for specific projects including post-launch performance tracking
• Support NAWH statistical data loads including but not limited to Industry shipment data
• Provide or assist in providing various specific analyses of our Wholesale customers including program (VIP/POP/etc.) evaluation, profitability/upsell strategy and Commercial National Accounts
• Occasionally support plants with individual budgeting and rhythmic reporting (plan templates, plan pre-views, KPIs, etc) while providing high level review comments and analysis for productive inventory
• Other activities as needed or as directed

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits plans which include medical and dental insurance, company-sponsored life insurance, retirement security savings plan, short- and long-term disability programs and tuition assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level