Senior Financial Analyst

ABB•Byhalia, MS

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Financial Analyst for Distribution, you will provide financial and control expertise to the Electrification Installation Products (ELIP), benchmarking KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) while working with other finance professionals to understand the drivers of financial performance, identifying trends relevant to the business. Reporting to the Distribution Business Controller, you will be a part of the ELIP Finance/Accounting team supporting the Byhalia, MS and Phoenix, AZ Distribution Center sites. You will be responsible to perform support activities within General Accounting, Financial Analysis, Reporting & Consolidation in line with defined strategies, policies, and procedures. The work model for this role is hybrid (#LI-Hybrid) out of the Byhalia, MS Distribution Center.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related fields and minimum 5 years of experience in controlling or financial analysis, financial operations or internal controls
General accounting knowledge in financial statements, cashflow, inventories, reconciliations, and internal controls
Good communication skills and ability to work with teams spread out geographical.
Change management experience.
Must have advanced proficiency with MS Office, particularly with Excel.
High motivation to work in dynamic environment with orientation towards process improvement/simplification with ability to work effectively in a team environment.
Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and confidence in information produced adhering to strict deadlines.
Experience using multiple tools including SAP, ERPs, Power BI
Demonstrated critical thinking capability is required conducting financial analysis, effective problem solving and performing root cause analysis.
Ability to work in a collaborate team environment with excellent verbal and written communication skills in English is required.
Business oriented mindset to support team and business development.
Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

Responsibilities

Ensuring timely and efficient communication with controllers and the Finance/Accounting team to identify and discuss issues and suggestions for improvement.
Month end activities to include (but not limited to): account analyses, account reconciliations, journal entry creation, posting and review, inventory analyses, balance reconciliations.
Assisting in the preparation of financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
Financial compliance reporting to include monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews.
Fixed asset monitoring, analysis, review, and reporting is critical for ABB at this current time, along with Capital Expenditure projects.
Communicating information to relevant stakeholder groups to support corrective action plans.
Optimizing performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions, eliminating duplication, and coordinating information requirements.
Establishing and overseeing processes and tools to obtain transparent and reliable financial data and business information.

Benefits

Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
Vision benefit
Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
Employee Assistance Program
Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
Employee discount program
401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.