Senior Financial Analyst

nVent • Oshkosh, WI

17d • $76,000 - $141,100 • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. This is a high visibility, critical role supporting our Oshkosh, WI and Kewanee, IL sites and will be the finance business partner to the cross functional leaders. You will be a key finance resource for our facilities, leading financial support for multiple value streams and processes. You will play a key role in making sure that the sites achieve their productivity and inventory related financial goals, while also leading core financial processes for the plants. You will proactively participate in key operations analysis and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance related field required.
• 3+ years of experience in Financial Planning, Operational Finance or Corporate Finance is required.
• At least some manufacturing finance experience is required.
• Proficient in advanced Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of US GAAP required.
• Well organized and can prioritize multiple projects with competing timelines.
• Interpersonal skills that build and maintain excellent relationships and credibility.
• Demonstrates a high level of understanding of how key finance and manufacturing decisions impact the business divisions and forecasted operating results/cash flows.
• Ability to travel up to 15% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with plant standard costing systems is strongly preferred.
• Previous experience working with Percent of Completion Revenue recognition is preferred.
• experience with Tableau, Sievo, and/or OneStream XF is an asset
• familiarity with ERP systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive both cost and cash productivity in the plants partnering with the leadership team to generate top line growth and gross margin expectations.
• Lead and improve our Excess and Obsolete analysis and process.
• Prepare reports on daily, weekly & monthly basis to assist in the tracking and improvement of safety, quality, delivery, cost and cash metrics.
• Lead location inventory and asset reporting, review, and accuracy.
• Drive the development of analytical tools and capabilities to better understand the plants’ manufacturing cost structure.
• Understand and show capability to summarize and communicate clearly value stream and plant financial and operating results in order to measure progress against objectives and to assess the effectiveness of decisions made by plant management team.
• Clearly articulate the drivers of variance, including volume, mix, inflation and productivity.
• Support understanding of Percent of Completion revenue recognition.
• Provide variance analysis of cost center spend vs budget, identifying trends and key cost drivers.
• Participate in and able to lead cross-functional projects focused on driving operational improvements in the plant.
• Lead the month-end close process which includes preparing journal entries and loading results in reporting package tool.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

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