Sr. Financial Analyst

Brady Corporation•Milwaukee, WI

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About The Position

Brady Corporation is seeking an analytical and strategic finance business partner supporting the Industrial business in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Reporting to the Finance Manager - Americas, the Sr. Financial Analyst works with the broader finance team to provide full profit-and-loss support, accounting and compliance assistance, and financial planning and analysis. The role provides meaningful analysis and insight to support business decision-making and the achievement of business goals, initiatives, and strategies. The position supports accurate accounting and month-end close, compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley controls, financial performance analysis, sales and profitability analytics, and the annual budget process. It partners with commercial functions, leadership, and cost center owners, and takes ownership of accounting for specified programs and compensation plans. The role also contributes to cross-functional initiatives and special projects.

Requirements

Analytical and strategic finance business partnering capabilities.
Experience or capability to support accounting, compliance, and financial planning and analysis activities.
Ability to analyze financial results, identify performance drivers, and communicate variances to regional management.
Ability to develop sales and profitability analytics and assess discretionary spending.
Ability to partner with commercial functions, leadership, and cost center owners.

Responsibilities

Maintain and ensure proper accounting for the business, including working with the India shared service team on month-end closing procedures in accordance with GAAP.
Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley control requirements, including account reconciliations and analytics.
Analyze actual financial results against budget and prior year, identify key performance drivers, and communicate variances to regional management.
Develop analytics to measure sales and profitability, including product-line performance, product mix, promotional activity, customer rebates, and discounts.
Analyze discretionary expenses, including advertising and travel, to assess appropriate spending.
Act as a strategic business partner to the commercial functions within the business.
Own elements of the annual budget process for the Americas businesses.
Work with leadership and cost center owners to establish targets aligned with overall sales and profitability expectations.
Own proper accounting for distributor programs, deferred revenue, warranty programs, royalty programs, and sales-team incentive compensation plans.
Adhere to Brady accounting policies in accordance with GAAP.
Document and follow standard processes and procedures.
Identify opportunities to simplify and streamline reporting and other finance obligations.
Participate in multifunctional project teams that evaluate, recommend, and monitor implementation of new initiatives.
Support special projects as needed.