Financial Analyst

Maplewood, MO

75,000 - 100,000

10%

In-Office


This is a great opportunity to join a growing company that is going through change. This critical Finance role is instrumental in our growth plans to establish and build a Financial Planning and Analysis and business partner infrastructure. The position is key in building a high performing team that influences and enables profitable, controlled, and sustainable growth, while demonstrating uncompromising integrity, respect, commitment to teamwork, and relentless drive to add value.

Responsibilities:

– Business partner to commercial, operational, and administrative functions to drive value creation
– Analyze the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow and report the results through management discussion and analysis documentation, and monthly meetings
– Prepare forecasts and annual budgets for the global organization
– Maintain KPI’s and business metrics weekly and monthly
– Identify problems and action improvement initiatives from start to completion
– Work with operating sites to find cost savings, efficiency improvements, and implement growth opportunities
– Build, analyze, and assess customer and product level profitability analysis to highlight and action margin improvement and growth strategies
– Assist with optimizing profitability and working capital while educating the business on understanding the financials and how to impact the financials with action
– Prepare Board of Directors, bank, and company communication presentations
– Prepare capital and investment decision analysis to evaluate the ROI and payback
– Involvement in merger and acquisition valuation, diligence, and integration
– Prepare and drive process improvement and efficiency initiatives in finance, including developing more effective ways to evaluate the business and results
– Establish data mining and automation techniques and systems that enable more efficient analysis
– Financial modeling of scenarios to make data driven decisions
– Involvement with the Oracle system implementation
– Prepare and review journal entries for month end close, including financial statement reviews and flux analysis
– Participate in special projects as assigned

Qualifications:

– Bachelor’s and or master’s in finance or advanced degree, and 3-5 years’ experience in a Financial Planning and Analysis role
– Expertise or previous experience in manufacturing a plus
– Advanced Excel, Power BI or Tableau skills, to analyze and assess the health of the business and action financial results
– Project Management and People Management experience, comfortable with change and driving change
– Experience and desire to create, build, and grow an organization
– Positive, hardworking, analytical, strategic thinker, and business partner
– Ability to manage competing priorities and manage up, down, and across for greater focus and results
– Desire to get into the details and ability to present findings and recommendations
– Comfortable working in a fast-paced organization

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