US - Sr Finance Assistant

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Job description

Job title: Finance Assistant
Location: Hybrid (2/3 days onsite and 2/3 days remote) from Framingham MA
Contract on W2 for a duration of 6/12+ months (Possibility for extensions)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or Business
• 3-5 years of experience in the field or in a related field
• Ability to work with, consolidate and clearly present large amounts of data
• Advanced level skills with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint required
• Experience in large ERP systems is preferred
• Advanced data analytics (SQL, Power BI, etc.) is preferred
• Proven capability to communicate professionally in written and verbal format
• Proven capability to work effectively with all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to effectively interface with internal customers and a continuous improvement mindset is required.
• Unwavering support and active promotion of the company core values: Respect, Integrity, Inclusion, Innovation, and Excellence.
• Proficiency in English in required.
• Proficiency in Portuguese and/or Spanish is a strong plus.

Responsible for but not limited to

• Provide financial analysis of sales, price, margin, productivity, ebit, and cash flow.
• Prepare, distribute, and continuously improve financial reporting; organize data into accessible reports and perform various types of analysis using key metrics such as yearly growth, unit growth, price growth, variance analysis, and return on sales.
• Support in the weekly flash reporting process by performing a daily analysis of the sales revenue results and providing detailed estimates for remainder of period using key inputs obtained in SIOP process.
• Support the monthly forecast process with in-depth analysis of results and projections, for both the P&L and Balance Sheet. Analyze trends affecting specific products, regions, or customers to help the business unit make important investment decisions. Analyze the past and present financial data and performance of the organization and estimate future revenues and expenditures.
• Support the monthly forecast, annual plan, and long rang strategic plan by loading relevant data into the financial consolidation system and ERP.
• Support the accounting and controllership teams during the month-end closing process with research, analysis, and issue resolution as needed to ensure accurate financial results are reported.
• Prepare monthly post-close financial reports (MTD. QTD, YTD) to review trending analysis for the P&L and Balance sheet. Identify trends in financial performance and provide recommendations for improvement and contingency plans to achieve results.
• Develop and distribute detailed monthly sales revenue and margin reports and analyze the data accordingly to support company reporting with views by customer, by product, by territory, and more.
• Work closely with the Commercial teams to understand and analyze pipeline opportunities to inform the forecasting and flash processes, with a detailed understanding of risks and opportunities.
• Work closely with the Logistics and Supply teams to manage backlog and inventory inputs and outputs.
• Collaborate with Business, Finance, and HR teams to support, review, and execute Sales incentive plans.
• Support the supply chain ops and product managements teams with ongoing review and analysis of excess and obsolete inventory. Drive actions within the business to avoid financial exposure from inventory write-downs.
• Ad-hoc business unit finance support in the areas of AP, Vendor Management, and OTC/AR including credit and collection decisions and recommendations.
• Support the Customer Experience initiatives to continuously improve the business unit Net Promoter Score by providing direct support to customers and acting as liaison as necessary between the shared services teams and the customers.
• Ad-hoc Controllership support in the areas of internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley testing, and control gap assessments.
• Ad-hoc treasury support in the areas of disbursement decisions and approvals, and bank relationship management.
• Prepare monthly functional reporting packages for key functional stakeholders across the Marketing, Sales, HR, and other functions; review and analyze results with each function regularly to ensure spending is within approved budget and to understand timing of key investments.
• Develop/improve upon existing tools and processes to assist with business analysis and decision making.
• Other projects as needed to support the LenelS2, Onity, an

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