Senior Financial Analyst
CurrentProviding financial and technical expertise across many different areas within the finance organization. Pivoting throughout areas such as product development business units, the sales organization, manufacturing, and cost accounting to successfully facilitate financial partnerships that move the business forward. Business Unit Partnership:• Manage business unit financials, including P&L budgeting, presenting monthly product line reviews, creation of business cases, forecasting, sales/margin analysis, and various ad hoc requirements• Support product development’s PMO by organizing and measuring project prioritization using NPV, PI, and project management matrices • Creation of Power BI dashboards utilizing DAX and M to automate reports saving 500 hours annually Sales Organization Partnership:• Facilitated Global Sales & Marketing departments’ budgeting by organizing expenses for analysis, identifying areas of variance, and communicating VP budget revisions• Report on market share trends to highlight health of the business, as well as competitive challenges • Create promotional and price exception analyses to determine breakeven quantity growth and highlight costsCost Accounting:• Develop annual cost rates and analyze throughout the year providing commentary on under/over applied variance• Constructed initial E&O analysis for inventory acquired from a new subsidiary company’s asset purchase• Produce various inventory and operational presentations, reports, and analysis to deliver to VPs and managers and drive action towards financial improvement• Organize and prepare journal entries, analyze balance sheet reconciliations, and create financial commentary