Financial Analyst - North America FP&A

$80,000 - $90,000/Yr

Danaher - Wood Dale, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Wood Dale, IL

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

As a Finance Analyst for North America, you will play a crucial role in the regional finance team, focusing on financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and commercial business partnering. This position aims to establish FP&A as a key business function that enhances decision-making across departments. You will collaborate closely with the North America commercial team and Corporate FP&A, leveraging strong technical accounting skills and data analysis capabilities to support executive management in making informed financial decisions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance key financial models and performance reports to support executive management decision making.
• Collaborate on full P&L monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting to support monthly forecasting and annual budget processes.
• Upload weekly and monthly financials to reporting system (One Stream) and reconcile to ensure accuracy of corporate deliverables.
• Improve and maintain sales commission plans, modelling and analysis for the regional business.
• Build performance analytics and reports to fulfill on-demand requests and support the commercial and corporate teams.
• Provide weekly and monthly reports related to order booking, shipments, backlog, margin, and operating expenses.
• Develop and improve business analytics through utilizing BI and creating specific reports and providing regional, global, and functional leaders with key operating statistics and variance analysis for budgets, forecasts, and key ratios.
• Assist in the continuous improvement, development, modification, and implementation of financial systems as necessary, including learning and using VES tools.
• Provide a variance to plan analysis on the operating expenses and related countermeasures.
• Develop and enhance data automation in the day-to-day financial reporting and dashboard to drive efficiency and effectiveness.

Requirements

• Excellent Excel spreadsheet and data analysis skills.
• Strong financial analysis skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and an excellent communicator, with the ability to develop relationships and influence at senior levels across the business.
• Demonstrable technical finance ability.
• Qualified/Part Qualified accountant (CIMA, CPA or ACCA).
• Experience of working with FP&A tools (One Stream, Power BI etc.) is an advantage but not essential.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous experience of working with senior non-finance managers is an advantage but not essential.
• Manufacturing experience is an advantage but not essential.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance