Siemens - Buffalo Grove, IL
posted about 2 months ago
As a Financial Analyst at Siemens Building Products, you will play a crucial role in supporting operational transparency and ensuring the accuracy of financial statements, business planning, and performance management. This position is integral to maintaining the quality of financial operations within the Building Products (BP) division, while also meeting the expectations of internal customers. You will leverage your digital skills and process improvement techniques to automate and streamline various tasks, enhancing overall efficiency. Reporting directly to the BP Head of Supply Chain Finance, you will collaborate with key stakeholders across the BP organization both locally and globally. In this role, you will act as a strategic partner to the Manufacturing and Supply Chain Functions, providing insightful analyses that support leadership in decision-making and the execution of financial planning and reporting. Your responsibilities will include assisting in the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, analyzing actual results against these plans and prior performance metrics. You will also be involved in monthly, yearly, and quarterly close activities, which encompass the preparation of financial reports. Additionally, you will support product costing development, implementation, and monthly variance monitoring, while preparing and presenting insightful analyses to aid manufacturing and logistics leadership in their decision-making processes. You will lead or support productivity and efficiency initiatives aimed at driving improved performance, as well as support freight payment processing and monthly accrual entries. Your role will also involve consolidating and building financial plans for the Operations organization, which includes tracking headcount, capital expenses, and supporting cycle count programs and physical inventories. Furthermore, you will partner with cross-functional management teams to develop and deploy innovative modeling, data collection tools, visualizations, and dashboards to streamline business processes and reporting.