What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst position at Habasit America?
Who is Habasit?
Habasit is the global leader in the manufacturing of lightweight conveyor belting. Our slogan “Solutions in Motion” defines us; we are a provider of world class power-transmission and conveying solutions.
At Habasit, we understand that a global leader is only as good as the people who represent it, and we are always searching for the right people to keep us in motion. We are looking for ambitious individuals, leaders, and students who are ready to help move us forward. If you have a can-do attitude and want to join a world-class organization, read on and apply today!
We offer an attractive place to work and personal development in an empowering work culture. You will benefit from the expertise and oppportunities of a solid global group of companies and the reputation of its products.
Things you should know about Habasit’s opportunities:
- Competitive Salary
- Excellent health insurance benefits which includes a bundled medical dental package
- 401(k) program with up to 6% company match (at 100%)
- Tuition reimbursement (with Manager approval)
- Gym membership reimbursement
- Employee Assistance program
- Referral bonus
SUMMARY
The Senior Business Analyst role is to provide day to day support to the Director of Finance as well as on specific finance and operations projects to support the achievement of strategic goals. The role will have broad interaction with key decision makers across multiple departments and locations.
MAIN TASKS
Forecasting, Planning, Variance Analysis and Control
- Develop a strong understanding of the business environment and key performance drivers
- Creation of high-quality reports, analysis and commentary on performance to assist decision making
- Develop an understanding of existing reporting tools (spreadsheet server and Power BI) and write/troubleshoot reports as requested
- Own the sales forecast process and collaborate with sales team to develop monthly sales forecast and analyze actual results against forecast and prior periods
- Own the department expense forecasting process and collaborate with department owners to develop annual department expense budgets, quarterly forecast updates, and analyze actual results against forecasts and prior periods
- Own the capital expenditure forecasting process and collaborate with project owners to develop annual capital expenditure budgets, quarterly forecast updates, and analyze actuals results against forecasts
- Identify areas for improvement in budgeting and forecasting process
- Own the inbound and outbound logistics cost tracking, reporting, and analysis process
- Ad hoc analysis financial and operations analysis as needed
- Prepare monthly business review presentation and variance analysis data
Month End Close & Accounting
- Prepare various month end accruals such as freight, temp labor, and utility accrual
- Track capital project spending
- Own the capital spending tracker for the Selling Unit, tracking monthly actuals and collaborating with project owners to update forecasted project spending.
- Identify and account for expenses related to annual service contracts
- Review spiral belt installation cost for timing
- Sample expense reclass, reporting, and analysis
- Record product line allocations related to freight and sales deductions
Sales Commissions Calculation
- Calculate sales commission achievement in accordance with approved sales compensation policy
- Create and distribute sales representative monthly commissions statements
Other Responsibilities & Projects
- Partner with capital project owners for business case modelling and decision analysis support
- Review sales margins in Power BI on a weekly basis for unusual margins
- Other project-based work and ad-hoc requests
- Identify opportunities to make processes more efficient and eliminate manual work
- Continual improvement mindset to develop process and reporting improvements
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 3-5 years of business finance, accounting, or other relevant experience
- Experience with data query/data management tools is (Power Query, Power BI, SQL)
- Advanced knowledge of Excel and strong fluency with Excel formulas and functions
- Comprehensive knowledge of business operations finance and IT systems
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Analytical in approach to problem solving with an ability to rapidly identify key issues, to see the big picture and apply the “common sense” test
- The ability to work in a proactive manner both independently and collaboratively as part of a team is essential
- Strong communicator and inter-personal skills with the ability to work with a diverse team in terms of seniority, function, etc.
- Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work accurately with large data volumes and extractions from databases and information systems and drive process improvements to ensure data integrity/accuracy
- Ability to complete assignments independently by collaborating with internal stakeholders, soliciting inputs, and consolidating data, ideas, and thoughts to develop a final proposal or solution
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Physical setting:
- Office
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Suwanee, GA 30024: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Experience:
- Accounting: 3 years (Preferred)
- Microsoft Excel: 3 years (Preferred)
- Power BI: 3 years (Preferred)
Work Location: In person