Principal Financial Analyst jobs in Durham, NC

A Snapshot of Your Day (position overview)

As Financial Analyst you will support financial planning and reporting for a company’s business unit. You track a company's financial performance against a plan, analyzing business performance and market conditions to build, forecasts, and helping senior management make tactical and strategic decisions by providing periodic reports!

How You’ll Make an Impact (responsibilities)

• Ensure transparent and comprehensive controlling within the Business Unit, managing key processes such as forecasting, budgeting, month-end closing, and performance reviews, while optimizing KPIs and processes to meet business needs.
• Oversee Month-End Closing activities, ensuring compliance with IFRS standards and maintaining auditable books and records.
• Lead the planning processes, including monthly forecasts and the annual budgeting cycle, to ensure accurate financial planning and alignment with business goals.
• Prepare and deliver monthly controlling reports, including headcount, cost center controlling, productivity, warranty reserves, and new order reports.
• Support balance sheet reconciliations for specific accounts, such as AR, BIE/CIE, and AP, while assisting with internal and external audits.
• Drive digital transformation in controlling by implementing modern tools, enhancing reporting processes, and promoting digitalization initiatives through employee training and project support.

What You Bring (requirements)

• BS/BA degree or higher in accounting, finance, or a related field required.
• 4 years of accounting/finance experience is required.
• Expert-level financial, interpersonal, analytical, and digital literacy required. SAP, Excel, and Alteryx experience preferred.
• Experience in Financial Reporting & Analysis, Budget Planning, and Ad-hoc Analysis ideally in a Multinational Corporate Controlling environment. Must possess the ability and desire to plan, control, and contribute to solving complex problems.
• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About the Team

Grid Technologies

Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. We meet the growing energy demand across 90 countries while ensuring our climate is protected. With more than 94,000 dedicated employees, we not only generate electricity for over 16% of the global community, but we’re also using our technology to help protect people and the environment.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Check out this video to learn more about Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences.

Rewards

• Career growth and development opportunities
• Supportive work culture
• Company paid Health and wellness benefits
• Paid Time Off and paid holidays
• 401K savings plan with company match
• Family building benefits
• Parental leave

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