Financial Analyst

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Job Description:

The Financial Analyst is responsible for the development, financial analysis, reporting (to HQ in Irvine, CA and Japan) and support to approve all cost and investment expenditures. Substantiates value for all G&A (general and administrative expenses) and manufacturing costs by understanding business objectives and examining financial data to assist with business decisions. The Financial Analyst will work with all company divisions to ensure that costs and investments are effective.

The Financial Analyst administers all aspects of Oracle’s Hyperion Financial Planning platform and Essbase, an object-oriented database that provides users with multidimensional analysis capabilities. Coordinates monthly reviews of financial results. Provides budgets, forecasts and variance analysis for cost elements.

 

 

Manage & Report Costs 60%

  • Manages control (CO) environment for SAP R3, which issues new budget codes and creates cost centers, manages organizational budget structure and maintains transaction reports and capital budgets.
  • Works with Manager to development and integrate the annual operations budget and monthly forecasts.
  • Quantitative reporting (forecasts / actuals / budgets) using Opex and Capex expenses back po HQ (Irvine, CA) and Parent company (Mazda Japan) and provides both locations with supporting schedules
  • Reports cash demands (related to the manufacturing functions) to the treasury department at HQ in Irvine, CA for company cash flow forecasts.
  • Provides necessary divisional support including financial consultations and guidance, establishes expense targets, presents status updates on the budgets, updates management on potential budget issues and offers benchmark updates and cost containment strategies.
  •  Partners with divisions to help achieve their financial goals and establish an annual budget.  Plans future strategic objectives and contingencies to offset risks and define strategies used to achieve goals.

 

Hyperion Administration 10%

  • Maintains, updates, and improves the financial reporting system (Hyperion). 
  • Acts as a resource to the finance organization by providing system and process related support for budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting. 
  • Works with business partners to develop process and system improvements.
  • Tests new solutions and functions in Hyperion.

 

Cost Analysis 30%

  • Establishes controls to assure cost containment is within budget or identifies cost over-runs; including reviewing / analyzing costs, committed costs (monthly an annually) and forecasts annual costs. 
  • Recommends any cost savings opportunities or cost reductions to offset risk.
  • Approves purchase orders and ensures they are within compliance with procurement guidelines and adheres to budget and forecast.
  • Modifies existing format and data source (G/L) in order to provide weekly short term CAPEX cash forecasts.
  • Works with manager to review workflow (Apttus system) queues for Huntsville project relating contracts and purchase order requests.
  • Identifies and develops predictive analytics for manufacturing activities and collates data against relevant PPI indexes in order to understand external driver impacts.

 

Qualifications and Other Requirements:

 

Education (Minimum):

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or other related field; or equivalent combination of education, training and/or work experience in lieu of degree, is required.

 

Master’s degree preferred.

 

Required Experience:

Minimum two (2) years of experience in financial operations.

  • Experience in finance highly desired,
  • Understanding and experience in the automotive industry preferred.
     

 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

  • High level of computer literacy and business systems: Hyperion, SAP R/3, SAP Business Planning, Regression Analysis and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition / Business Objects (Especially SAP and Hyperion) are strongly preferred. 
  • Strong user of Microsoft Office Suite (especially Microsoft Excel, Outlook and Access).
  • Analytical and conceptual thinking using logic, reasoning, creative and strategic thinking.
  • High level of problem-solving skills and research/analytical abilities.
  • Proactive approach to analytical activities.
  • Effective communication, both written and verbal.
  • Strong ability to multi-task and perform under pressure.
  • Ability to prioritize, organize and complete tasks in accordance with established standards and deadlines.
  • Ability to concisely summarize the results of financial analysis, explain the meaning and implication in varying levels of detail depending on the audience

 

Training/Certifications:

  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA) or MBA is highly desired.

 

Travel:

 

Domestic: 10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come work with us at our exciting new facility, in the growing city of Huntsville Alabama. Huntsville is in Madison County and is one of the best places to live in Alabama and the 11th best place to live in America. Huntsville offers a vibrant community with a mixture of high-tech ventures, cultural diversity, and is the #1 most affordable place to live in the U.S. in 2019 out of 125 most populous metro areas.

 

https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/

 

 

Pay Range:

$83,300.00-$120,800.00

Salary to be determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Learn more about MNAO’s comprehensive benefits package here

 

 

Organisation: 
Mazda USA