Senior Financial Analyst in Central Point, Oregon at Erickson Incorporated

Position Purpose

Serves as the primary Finance resource to Senior Management, Accounting team and Aerosystems Business Unit by providing financial analyses and recommendations to achieve short-term and long-term strategic plans and operating budgets.

Duties & Responsibilities

· Engages with leadership team in strategic and business planning exercises by identifying, analyzing, and monitoring issues that affect profitability, growth, and performance.

· Compiles, analyzes, interprets, and reports actual results against budget/forecast.

· Identifies trends and explains variances in revenue, COGS, margins, operating expenses and plant/material handling rates.

· Prepares annual budget (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow), quarterly forecasts (as needed), and 5-year plan through cross-functional collaboration with the Plant VP & Directors, Program Managers, Shop leaders, Sales, and Accounting Team.

· Partners with Aerosystems Business Unit team to develop detailed plant hours, inventory, and departmental expense budgets to establish accurate plant and material handling rates. Performs absorption analysis throughout the year.

· Prepares monthly and yearly operating and board reviews in conjunction with senior management including projections, charts, presentations, and executive summary.

· Maintains and updates weekly cash flow model.

· Identifies financial risks and opportunities.

· Creates, prepares, and maintains financial models and Power BI reports to support business exercises.

· Effectively communicates orally and in writing form.

· Ad hoc analysis as required.

Competencies

Safety and Work Environment – Identifies hazardous or potentially hazardous situations and takes appropriate action to maintain a safe and productive work environment for self and others. Follows Guiding Principle “Be Safe”.

Effective Communication – Creates and implements timely and effective communication processes that ensure clear, open, and respectful communication within the organization. Role models effective communication in all forms (includes email, text, IM). Delivers messages in a positive, constructive, and professional manner as a leader of the company.

Teamwork – Leads and works with others to achieve organizational goals. Creates strategies to increase teamwork within own organization and across business lines. Develops and implements effective team communications and processes. Listens to others, values opinions, and is respectful of others. Promotes a positive team environment. Holds others accountable for demonstrating teamwork.

Accountable to Achieving Commitments – Focuses efforts on achieving high quality results consistent with customer requirements and the organization’s standards. Leads and motivates team to deliver high quality and timely work. Works with team in a conscientious, consistent, and thorough manner to meet deadlines. Anticipates potential problems. Finds the root cause of problems and takes appropriate action. Makes continuous improvement to processes and results.

Leading & Managing Change – Defines and leads business change(s) and holds team members accountable for change management. Effectively communicates changes, reasons and benefits for change. Provides team with appropriate tools/resources to implement change. Manages resistance to change and builds support. Measures effectiveness of change initiatives.

Planning & Organizing – Develops, implements, evaluates and adjusts plans to reach goals, while ensuring the optimal use of resources.

Strategic Thinking – Understands and processes complex information and exercises sound judgment, considering the situation, the issues, the key players, and levels of authority involved. Proposes course of action that further the objectives, priorities and vision of organization.

Minimum Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field required.

· Minimum 5 years of accounting or financial analysis experience.

· Expertise in business finance activities such as budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and planning.

· Motivated, self-directed and adaptable to changing business requirements, schedules, and timelines.

· Proven strong analytical skills, the ability to work independently and effectively handle and complete multiple tasks.

· Advanced MS Office skills including Excel (financial modeling, pivot tables, vlookups), PowerPoint, and Outlook.

· Intermediate to advanced experience in BI tools (i.e. Power BI, Tableau)

· Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Experience with DAX preferred.

· Ability to maintain confidentiality of data.

· Possess effective communication and writing skills.

· Understanding of financial statements and GAAP principles.

Preferred Qualifications

· MBA, CMA or CPA

· Previous experience supporting a manufacturing environment that includes understanding of plant labor rates.

· Experience in finance function for $100M+ business.