Sr. Financial Analyst

Do you want to join a team that is changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Sr. Financial Analyst? Then we are looking for you! Check out the job description. Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PECNA team today!

Sr. Financial Analyst

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Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we are building the world's largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you will help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation. Our state-of-the-art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions.

If you are passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America (PECNA) is seeking a skilled, multi-disciplined Senior Financial Analyst to join our expanding team. This exciting position will be responsible for delivering advanced financial insights to help leaders understand movements in our business and help drive data-driven decision-making. Leveraging your strong finance background, understanding of manufacturing operations and multi-national organizations, and exceptional reporting proficiency, you will have the chance to shape our Finance team and organization as a whole!

You will have opportunity to leave your mark and progress your career, beyond developing and analyzing OKRs, KPIs and metrics, to further transparency of our business. You will help develop and deploy tools and analytics to help us drive proactivity at the core of what we do. As a key business partner, you will help teams achieve goals, while effectively communicating intricate financial data.

• Analyze and model historic, current and potential future financial data to assess the financial health and opportunities of the business.
• Serve as a key business partner to selected functions. Collaborate cross-functionally to analyze and identify opportunities to maximize profit and cash through initiatives (e.g. cost savings, efficiency improvements and strategic investments).
• Develop financial models, metrics, reports, tools and data to support reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes. Partner with leaders in data formation and analysis (including variances, scenarios, etc.).
• Drive operational results and discipline using financial data and business partnering.
• Evaluate capital expenditures and depreciation to ensure optimal use of resources; prepare financial documentation for funding and investment opportunities.
• Identify and analyze industry-specific trends and benchmarks to recommend strategic decisions using scenario analysis.
• Develop SOPs, SWIs, and engage in kaizen activities to improve internal controls.
• Support of the monthly financial close process
• Additional projects and/or ad hoc analysis as requested

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

• Required:
  
  Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related field
• Preferred: MBA or other advanced degree

• 6+ years of related experience in the manufacturing industry
• Advanced literacy of Excel, PowerPoint and PowerBI. Preferred experience with EPMs, think-cell, AI tools such as Claude, Palantir, and Finance centric AI Agents
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data
• Proficiency in financial modeling, scenario, and analysis tools
• Strong…