Senior Financial Analyst

Job Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst will lead and provide a broad range of business analysis across all aspects of internal management reporting, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and results analysis.

• Emphasis on supporting production and supply chain to provide accurate gross margin analysis with timely, comprehensive, clear messaging of financial results and to drive actions to move results.
• Partner closely with functional leaders in developing financial plans (budget, forecasts, and multi‑year strategies).
• Partner closely with IT and finance systems experts to develop systemic tools to facilitate timely reporting.
• This candidate will work closely with the Senior Director Global FP&A and CFO in the development of financial projections to support the Company’s strategic plans, including evaluating target‑company financials considered for acquisition/expansion.

• Analyze monthly financial results at the functional level, meeting with global leadership team in providing data‑based decision‑making support, ensuring spend is in line with plans and forecasts.
• Proactively review gross margin results by geography, product group, and commercial channel.
• Collaborate with the FP&A team to prepare monthly/quarterly ELT and Board decks.
• Establish single source of truth for metrics (sales to EBIT), reporting, etc. to evaluate progress including the selection and implementation of improved software tools to enable reporting.
• Drive the development of standardized financial reporting across each entity including early‑stage acquired entities lacking process and/or tools to enable financial analysis.
• Partner with sales leaders and sales reporting analysts to compile, analyze, and accurately project sales performance.
• Partner with operations and commercial leaders to identify potential cost savings and/or revenue‑driving opportunities.
• Deploy sales and operations efficiency metrics/ KPIs to help improve EBITDA.
• Drive maturation of month‑end/quarter‑end reviews/discussions.
• Key contributor in the development of the global annual operating plan, making efficient use of leaders’ time by driving the discussion towards decision making, armed with accurate data.
• Effectively presents and communicates complex financial topics to the executive team and business partners in a way that is easily understood.
• Provide support on key decisions on headcount investments and resource deployment.
• Assist in the development of BI reporting tools, data warehouse, or other tools to improve overall execution of Safeguard strategies, decision making, and KPI improvement.
• Perform ad‑hoc tasks as assigned and assist on key projects.
• Ensure balanced but challenging goals are built into financial plans and forecasts.
• Oversee the capital equipment budget process, including development of ROI analysis to support investment decisions.
• Champion process improvement initiatives across the global business.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, MBA/CPA preferred.
• Ability to work closely with commercial, operations, and administrative functions and demonstrate results delivery through those relationships.
• Must have fundamental understanding of GAAP reporting standards.
• Exceptional understanding of manufacturing and cost accounting processes.
• Thrives in a transformational environment; emerging business building best‑in‑class processes (rather than a caretaker for mature, fully developed systems).
• Comfortable with change, managing competing priorities, deadline driven.
• Ability to interact, challenge, and communicate effectively with team members at all levels within the organization.
• Leadership, project management, analytical, and excellent communication skills (oral and written) are required.
• Ability to work independently or in a team environment with strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.
• Occasional travel both domestic and international may be required.

• 4+ years of finance, accounting, or relevant technical/analytical experience required.
• Strong knowledge of global manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, commercial, administration, sales.
• Excellent analytical skills.
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