Financial Business Analyst

Smiths Interconnect, a Molex company, is seeking a Financial Business Analyst in our Irving, Texas location.

You’ll join a dynamic team that works closely with business leaders to strengthen our workplace culture and drive operational excellence.

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• Reporting to the Finance Director and supporting the Semi Test BU team across financial reporting & pricing, contributing to revenue and margin growth and driving improved forecast accuracy.
• Collaborate with business partners & analyst peers to ensure consistency & best practice in partnering with stakeholders
• Review and supply advice on opportunities to ensure continuous enhancement of our business partnering, to drive growth
• Work with other areas including Operations and Finance teams, to ensure we are aligned and working collaboratively
• Ensure strong governance & control around the pricing & business partnering processes & reporting
• Working with the business systems team to identify & evaluate system needs to enhance the pricing process and management reporting to both monitor & drive improvements in business & individual performance.

• Act as the day‑to‑day Finance Business Partner to the Semi‑Test leadership and commercial teams, providing financial insight to support pricing, customer decisions, product mix, and investment trade‑offs
• Partner with Sales, Product Line Managers, and Operations to identify risks and opportunities, and help translate financial results into clear actions
• Support pricing and margin discussions by analyzing product, customer, and market profitability
• Provide insight into new products, new customers, and new markets, helping leaders understand performance trends and implications

• Support bookings and sales forecasting in collaboration with Commercial teams as part of the S&OP process
• Monitor and analyze the CRM pipeline, sales funnel, and distributor POS data to support demand planning and outlook accuracy
• Evaluate forecast changes and variances, clearly communicating drivers and assumptions

• Own monthly orders, sales, and margin reporting, including clear explanations of performance versus prior year, budget, and forecast
• Partner with the Finance Director to ensure timely, accurate, and well‑explained month‑end close outputs
• Develop and deliver management reporting that is decision‑oriented, not just backward‑looking
• Support the development of the annual operating plan and budget process for Semi‑Test
• Work with Finance, Operations, and Business Systems teams to improve reporting, forecasting tools, and processes
• Ensure strong governance and consistency across pricing, forecasting, and reporting processes
• Provide monthly orders, sales, and margin reporting – working with the business team to explain movements to prior year, budget, and latest forecast
• In collaboration with the commercial teams, manage bookings & sales forecasts, as part of the S&OP process
• Work with Finance Director & commercial teams to understand risks & opportunities to forecast (with relevant action plans)
• Evaluate and monitor progress on sales relating to new products, new customers, or new markets
• Report on the CRM pipeline & sales funnel, looking for valuable insights, and driving planning outcomes
• Work with Product Line Managers to review product line margin performance, creating insights to both price & cost structure
• Analyze the point of sale (POS) data from the distributor network
• Work with functional teams and aid in development of annual operating budget plan

• Preferred 2-4 years’ experience in a similar role with a history of success
• Occasional business travel needed (5%, as needed)
• Knowledge of Salesforce, Glovia ERP, Power BI, Epicor ERP preferable but not essential
• Confident communication, ability to challenge business teams effectively
• Ability to balance short term demands with a long term, strategic agenda
• Comfortable to work in rapidly changing environment
• Identified training mandatory for the role to be completed competently
• Excel
• Glovia / Epicor ERP
• Power BI
• Key Internal & External…