Senior Financial Analyst

Carolina PRG has partnered with a $2B+ Global Leader in the manufacturing industry that has decided to call Charlotte home for their US HQ. The company has recently consolidated US operations and as a result, they need to add a Senior Financial Analyst to the team to support the Finance Manager.

The Senior Financial Analyst candidate will be responsible for the company's financials forecasting, annual budgeting process, operating plan variance and analysis and special projects. Provides financial consulting and strategic support to senior management including preparing financial presentations, capital expenditure analysis, and other projects requested by senior management. Acts as the analytical engine of the Finance team to provide insights and support optimal business decision making.

• Analyze current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses, capital expenditures, sales, product and customer trends, and working capital.
• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance
• Oversee and manage the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan, long range plans, and Modeling tools
• Perform Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis, compiles and prepares reports, graphs and charges of data developed.
• Provide Quarterly and Monthly Financial reports
• Implement and work with a Business Intelligence Tool (Power BI) and Dashboard reports
• Improve performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies and understand ROI
• Develop financial models and analyses to support strategic initiatives, assist with special financial business related studies and cooperates with other departments in preparing analyses.
• Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes
• Supporting Senior Management Team and Departments heads with in-depth analysis
• Prepare presentations to Directors and Senior Management Teams
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• 5+ years of financial analysis/planning experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance or related (required)
• Intermediate/Advanced Excel Skills (including formulas, v-lookups, and macros)
• Strong Communication Skills
• Ability to be adaptive to changing scenarios
• SAP and or JDE experience is a plus