The Commercial Finance Analyst will be responsible for top line revenue forecasting and analytics.  This role is on the Division Controller’s staff and is the primary liaison between the Commercial and Finance functions, which this role will include dotted line reporting structure to the Sales and Operations Director.  The Commercial Finance Analyst will be a key contributor to organic growth initiatives and develop deep partnerships and domain expertise with the Commercial Group.  In addition to the long-term revenue forecasting and analytics, the Commercial Finance Analyst will also be the finance lead on a full suite of commercial finance tools including volume, mix, and price analytics, discounted cash flow modeling of commercial opportunities.

 

·      Key finance contact with management of the forecasting and planning system

·      Manage the data collection and publication of Annual Plan and Long Range Plan revenue forecasts by Business Unit

·      Oversee and reconcile the monthly revenue reporting updates based on updates from market research data.

·      Manage customer price recovery reports, forecasting, and the tracking of the material cost impact to ensure that changes in commodity pricing is continually be monitored and captured with the customer base.

·      Perform analytics on the product segmentation mix to assist in the ongoing updates to the divisional Segmented Profit/Loss statement to further assess margin performance and growth opportunities

·      Key Finance contact from a Commercial perspective in the development of financial models/analyses for customer quotes and participate in quote reviews

·      Produce insight into sold order conversion to revenue to improve overall accuracy/conversion rates

·      Key Finance contact for the preparation of the Commercial Tooling budget and will provide assistance in the preparation of select capital tooling requests

·      Key Finance liaison with the Commercial financial analysis 

 

·      Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration and/or related analytical field, while a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree is a plus

·      3-5 years commercial or finance experience in a manufacturing environment

·      Experience partnering with he Commercial/Sales organization

·      Excitement to work in a fast-paced environment that’s deadline driven and focused on creating a value-added partnership with operations

·      Strong proficiency in MS Excel and the ability to manage large data sets using VLOOPUP’s and Pivot Tables

·      Experience with ERP, Data Management and Business Intelligence tools

·      Drive and excitement to grow and develop as a finance professional