Senior Financial Analyst

Description:

Join the Fluke Finance team as a Senior Financial Analyst! This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with global teams on monthly financial close and forecast activities, as well as conduct thorough analyses to aid in business comprehension. As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will work closely with various teams to oversee annual planning, monthly forecasting, and financial reporting processes. You will delve into detailed analysis, offer valuable insights, and support strategic endeavors. The Senior Financial Analyst will focus on ensuring accuracy, providing comprehensive insights into financial patterns, performance, and operational effectiveness. This role necessitates strong collaboration with the leadership team to improve decision-making and strategic planning.

Responsibilities

• Proficient at preparing and analyzing financial forecasts, reports, and trends to provide accurate insights on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Be able to spot patterns, trends, and anomalies that can influence decision-making.

• Create financial forecasts and budgets. This involves predicting future financial outcomes based on historical data, current trends, economic conditions and most importantly business insights from commercial team. They need to ensure that the company is on track to meet its financial goals and identify areas where improvements can be made.

• Uncover the growth drivers by country/region, by end markets/segments, by business units/products, etc. at detail level to generate proposals for management team to make decisions on investment priority and resource allocation.

• Provide support to leadership in making well-informed decisions by conducting scenario modeling including but not limited to price vs. volume, core business growth vs. new product introduction, marketing proposals, etc.

• Work with management to evaluate financial implications of potential projects and strategies, such as bolt-on acquisition, divestiture, and business reorganization.

• Utilize advanced data analytics tools like Power BI to create and maintain informative financial reports and dashboards, enhancing automation and efficiency in reporting tasks.

• Collaborate closely with other teams, such as accounting, operations, service, and commercial, to ensure that financial data is accurate and aligned with company goals. Take the lead on specific projects or teams focused on key financial objectives.

• Spearhead the advancement of business analytics through close partnership with leadership, utilizing statistical methods and predictive modeling to improve business insights and support strategic decision-making.

• Improve financial reporting processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.

• This role has potential to own full P&L responsibility thus finance partner for a segment within Fluke portfolio with global outreach including sales, marketing, product and operations/service.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or other related field

• Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in financial analysis, reporting, or a similar role, with a proven track record in finance management.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and financial software like Oracle ERP, Hyperion, Power BI, etc.

• Outstanding critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication skills to clearly convey complex data.

• Experience with Industrial/Manufacturing businesses is a plus.

• Experience with business analytics is a plus.

Successful candidate

• Self-starter with curiosity and critical thinking

• Enjoys data mining, search for value added answers

• Comfortable with ambiguity

• Customer obsessed with business partnering in mind

• Ability to challenge the status quo

• Spotlight issues and find solutions

• Work across accounting and cross functional teams

• Strong problem solver

• Strong attention to detail

• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 89,200.00 - 165,600.00

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@fortive.com.