Financial Analyst

CAMFIL – A GLOBAL LEADER IN AIR FILTERS AND CLEAN AIR SOLUTIONS

For more than half a century, Camfil has been helping people breathe cleaner air. As a leading manufacturer of premium clean air solutions, we provide commercial and industrial systems for air filtration and air pollution control that improve worker and equipment productivity, minimize energy use, and benefit human health and the environment.

The Camfil Group is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has 30 manufacturing sites, six R&D centers, local sales offices in 30 countries, and nearly 6,000 employees and growing. We proudly serve and support customers in a wide variety of industries and in communities across the world. To discover how Camfil can help you to protect people, processes and the environment, visit us at .

Business Controller / Financial Analyst

SUMMARY:

Camfil Americas includes 3 companies with a turnover of approximately USD 500 million. There are eight manufacturing facilities (six in USA, one in Canada, one in Brazil) with 30+ offices/warehouses.

The Camfil Americas will strengthen the finance function with a new Business Controller / Financial Analyst of Americas, supporting the management team with analysis an working with all companies within the business unit. The Business Controller will report to the Director of Financial Reporting & Business Control of Americas, based in Riverdale, NJ, the head office of North America.

Over time, focus will be on several aspects of controlling, but with the base in the annual planning and monthly reporting & analysis process. It covers analysis of consolidated Business Unit results, review and analysis of management and operational KPI’s, margin analysis including local and integrated, and review reports to ensure that targets are met according to approved budgets.

Within sales, this position will work with ongoing sales and profitability analysis, monitor pricing, sales and marketing activities, & sales budgeting and forecasting. The production units have local production controller, and the Business Controller will work with coordination of best practice, knowledge sharing and development of methods and tools.

With oversight of the financial reporting process of Americas, the Business Controller will bring an innovative, and entrepreneurial mindset that will empower them to partner with senior management in the organization. The Business Controller must be an experienced, self-starter who is a creative thinker with a deep appreciation for the need to be clear, concise and accurate in communicating the results of detailed analyses. The Business Controller will utilize advanced skills in financial analysis, accounting, budgeting, corporate finance, business modeling, and competitive analysis in assisting the senior managers of the company in long-term planning, decision making, and performance evaluation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of targets and budgets. Conduct variance analysis of actuals against budgets / forecasts and develop action plans including accurate and meaningful comments and forecasts that call attention to important trends and potential problems/risks and opportunities.
• Promotes an effective project / functional environment through the effective use of indirect mentoring and coaching skills. Plans and assigns work within the context of a project /function. Leads by example, demonstrating leadership attributes, depth/ breath of knowledge and experience allows for a wide range of project / functional guidance.
• Lead periodic planning reviews between Finance and Accounting teams to ensure compliance with internal controls and Group policies as well as to identify improvement opportunities for top challenges.
• Oversee consolidation and integrity of reporting and financial data. Challenge current business practices and recommend best practices and processes. Drive positive change in process and procedure for better efficiency. Manage and develop processes and controls to ensure accuracy of reported information.
• Prepare financial information necessary for strategy presentation, including target setting process. Build and manage complex financial models that provide insight into strategic initiatives to be taken by Management. Perform financial analysis and modeling of current and historical trends and KPI's including all areas of Sales, Cost of Sales, Contribution Margin and SG&A Expense.
• Lead Annual Sales Budget Planning and semi-annual sales forecasts. Develop, maintain and refine sales forecast models and provide periodic updates to management detailing the performance of business units in comparison to budgeted targets. Conduct analysis and quality control during monthly closing, budget and forecast.
• Provide timely responses to the frequent ad-hoc analyses needed by the corporate Business Control and finance teams. Anticipate needs based on analysis of current business trends, be proactive in monitoring strategic goals of the region, and develop alternatives in the face of challenging results.
• Manage weekly sales pipeline and revenue reviews with sales, marketing & operations teams. Forecast business performance and analyze leading indicators to provide insight and enable proactive business decisions.
• Continuously monitor and evolve all regional reporting, and produce analyses, dashboards & other reports to ensure effectiveness of “standard” analyses and adapt when business conditions change.
• Work with business leaders to further identify, report and analyze operational key performance indicators (KPI’s) that drive financial results in each line of business.
• Support management cost centers. Partner with cost center functional owners to prepare budgets, review actual monthly results, and update estimates for year-to-go each monthly cycle and/or as needed.
• Support M&A activity including active participation in due diligence activity; define and communicate strategic direction to meet objectives
• Support to prepare high quality presentation materials tailored to meet the information needs of a variety of audiences including senior managers.
• Support all BI tools with analysis of data through Insight, Sievo, Qlikview, Qlik sense. Utilize the BI tools to analyze sales trends by customer, by segment, by product family, etc. Analyze margin and trace back to production costs for value engineering opportunities.
• Understand overhead structure for all manufacturing plants, including activity based costing methodologies.
• Support Financial Reporting/Accounting for significant/unusual transactions and reporting needs which may include (but are not limited to) acquisitions (including integrations), dispositions (including due diligence and marketing efforts), discontinued operations/held for sale presentations, new accounting standard implementations, ad hoc filings requiring pro forma financial information, registration statements, etc.
• Serve as key financial lead for ad-hoc strategic projects, including developing scenario planning, building business cases and ROI analyses, measuring post-mortem impact of projects and initiatives, etc.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Requires Bachelor’s Degree major in Accounting/Finance
• A minimum of 10 years of dynamic experience in leadership roles with Finance, Accounting, or financial data analytics and reporting
• Superior knowledge of accounting principles and practices, management accounting and related analytical concepts, as well as corporate finance.
• Proven ability in building analytics and models and identify key drivers
• Experience working in a sophisticated multi-ERP system environment
• Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, financial modeling, and analytical skills
• Creative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to engage and develop relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization
• Excellent communication and organizational skills with a sharp attention to detail
• Strong work ethic and ambitious in building future capability and career
• A self-motivated individual who can thrive in an organization which is rapidly growing and evolving

WORK ENVIRONMENT: This position may require occasional travel and the ability to work in various environments, including outdoor settings and construction sites.The work environment will require the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in certain areas. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time: dust, heat, humidity, odors. The noise level in the work environment varies and hearing protection is required in some work areas.

EEO STATEMENT: We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.