Senior Financial Analyst

**Position Overview** --------------------- As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will play a key role within the Industrial Automation Finance team, supporting financial planning and analysis (FP\&A), corporate controlling, financial reporting, and strategic business decision\-making across the organization. Reporting to Finance leadership, this role offers the flexibility to work remotely, in a hybrid capacity, or onsite based on business needs and candidate location. With a primary focus on North American operations and regular collaboration with global finance and operational teams, you will provide meaningful financial insights, strengthen financial discipline, and support business performance through forecasting, reporting, analysis, and business partnering activities. This position offers the opportunity to move beyond a traditional site\-based finance role by taking ownership of segment\-level financial planning, project\-based analysis, cash flow visibility, and continuous improvement initiatives. The successful candidate will be a confident and collaborative finance professional with the ability to translate complex financial information into actionable business recommendations, while leveraging technology, reporting automation, and emerging data\-driven tools to enhance financial processes and decision\-making. Lead and support month\-end close, financial reporting, account analysis, reconciliations, and general ledger integrity for assigned areas of responsibility. * Provide timely and actionable financial analysis related to margin, cost drivers, profitability, project performance, forecasts, budgets, and cash flow. * Partner with Industrial Automation finance and operational stakeholders across North America and global teams to support business decision\-making and financial discipline. * Support project\-based financial reporting and analysis, including understanding of percentage\-of\-completion concepts and the financial impact of project execution on business performance. * Take ownership of recurring financial reporting, corporate controlling activities, dashboards, and ad hoc analysis that support segment leadership and operational teams. * Strengthen internal controls, audit readiness, documentation quality, and compliance with company financial policies and governance requirements. * Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or improve financial reporting processes, including use of data tools and emerging technologies where practical. **Specific Responsibilities** ----------------------------- **Financial Reporting, Accounting \& Controls** * Prepare and analyze monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with applicable accounting standards. * Lead and support month\-end close activities, including review of journal entries, accruals, account analysis, and balance sheet reconciliations. * Investigate variances, reconciling items, unusual trends, and fi