Sr Financial Analyst II

At Ecolab you can help take on some of the worlds most meaningful challenges delivering critical insights and innovative solutions to help our customers achieve clean water safe food abundant energy and healthy environments. With our worldwide reach and ambitious growth plans you will have the opportunity to own your future and impact what matters. Are you ready to make an impact

Ecolab is a global sustainability leader offering water hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life. Building on a century of innovation Ecolab has annual sales of $14 billion employs more than 47000 associates and operates in more than 170 countries around the world. The company delivers comprehensive science-based solutions data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety maintain clean and safe environments and optimize water and energy use.

The Opportunity : The Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst will be responsible for financial planning and analysis activities of Ecolab divisional sales. This position will require partnership across multiple stakeholders within the organization and will have significant exposure and growth opportunities supported by a management team committed to associate development.

What You Will Do :

Analyze trends for Ecolab divisions including volume and pricing and provide insights to the divisional teams on Key performance metrics

Coordinate monthly close and forecast activities including communicating guidance facilitating system loads analyzing results Salles / Gross profit & SG&A ) and preparing content for financial reviews with senior leadership

Perform Operation income reconciliation from Forecast to Actuals

Prepare Daily sales variance vs forecast to arrive at month end finish estimates Vs forecast

Primary owner of developing a driver-based 50 / 50 forecast

Partner with division finance teams to understand external and internal business dynamics and their impact on results

Lead the creation of annual plan by leveraging the trend based analytical model to arrive at a high-level proposal & coordinate / communicate with multiple key stakeholders

Develop sustainable content for use in monthly business reviews (MBRs) and provide ad-hoc financial analytics and deep dives to facilitate decision making

Partner with broader stakeholders to drive critical reporting needs and capabilities

Minimum Qualifications :

Chartered Accountant / MBA premier business school

5 plus years of experience in financial Planning & Analysis

Preferred Qualifications :

Financial planning and analysis experience

Ability to translate financial analysis into insights and action plans

Ability to identify key metrics critical to business performance and provide easily understood and actionable management reporting

Strong analytical critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with senior management

Strong presentation skills to communicate complex financial and performance information with a variety of audiences including those with limited finance background

Self-motivated with ability to efficiently organize and prioritize competing priorities

Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to develop implement and interpret financial models

Strong PC and systems skills (Power BI Microsoft Excel Access and PowerPoint) Excel Access and PowerPoint)

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Cognos,Forecasting,Hyperion,Microsoft Access,Pivot tables,Accounting,Analysis Skills,Microsoft Excel,Financial Analysis,Financial Modeling,Budgeting,Financial Planning

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1