Senior Financial Analyst

About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 21,000 employees, sales of € 4.9 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith Paper is hiring for:

Senior Financial Analyst  
Neenah, WI

Salary range: $65,000 to $78,000 annually

Reasons you’ll love working here:

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
• Dress for Your Day Dress Code
• Great Compensation and Benefits Package
• Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide
• Leadership and Professional Development Opportunities

Summary:

Applies principles of accounting to analyze financial information, prepares financial reports in accordance with Voith standards to drive the decision making process for local and regional management. Performs sales order analysis; KPI’s; dashboards; overhead analysis; cost center planning and customer analysis. Business partner to Controllers and all department heads. This position reports directly to the Controller.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes cost center/overhead data (Plan vs. actual cost deviations; absorption analysis, assists in cost center planning)
• Facilitate regular alignment meetings with departments on overhead expenditures and utilization.
• Analyzes sales orders for cost deviations and outliers.
• Responsible for Miscellaneous invoicing.

• Works on month-end and year-end closing processes by preparing financial statements, account reconciliations, inventory reconciliation, overhead analysis, and supporting schedules against a defined deadline.
• Establishes and updates meaningful KPI’s and dashboards for various departments to drive the decision-making process.
• Compiles and analyzes financial information; prepares entries to accounts, such as general ledger accounts; documents business transactions and prepares for audits of company’s accounts (internal & external).
• Assists in preparing financial information detailing for assets, liabilities and capital; prepares the balance sheet, profit and loss statement and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial positions.
• Maintains fixed asset system, leasing contract system, capital investment tracking and reporting
• Prepares Ad-Hoc reports, presentations, financial documentation support
• Support Global Business Service center with intercompany reconciliation at half year and year-end.
• Supports Controller on special projects.

Requirements:

• BA/BS in Accounting or Finance
• 2 to 5 years’ experience in an Accounting/Financial role, including experience with general ledger function and month-end/year-end close process
• Expert in Microsoft Office including Excel (Pivot Tables, V-Lookups, Sumifs), PowerPoint and Outlook
• Experience in JDE or SAP, or equivalent ERP system
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including ability to analyze large amounts of data and communicate/present findings
• Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from management to accomplish objectives
• Self-starter, strong sense of ownership, reliable
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong teamwork capabilities
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment during certain business cycles (planning, month-end and year-end close) against a defined timeline
• Ability to travel 2 domestic trips and potentially 1 international trip annually.

Physical Demands:

* This job description is not all encompassing, however, is intended to be a general description of the responsibilities of this position.

Don’t meet every single requirement but think you would be a good fit for our team? We encourage you to apply – your unique skills may be just what we need for this or other roles!

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.