Finance Business Partner

About Us: 

How many companies can say they’ve been in business for over 177 years?! 

Here at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team! 

Location: Hybrid position - 3 days in office, 2 days remote. Can be located in either Maple Grove, MN or Wixom, MI.

Reporting to the Head of Finance SSC, the Finance Business Partner is responsible for maintaining and reporting financial data to help drive financial fitness and improving KPIs. They must assist in financial forecasting by interpreting macroeconomic data. This person will also be responsible for reviewing the profitability across all products and selling channels and driving price realization and profitability. The development and tracking of all financial key performance indicators will be critical to enhance the understanding of the business and to improve decision making.

What’s the role?  

The Finance Business Partner will create both standardized & custom reports, conduct quantitative financial analysis, provide support for internal and assess future needs and data integrity. Develop standardized tools and business processes aimed at improving operational efficiency and ensure completeness of all reporting for KPI, forecasting, profitability, and budget management related activities.

Sound Interesting?  

Here’s what you’ll do:  

• Monitoring and reporting KPIs
• Responsible for locally created reporting to help drive the business
• Should have clear current financial overview and flag whether we need accruals to limit cost exposure
• Responsible for interpreting financial data to help drive financial fitness and improving KPIs.  Responsible for suggesting new KPIs and business models should they be evident in the flow of business
• Actively participate in the month-end close review meeting.
• Create monthly reporting results package including key performance indicators
• Support financial forecasting
• Responsible for interpreting macroeconomic data and relate to financial forecasting
• Responsible for identifying business drivers from a market and regional perspective and how to optimize moving forward
• Reviewing profitability
• Provide monthly analysis of Selling Expenses
• Coordinated Budget activities for Sales Cost Centers
• Budget management and optimization
• Responsible for budget management across (Sales/Services) portion of the business
• In collaboration with Head of Finance, responsible for identifying business opportunities and optimization
• Responsible for driving corrective actions that are made visible by PC
• Responsible for Capex planning and management
• Responsible for driving free cash flow optimization

Do you qualify?

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting or Finance.  5+ years of accounting related experience equivalency.
• Strong ability to understand and optimize end to end processes while recommending improvements where applicable
• High level of organizational skills for both information and process
• Should be capable of challenging the business on difficult decisions - Feel comfortable challenging the norm and what is currently being done
• Strong project management skills - ability to track and drive initiatives forward
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to see larger picture and think outside the box
• Strong analytical capacity
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with people in various situations at all levels of the Corporation.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex information to a broad audience through various formats
• Skilled in use of Computer systems including Microsoft Excel and Word.  Business Warehouse and SAP experience a plus.

We have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS! 

• Medical 
• Vision 
• Dental 
• 401k Matching 
• Employee Assistance Programs 
• Vacation and sick pay 
• The list goes on! 

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Holly Greenwood-Mosher

Zeiss provides Equal Employment Opportunity without unlawful regard to an Applicants race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizen status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (includes childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic predisposition, carrier status, gender expression or identity, including transgender identity, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law of the employee (or the people with whom the employee associates, including relatives and friends).