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Job Summary
Under the direction of the Finance Manager Commercial Strategy generates and analyzes financial information by performing the following duties.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Analyze, report and present production variances including price variance, material variance, scrap discrepeancies and labor/burden spend and volume variances.
- Partner with Operations, customer teams and HR to develop PowerBI reports to help build business understands, monthly reporting, forecasting and adhoc requests as required.
- Provide analysis and explanation of financial results.
- Monitor and report financial performance, explain variances to budgets, forecasts and prior year. Prepare and present consolidated reports to management as appropriate.
- Assist in automation of reports, analysis and other synergies in PowerBI and excel.
- Track sales performance, providing detailed analysis of variances
- Prepares and analyzes quarterly revenue recognition calculation.
- Assists others in the organization to gather information in IFS, SAP, or JDE.
- Support with analysis and development of FY standard costs.
- Assists PLM and commercial teams with pricing of new products, NBO opportunities, or pricing changes due to tariff or cost changes.
- Assists Dir of Finance and management with projects
- All other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or finance, 8+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers or others in the organization.
- Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
- Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Preferred Skills and Abilities
- Advanced PowerBI report writing skills
- Demonstrated analytical skills including excel and ability to interpret and present data.
- Effective organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills with all levels within the organization.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines; lead others through change and continuous improvement activities
Salary range for this position is: $107,000 to $145,000 annually.
The base pay range for this job level is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to internal equity, business considerations, and local market conditions, as well as candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, and skills
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 8+ years related experience and/or training
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers or groups
- Ability to work with probability, statistical inference, and mathematical concepts
- Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
- Ability to solve practical problems with limited standardization
- Experience using enterprise systems IFS, SAP, or JDE to gather financial and operational data
- Advanced PowerBI report writing skills
- Demonstrated analytical skills including advanced Excel and ability to interpret and present data
- Effective organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills at all levels
- Ability to handle multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and lead through change and continuous improvement
Nordson Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nordson Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Nordson Corporation.
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Retirement Support — The 401(k) features automatic enrollment at 6%, a 50% match on up to 6% of pay, and an additional 3% company contribution for eligible U.S. employees even without employee contributions. Feedback suggests this retirement structure is above what many mid-size manufacturers offer.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays and a typical year-end shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s at many U.S. locations expand time off beyond standard PTO. Feedback suggests this shutdown is a distinctive work-life perk, though availability can vary by site or business unit.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Volunteer release time and a 3:1 charitable gift-matching program are offered alongside recognition programs, tuition assistance, and community initiatives. Feedback suggests these elements add value beyond core insurance and PTO.
Nordson Corporation Insights
What We Do
Nordson is a team of 7,300 global employees thriving in an environment where they are supported and encouraged to be their best. Working side by side, we build meaningful connections with each other and our customers. Together, we deliver products that are solutions, and they’re likely touching your life every day. Have you ever changed a diaper? Opened a box of cereal? Used a smart phone or driven a car? Then we’ve already met. At Nordson, we take pride in being an outstanding corporate citizen and strongly believe in sharing our success with the communities where our employees live and work. Whether you’re working in one of our labs, offices or manufacturing facilities, your efforts will enable our customers to succeed and our company to continuously improve and grow. We engineer, manufacture and market differentiated products and systems used for precision dispensing and processing in a variety of end markets, from packaging to transportation and medical to electronics. Founded in 1954, we operate under the values of integrity, respect for people, customer passion, energy and excellence. Nordson is headquartered in the United States in Westlake, Ohio, and has direct operations in more than 30 countries to support our products and systems with application expertise and a direct global sales and service organization
