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About the Role
The Financial Analyst will support the Global Professional Division through financial analysis, business performance reporting, and Finance Transformation initiatives. Sitting at the intersection of finance, business systems, and transformation, this role partners closely with finance leaders, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to drive strategic projects, improve processes, and deliver actionable insights that support business decision-making.
This position combines core finance responsibilities, including budgeting, forecasting, month-end analysis, and management reporting, with opportunities to support transformation efforts, system enhancements, data governance, and cross-functional initiatives. The ideal candidate is analytical, proactive, and comfortable managing projects, driving change, and collaborating across a global organization.
What You Will Do
Drive COPA and Finance Transformation Initiatives
- Perform month-end closing activities and variance analysis in support of COPA system allocated P&Ls for management review, including detailed P&Ls by Business Unit and Brand (e.g., JBL, AKG).
- Support Samsung Finance Transformation projects through reporting, analysis, project management, and close collaboration with business partners.
- Facilitate budget loading and create simulated P&L statements by Brand and Business Unit
- Analyze and maintain SAP COPA allocation logic for actuals, forecast, and budgets.
- Manage master data for products, customers, GL accounts, and cost centers.
Support R&D and GPLM Financial Analysis
- Assist with financial close and budget activities, including NPI project tracking, reporting, and variance analysis.
- Compile, analyze, and reconcile monthly budgets and actual spending for review with budget owners.
- Provide management reporting on monthly financial results and ad-hoc analysis summaries.
Compliance
- Support internal and external audit activities.
What You Need to Be Successful
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or equivalent work experience.
- 1+ years of finance and accounting experience in a complex environment.
- Extensive experience in Microsoft Office software required, including high proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
- High level of enthusiasm, curiosity, and eagerness to learn, with a strong desire to develop new skills and take on new challenges.
- Self-starter with a proactive mindset and the ability to independently drive project activities, identify risks, and ensure timely execution of key deliverables.
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to drive initiatives, manage timelines, collaborate across functions, and adapt quickly to new business and technical concepts.
- Availability to engage in meetings, calls, and collaborative activities outside normal business hours as required to effectively support a global organization and ensure alignment across international regions.
- Highly effective business partner and trusted collaborator, able to deliver meaningful and actionable insights to stakeholders.
- Knowledge of SAP, BPC, and Business Intelligence reporting systems.
- Experience preparing financial statements, financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills, with the ability to use data, input, and judgment to inform decisions.
- Strong analytical and organizational skills.
- Experience supporting process and system changes while adapting quickly in a fast-paced, complex environment.
Bonus Points if You Have
- Strong knowledge of budgeting, cash management, and financial analysis processes.
- Previous R&D background.
- Ability to thoughtfully utilize AI technologies to enhance understanding, support analysis, streamline workflows, and improve efficiency, while exercising independent judgment and critical thinking.
What Makes You Eligible
- Be willing to travel for up to 5%, domestically as needed.
- Be willing and able to work in an office-based in Northridge, CA. Hybrid environment, with three days per week in the office.
- Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment (post-offer).
What We Offer
- Access to employee discounts on world-class products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, and more)
- Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
- Competitive wellness benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
- An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or equivalent work experience
- 1+ years of finance and accounting experience in a complex environment
- High proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint (Microsoft Office)
- Knowledge and experience with SAP, SAP COPA allocation logic, BPC, and Business Intelligence reporting systems
- Experience preparing financial statements, financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
- Strong project management skills and ability to drive initiatives and manage timelines
- Ability to work outside normal business hours for global collaboration
- Outstanding oral and written communication skills and ability to deliver actionable insights to stakeholders
- Strong analytical and organizational skills; ability to support process and system changes
- Willingness to travel up to 5% domestically and work in-office in Northridge, CA (hybrid, three days/week)
- Successfully complete background investigation and drug screen as condition of employment
- Strong knowledge of budgeting, cash management, and financial analysis processes
- Previous R&D financial background
- Ability to thoughtfully utilize AI technologies to enhance analysis and workflows
Harman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Harman and has not been reviewed or approved by Harman.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, often including medical, dental, and vision plans, with HSAs/FSAs and disability or life insurance also referenced. Wellbeing support such as EAP access and onsite occupational health services is also part of the package in some regions.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle-oriented benefits include employee product discounts and region-specific perks like free fruit deliveries, Cycle to Work schemes, and meal coupons or allowances. Flexible schedules and work-from-home options are also part of the overall offering where roles and projects allow.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is repeatedly characterized as solid or market-aligned for many roles, with salary payments described as consistent and on time. Compensation is also tied to performance in some accounts, reinforcing a perception of basic fairness for a portion of employees.
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What We Do
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with HARMAN!
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