Financial Analyst

What you’ll do

Provide financial and business analysis support to the Finance Team and to provide meaningful information to Management, Sales, Product Management, and other departments within the organization who rely on the information to make informed business decisions.  Primary responsibilities include assisting in the annual planning process, periodic outlooking/forecasting, analysis of the regional customer and product management business performance and financial support of the customer quoting process.

The Financial Analyst needs to monitor and flag risks arising from the day-to-day business and ensures these are made visible to the organization and are addressed appropriately. These risks could be driven by developments of cost, pricing, movements of currencies, excess stock, portfolio decisions or customer specific decisions concerning level of investment required – overall with the aim to maximize profitability and with a drive to ensure quarterly and annual sales and profitability targets as set in Budgets are met. These tasks can vary in complexity and granularity dependent on the business being supported.

To ensure the role can act independently and has the authority and responsibility to optimize what is best for Belkin overall there is a direct line reporting into the Finance Manager EMEA, who is always the prime escalation point in case business decisions are taken, which are in contradiction to overall company targets, or which are not considered sound and fact based. 

How you’ll do it

• Daily tracking regional sales and product code performance against budget/plans and ensure profitability targets are met across the business. Negative variances need to be flagged and ensure these are addressed.

• Manage daily operational controls and approvals i.e., invoice margin holds, RMA, customer marketing spends, deal and contract pricing etc.

• Periodic reporting and (variance) analyses of financial reporting, strategic initiatives, profitability, and channel stock performance

• Support and co-ordination the annual budget process

• Partner with Sales and Regional Product Management teams to prepare analysis of product line and customer account profitability and other sales analysis, including P&L modelling and scenario analysis.

• Support for business reviews and presentations

• Participation in sales outlook meetings, P&L and sales regions business reviews

• Provide (ad hoc) decision support for business reviews, large business deals/tenders being proposed or for annual terms negotiations with major accounts in EMEA.

• Track Belkin and channel stock risk and recommend follow-up actions (promotions, price protection, RMA’s, excess deals and scrapping) and capture the impact on the overall profitability of the business.

• Act as a backup for the finance manager and the rest of the team where needed.

• Travel between offices Wellingborough and Kings Langley with European travel a possibility for the future.

What you’ll need

• Experience in Business Administration/Control, or similar.

• Essential skills in integrated business software packages (e.g., Oracle, Business Objects, Hyperion and Microsoft Office (including Power BI, Excel and PowerPoint Primarily)

• Experience with Hyperion Essbase or equivalent, Business Objects and MS Access, a plus.

• Strong understanding of financial drivers of the overall business profitability

• Able to communicate on all levels in different disciplines (Sales, Product Management, Accounting, Planning).

• Fluency in spoken and written English, with German or Spanish as a plus.

• Collaborative, pro-active, and flexible attitude

• Preferable experience in Consumer Electronic an advantage.

• 1 or 2 years of experience in a Finance or Analytical role preferably.

We’ve got big collaborative spaces for your big ideas, so bring an open mind and leave your suit in the closet. We all are committed to creating unique and rewarding consumer experiences. Everyone is interested in succeeding – for the team, for themselves and for the business. Cross-functionally and across the company, everyone has common goals and aspires to be their best.

You will learn something new or at least look at things differently every day. There are so many smart and creative people around that you’ll be motivated to pursue the ideal. 

Team spirit is infectious. Belkin is an extremely open workplace, where communication is essential. Not every idea will be accepted, but you’ll be asked for your point of view. Innovation thrives on multiple and varied levels. At Belkin we challenge conventional wisdom and refuse to accept that something cannot be done.

Belkin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer Disability and Veterans. We maintain a drug-free workplace.

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