What You Will Do:
- Partner with managers and leadership within the organization to help them understand revenue, cost drivers, and gross margins and how to plan for future growth.
- Lead and prepare the analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual results as they compare to past results, current plans, and how they align with future expectations.
- Analyze operational and financial data to understand the revenue and cost drivers.
- Develop and deliver key performance indicator (KPI) tracking.
- Create and manage process to analyze, track, and report on key initiatives.
- Partner with business leaders to gain a better understanding of investments needed to support the execution of the business strategy.
- Collaborate with budget owners to build a consolidated financial plan including headcount and operating expenses and test for reasonableness.
- Prepare presentations that summarize financial expectations and key assumptions and how they compare to previous expectations.
- Provide financial analysis and information to help partners make better business decisions.
- Perform financial justifications to support capital expenditures as well as for new project and product proposals including scenario modeling and return on investment analysis.
- Analyze and identify opportunities to drive cost savings and/or utilize capacity and resources more efficiently.
Job Purpose:
The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for providing finance leadership to their business partners; driving financial analysis, planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and decision support within the teams.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Revenue & Cost Analysis
Financial Analysis
Perform additional tasks as assigned.
What it Takes:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 4+ years of progressive experience working in a finance or accounting role with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
- Finance experience in a manufacturing organization preferred, but not required.
- Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Data modeling experience.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics/AX preferred, but not required.
- Must be able to work and communicate well within all levels of the organization.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and adapt to change.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to work in a challenging fast paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Maturity, professionalism, and high level of discretion.
- Analytical thinking with an ability to conduct data analysis, and resolve complex problems.
- Maturity, professionalism, and high level of discretion
Required Qualifications: Minimal qualifications required in order to be considered for entry into the job
Education and Experience:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
What's In It For You:
- We offer a competitive salary and annual bonus opportunity
- In addition, we offer amazing benefits including but not limited to:
- Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
- Dental and Vision
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Paid caregiver leave
- You will receive at least 3 weeks of PTO + Holiday Pay + Wellness Hours + Volunteer Hours
- 401k with company match and immediate vest
- Employee Stock Purchase Program at a 15% discounted rate
- Matching grants through Protolabs foundation
- And More!
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 4+ years of progressive experience in finance or accounting
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis
- Strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Data modeling experience
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics/AX
Protolabs Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Protolabs and has not been reviewed or approved by Protolabs.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision options are broadly available and described as good to excellent. Additional protections like short- and long-term disability and life insurance bolster the overall package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — A starting PTO allotment plus paid holidays, along with added wellness and volunteer time, is emphasized, with some roles noting PTO growth over tenure. Paid caregiver leave appears in postings and supports flexibility for life events.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting is offered, supporting long-term savings. This foundation is frequently cited alongside core financial benefits as a strong element of total rewards.
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What We Do
Protolabs is the world's fastest digital manufacturing source for rapid prototyping and on-demand production. The technology-enabled company produces custom parts and assemblies in as fast as 1 day with automated 3D printing, CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding processes. Our digital approach to manufacturing enables accelerated time to market, reduces development and production costs, and minimizes risk throughout the product life cycle. 3D Printing Our 3D printing service offers a wide selection of materials and technologies to create prototypes and end-use parts with complex geometries and detailed features. With tight process controls, careful design reviews, and extensive quality monitoring, we ensure precise and repeatable 3D-printed parts, every time. CNC Machining We use 3- and 5-axis milling along with turning to machine parts from commercial-grade plastics and metals. Our online quoting system and automated manufacturing process enable us to ship parts within 24 hours, helping customers accelerate development and reduce time to market. Sheet Metal Fabrication Protolabs is an industry leader in quick-turn sheet metal parts for both prototyping and low-volume production. Our digital approach to manufacturing enables us to fabricate sheet metal parts in as fast as 5 days. Additionally, we can support our customers’ development efforts with component assemblies, several finish options, and screen printing. Injection Molding Our injection molding service offers two options—prototyping and on-demand manufacturing—which provide customers a tooling solution that aligns with their project’s requirements. It’s used for quick-turn prototyping, bridge tooling, and low-volume production of up to 10,000+ parts in 15 days or less.
