At Ecolab, you can help take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, delivering critical insights and innovative solutions to help our customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments. With our worldwide reach and ambitious growth plans, you will have the opportunity to own your future and impact what matters. Are you ready to make an impact?
Ecolab Company has an opening for Financial Planning Analyst. If you are a passionate professional that is seeking opportunity, advancement, and a rewarding career we invite you to apply. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly recognized global growth company offering competitive compensation and benefits in addition to career growth.
The Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst will be responsible for financial planning and analysis activities supporting business divisions. This position will require partnership across multiple stakeholders within the organization and will have significant exposure and growth opportunities supported by a management team committed to associate development.
What You Will Do:
Analyze trends for Ecolab divisions, including volume and pricing and provide insights to the divisional teams on Key performance metrics
Coordinate monthly close and forecast activities, including communicating guidance, facilitating system loads, analyzing results Sales, Gross Profit & SG&A), and preparing content for financial reviews with senior leadership
Perform Operation income reconciliation from Forecast to Actuals
Prepare Daily Sales Report and project the month to go estimates Vs forecast
Primary owner of developing a driver-based 50/50 forecast
Partner with division finance teams to understand external and internal business dynamics and their impact on results
Lead the creation of annual plan by leveraging the trend based analytical model to arrive at a high-level proposal & coordinate/communicate with multiple key stakeholders
Develop sustainable content for use in monthly business reviews (MBRs) and provide ad-hoc financial analytics and deep dives to facilitate decision making
Partner with broader stakeholders to drive critical reporting needs and capabilities
Qualifications:
Chartered Accountant /MBA premier business school
5 plus years of experience in financial Planning & Analysis in FMCG / Manufacturing industry
Ability to translate financial analysis into insights and action plans
Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with senior management
information with a variety of audiences, including those with limited finance background
Self-motivated with ability to efficiently organize and prioritize competing priorities
Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to develop, implement and interpret financial models
Strong PC and systems skills (Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint)
Skills Required
- Chartered Accountant / MBA from a premier business school
- 5 plus years of experience in financial planning & analysis in FMCG / manufacturing industry
- Strong analytical skills and ability to translate insights into action plans
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to develop financial models
- Strong PC and systems skills
Ecolab Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Ecolab and has not been reviewed or approved by Ecolab.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the company provides strong retirement programs, including a 401(k) with employer matching and a pension, alongside options like an employee stock purchase plan. Offerings such as retiree healthcare benefits and diverse investment choices reinforce long-term financial support.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests medical coverage is broad, with HSA plan options and company contributions, prescription benefits, dental and vision, and virtual care and mental health support. Company-paid wellness programs and income protection (short- and long-term disability, life and accident) further strengthen core coverage.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-focused programs include fertility support, adoption assistance, and paid parental leave, complemented by counseling and resource services. These offerings are positioned as supportive of employee well-being across different life stages.
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What We Do
A trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations, Ecolab (ECL) is the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services. With annual sales of $12 billion and more than 44,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use, and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. For more Ecolab news and information, visit www.ecolab.com, or follow us on twitter.com/ecolab, facebook.com/ecolab or instagram.com/ecolab_inc.
