Financial Analyst

We are presently seeking aSr. Financial Analyst. This position will be in our Billerica, MA facility. In addition to a vast portfolio of high-performance photonic products and technologies, Excelitas offers single source convenience and reliability for integrated end-to-end photonic solutions from light source to sensor, and everything in between. We excel at delivering innovative and customized components, sub-assemblies and fully integrated photonic systems to meet the unique illumination, optronic, sensing and optical technology needs of global OEM customers.

Main responsibilities:

Business Support:

• Business partner to Product Managers & R&D Leaders;
• Provide tools and analytics to explain P&L and FOCF drivers, and insight to improve future performance with a goal to add value that can assist in decision making and optimized results;
• Communicate variance analysis to relevant managers;
• Project and NPI tracking, Phase gate reviews (from R&D to production);
• Division MORs supporting schedules and analytics;
• Price Impact reviews & actions;
• Outside-in focused support, that helps us best serve our customers and deliver profitable growth.

Forecasting/Budgeting:

• Forecast Product Line sales and standard margin for serial and non-serial content; requires partnering with front-end on sales forecast;
• Forecast R&D and S&M functional expenses; requires partnering with functional leaders for their input on known changes to trend;
• Upload the forecast data into Hyperion Financial Planning (HFP);
• Check final Management Reporting P&L incl. OCOGs (provided by Ops Controlling) for respective Product Groups;
• Improve forecast accuracy with consideration to execution accuracy and understanding key business drivers.

Month End Close:

• Manage GAAP revenue recognition schedules incl. estimated cost to complete and related analysis for JE's, and related sales, bookings and backlog analysis / reporting;
• R&D projects (tracking, performance, analysis for JE's);
• Analysis / guidance to support allocation processes to allocate expenses to cost centers and profit centers;
• Standard margin reporting and Product Line margin expansion summaries;
• Analyze sales and margin; explain variances (key SOX Control);
• Analyze monthly financial expenses for R&D and S&M; explain variances (key SOX Control);
• Product Line Sales, EBITDA, FOCF financial bridges to explain the results (input on cost, COGs variances from Ops Finance).

Special Projects:

• Systems projects;
• On a select-basis: additional reporting / business case support for large NPIs, Product Transfers, Investments / IRM, M&A;
• Provide support for external audit on revenue and/or business questions;
• Audit support for relevant activities.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in Finance or Accounting.
• Possess a bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting, or relevant experience. MBA preferred;

• AX, SAP, Power BI, S4/HANA, OneStream and forecast tool knowledge is desired;
• Have proficiency in MS Office (required); Power BI (is desired)

• Experience supporting a manufacturing organization. Government contract experience a plus;
• Strong financial and business acumen
• Ability to work cross functionally with all levels of the organization
• Be a change agent, and drive and support the organization projects
• Combines diligent work ethic with high intellectual curiosity.
• Thrives in a culture that encourages performance, teamwork and accountability
• Experience working in an ISO9001, 14001, 13485 certified, and/or FDA QSR compliant environment is an asset.

Our hiring criteria meets the requirements of the OLF.

All applicants must comply with the CGP (Controlled Goods Program).

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Minorities/Females/Disability/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation

Excelitas is seeking leaders and innovators to join our global team! Visit: www.excelitas.com/join-our-team

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