Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world's manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that's you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Position Summary

Senior FP&A Analyst is a very attractive position combining regular duties with work on interesting projects with high exposure to senior management and great further development opportunities.

Your responsibilities

• Support the business decision-making process
• Collaborate effectively across multiple functions to develop a reliable sales incentive cost modelling, accrual and forecast process
• Perform controlling activities on the global sales incentives
• Work with and challenge regions to provide the latest estimates of key financial metrics
• Ensure all monthly spend incurred is accrued in accordance with US GAAP
• Conduct analysis of monthly and quarterly financial results
• Understanding business performance and challenging where appropriate
• Formulate and effectively communicate concise insights to senior leaders, earning respect through an ability to speak up and challenge when appropriate.
• Maintains collaborative relationship between Finance and Commercial operations to ensure consistency across regions, reporting and activities amongst the teams
• Provide ad hoc, in-depth analysis that leverages individual understanding of the interaction of key financial metrics and their relationship to the underlying business.
• Develop and advocate for automation, simplification, and standardization of our processes.
• Assist with Global GSM HQ activities, such as Understanding monthly spend results of identified GSM Global Functions, including explaining actual to budget/forecast performance, and identify areas of risk and opportunity

Core Competencies:

• Ability to interpret large amounts of data and communicate effectively to clearly present financial concepts to key stakeholders
• Ability to demonstrate business and financial acumen
• Process improvement focus and proactive mindset with an eagerness to learn the business
• Strong communicator across multiple functions, levels and cultures
• Works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Exercises judgment in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results
• Strong ownership and ability to drive issues to resolution
• Business partnering experience
• Innovative and critical thinking to attain results
• Ability to work effectively across time zones, businesses, and functions to resolve issues
• Proactively handle tight deadlines, juggle conflicting priorities and work well under time pressure without close supervision in a very dynamic environment

Education & personal skills:

• Master's degree in finance or accounting
• Recognized accounting/finance qualification is a plus
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience, including FP&A/Controlling area
• Strong verbal and written communication skills both in English
• Fluency in Excel
• Knowledge of Power BI, SAP/EPM systems is a plus.
• Project management skills would be an advantage

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