Financial Analyst

at  Hunter Douglas

Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.
We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours?

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Sr. Financial Analyst will be a key business partner reporting to the Finance Director of Operations and working with plant operations to effectively support the organization’s strategic initiatives. Responsible for analyzing the plant cost statements to keep track of budgetary compliance. Expected to keep abreast of daily operational risks and opportunities to support plant leadership on key financial decision making including: expense tracking, capital planning, inventory reconciliations, and KPI performance. The Sr. Analyst will partner with Accounting and Finance leadership to lead month-end close activities and communicate results to plant leadership. The Sr. Analyst will play a key-role in Budget/Forecast planning and work with the operations team to support the execution plan.

• Lead monthly Budget/Forecast variance explanations and communicate findings to Finance and operational leaders to influence good-decision making.
• Perform month-end close activities including preparation of journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and reporting.
• Communicate weekly and monthly reports of results, periodic forecasts, and annual plant operating plan/budget (includes generation of ad-hoc reports as necessary).
• Contribute financial analysis support and guidance to prepare capital expenditure and cost saving proposals. Ensure requests support plant goals, are financially viable and review post-implementation results.
• Partner with Operations and HR Leadership to enable and ensure the accurate inclusion of plant level detail in Division, Brand and HDNA reporting, forecasting, and planning.
• Ensure that work is performed in compliance of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and those established by the company.
• Support successful launch of all new programs with proper cost estimation support and ensure accurate forecasting of COGS impact.
• Participate in strategic Division and Brand financial and operational planning. Utilize plan to create and implement plant budgets and goals. Understand impacts of plant to the greater organization.

• Prepare annual Budgets and Forecasts, working continually with leadership teams to drive exceptional planning.

  o Assist in the preparation of the annual labor and overhead budget including the ongoing review of Labor Management and Capacity analysis.

• Prepare templates and consolidate monthly analyses and reports for actual vs budget/prior year results and variance analysis.

  o Analyses could include daily/weekly/monthly KPI metrics, production labor and material efficiencies, fixed asset management, inventory analysis, and other measures providing insights and suggestions as to areas of focus. Provides for the distribution of contract sales tools.

• Calculate annual standard cost for products produced in plant

  o Review the accuracy and control of bills of material and labor standard hours and rates.

• All other responsibilities as deemed necessary by management.