Senior Financial Analyst – Commercial Finance

Description

Job Title : Senior Financial Analyst Commercial Finance

Location : Columbus Ohio

Department : Finance

Reports To : Senior Finance Manager

Employment Type : Full-Time

Position Summary :

We are seeking a proactive and analytical Senior Financial Analyst to support our manufacturing operations focused on critical data center infrastructure. This role will be instrumental in delivering financial insights that drive operational efficiency support strategic initiatives and improve commercial finance performance in a fast-paced high-impact manufacturing environment.

Ideal candidates will have 35 years of experience in financial analysispreferably in a manufacturing settingand a strong interest in supporting the production of mission-critical systems like power distribution units enclosures or thermal management solutions used in modern data centers.

Key Responsibilities :

• Partner with operations supply chain and engineering teams to track project-level cost performance and margin analysis .
• Partner with sales operations and executive leadership to evaluate and improve commercial deal structures pricing models and customer profitability.
• Actively drive contract reviews focusing on financial terms and risk exposure related to payment terms incentives escalation clauses and penalties. SP1 BA2 Work closely with legal sales and accounts receivable teams to balance working capital efficiency and customer competitiveness.
• Develop financial models and business cases for large customer deals new product introductions and custom engineered-to-order solutions.
• Provide financial guidance on margin enhancement opportunities including customer mix channel strategy and cost-to-serve analysis.
• Drive finance involvement in change order process working cross functionally to quantify fixed and variable costs incurred as the result of customer change orders.
• Contribute to strategic pricing initiatives including competitive benchmarking and value-based pricing strategies for critical data center products.
• Track and report on key commercial metrics such as backlog conversion DSO (days sales outstanding) booking trends and revenue recognition risks.
• Assist in the development of sales forecasts and scenario analysis to support commercial planning and executive decision-making.
• Contribute to ongoing efforts to enhance financial systems tools and reporting processes .

Qualifications :

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Cognos,Forecasting,Hyperion,Financial Concepts,Pivot tables,Accounting,Analysis Skills,Microsoft Excel,Financial Analysis,Financial Modeling,Budgeting,Financial Planning

Department / Functional Area : Finance

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1