Senior Financial Analyst

As a Financial Analyst Senior your goal is to support the corporate finance department through leading and performing complex accounting and finance functions such as : reporting, month-end closing, analysis of operations, and other analysis process-related activities.

You will do this by :

• Preparing complex reports daily, weekly and monthly which may include but not be limited to sales, inventory, production, raw material purchasing and cost of quality.
• Performing financial analysis and communicating findings to enable management to make informed business decisions and take action.
• Understands and internally promotes the relationship of accurate financial planning to our overall financial results
• Develops and uses analytical tools to monitor and lead improvements in forecasting accuracy. Analyzes actual to budget trends in financial statements and key company drivers and trends on a monthly basis, including the isolation of factors contributing to negative and positive trends, in order to revise forecast processes and improve forecast accuracy.
• Develops timely tools and metrics to enable management to make informed business decisions and take action.
• Analyzes the impact of pricing, volume, mix and foreign currency on sales and gross margins.
• Performing and leading month-end closing of varying complexity which includes : calculating accrual / reserve balances and discussing calculations with management for subjective nature accounts to arrive at decision;

analyzing general ledger account data for accuracy and adjusting accounts if necessary; booking various other journal entries and statistical key figures.

• Reviewing variance account posting for accuracy throughout the month and correcting system transactions.
• Reviewing detail of accounts and following-up on month-end closing items when necessary.
• Preparing account reconciliations on a monthly basis
• Working with external auditors quarterly and at year-end; including providing audit work papers as well as requested supporting documentation, walking auditors through calculations and providing data for various other detailed testing

The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities.

You are the kind of person who is / has :

• collaborative, having the ability to work across functions and align with multiple stakeholders
• the ability to adapt to, embrace and execute change
• driven and action oriented
• analytical and detail oriented

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field OR equivalent education and experience
• Minimum of three years of accounting / finance experience
• Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and / or location

Preferred Qualifications :

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
• Prior manufacturing industry experience

Additional Knowledge & Skills :

Strong communication and interpersonal skills to work with all business units on setting expectations and monitoring progress;

must be able to communicate effectively with peers and superiors within the organization

• Strong analytical skills, decision making and organizational skills in relation to managing multiple projects with a strong attention to accuracy and detail
• Strong computer literacy, especially experience with financial software systems
• Comprehensive understanding of generally accepted accounting principles
• High ability to identify, measure, evaluate & improve, if necessary, the effectiveness of accounting, financial, managerial and operational controls
• Excellent customer service skills with the ability to interface with all levels

Travel Required : of Travel : 0%

of Travel : 0%

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Location :

Wauwatosa, WI (hybrid eligible)

Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides innovative products and diverse power solutions to help people get work done.

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Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in more than 100 countries on six continents.

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Briggs & Stratton also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunity for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans.