Lead Financial Analyst (PRP25411)

Job # PRP25411

Job Title Lead Financial Analyst

Office Location Katy, TX

Business Function/Department Power Electronics Systems/Finance

Sales Territory, if applicable N/A

General Role Description

Provide financial, tax and business analysis for an international manufacturing operation; lead the accounts payable and accounts receivable team to ensure accurate, timely financial reporting.

Role Accountabilities

- Allocate and coordinate resources effectively to ensure seamless AP/AR operations

- Ensure accurate and timely processing of accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions

- Manage and resolve escalated issues from vendors and clients related to AP/AR, ensuring timely and effective communication and resolution

- Execute OSM forecasting and budget planning within financial modeling tools, performing comparative analysis to actuals each month

- Coordinate headcount forecasting within financial modeling tools, performing comparative analysis to actuals each month

- Perform accurate and timely completion of the monthly and annual financial closing processes for the areas assigned

- Perform month-end closing of the projects, purchasing, and inventory modules

- Perform variance analysis of and account reconciliation for assigned General Ledger (GL), taking corrective action, as necessary, to adjust the GL based on the analysis

- Validate the accuracy of project cost accounting and provide analysis on contribution margin (CM) to the assigned business units

- Analyze failure trends in the ERP modules and other system tools assigned to this role, reporting to IT or escalating to immediate manager as necessary

- Consolidate monthly results

- Ensure accurate and timely closing of work orders and customer billing in coordination with appropriate personnel

- Generate data and reports for the monthly management reporting package, as assigned

- Review warranty and concession reserves/costs as assigned and report major variances to the immediate manager

- Conduct and document complex financial analysis

- Perform analysis of and account reconciliation for high volume/value GL accounts

- Perform variance analysis for major expense accounts

- Coach associates in specific areas of complex transactions and in complex aspects of financial analysis

General Employee Accountabilities

- Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager

- Give manager best advice

- Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified

- Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager

- Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment

- Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws

- Recommend viable improvements proactively

- Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Minimum Qualifications

- BS in Accounting or Finance or equivalent via education and/or work experience

- 6 years' financial analysis experience

- 8 years' total experience of accounting or finance professional level work

- Demonstrated knowledge of financial aspects in a manufacturing environment

- Proficiency in financial module of ERP system

- Demonstrated analytical and creative problem-solving skills

- Demonstrated success developing, implementing, measuring and improving effective systems in functional areas

- Demonstrated knowledge of applicable legislation and regulatory guidelines and their impact on business processes

- Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility

- Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts

- Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills

- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook

- Availability to travel domestically less than 5%

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in a business with foreign ownership, preferably Japanese

- Experience in a business which measures results principally by project and levels of overall support costs

- Proficiency in the financial module of Oracle ERP system

- Demonstrated knowledge of applicable legislation and regulatory guidelines and their impact on business processes

- CPA or CMA

Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.

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