ABB Ltd

Finance Analyst

ABB Ltd • $80K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
  • 5+ years of financial analysis or related role experience is preferred
  • Strong expertise in financial planning and forecasting
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Proactive problem-solver with a focus on efficiency
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel), ERP systems (SAP preferred), and financial analytics tools
  • Fluent in English for effective communication with business partners

Responsibilities

  • Analyze business performance against budget and forecast; propose improvements
  • Understand and analyze financial performance drivers through modeling and variance analysis
  • Support financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes
  • Validate financial data accuracy through reconciliations and exception reviews
  • Provide management with data insights and report findings
  • Develop automated solutions to optimize performance and eliminate process duplication
  • Ensure compliance with internal policies and maintain audit trails

Benefits

  • Choice between two medical plan options
  • Two dental plan options available
  • Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
  • Short and Long Term Disability benefits paid by the company
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • 401k Savings Plan with company contributions
  • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
  • 11 paid holidays with permissive vacation policy
Full Job Description
This position reports to:
Division Controller

As a Financial Analyst at ABB, you won't just crunch numbers - you'll shape the story behind them. You'll dig into the drivers of business performance, build financial models, and turn complex data into clear insights that influence real decisions at one of the world's leading technology companies.

In this role, you'll be at the heart of planning and strategy - supporting budgeting, forecasting, and business planning cycles while developing automated solutions that make the finance function smarter and faster. You'll present your findings directly to management, giving you meaningful visibility and a platform to drive change.

You'll also play a key role in ensuring ABB's financial integrity - owning reconciliations, compliance frameworks, and audit-readiness - while partnering with project teams to identify risks and opportunities that directly impact revenue and cash flow.

If you're someone who thrives on turning data into decisions, loves building efficient processes, and wants to grow in an environment where your analytical skills genuinely move the needle - this is the role for you.

The work model for this role is hybrid in New Berlin, WI or Houston, TX.

Your role and responsibilities
  • Performs analysis of business performance versus budget and forecast and accordingly proposes improvement actions.
  • Works to understand and analyze the drivers of financial performance of the organization and identify trends through financial modeling and variance analysis.
  • Supports the preparation of financial reporting, business planning, budgeting, and forecasting.
  • Validates the accuracy of financial data and business information and reports through reconciliations and review of exceptions.
  • Provides information to management by gathering and summarizing data, preparing reports, and making presentations of findings, analyses, and recommendations.
  • Optimizes performance to increase productivity by developing automated solutions, eliminating duplications, and coordinating information requirements.
  • Ensures processes and controls within area of responsibility, are designed and implemented in line with internal policies and regulations.
  • Maintains proper audit trail and documentation for future tax/ internal/external audits and reviews.
  • Participate in risk reviews, manage authorization tables per company guidelines, and ensure strong compliance frameworks across all financial operations.
  • Assisting the project team in driving revenues and project cash flow, identifying risks and opportunities, and ensuring adherence to ABB's corporate governance, assurance, internal controls, and business specific finance directives and instructions.


Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications for the role
  • Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
  • technical backgrounds with experience in finance, accounting and project management.
  • 5 or more years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, or a related role is preferred.
  • Strong expertise in financial planning, forecasting, business performance management, and project controlling.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, capable of influencing at all levels.
  • Proactive problem-solving mindset with a focus on efficiency and continuous improvement.
  • Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Excel), ERP systems (SAP preferred), financial analytics tools, and Pow-er BI.
  • Fluent English (written and verbal) is required for effective communication with business partners.
  • Candidates must already possess authorization to work for ABB in the US, and ability to travel domestically and internationally.
  • Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.


ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest" to learn more

Health, Life & Disability
  • Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
  • Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
  • Vision benefit
  • Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
  • Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
  • Voluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums
  • Short Term Disability - up to 26 weeks - Company paid
  • Long Term Disability - 60% of pay - Company paid. Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
  • Supplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
  • Employee discount program


Retirement
  • 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
  • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)


Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

Ready to make an impact?

Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.

About ABB Ltd

ABB Ltd is a Swiss multinational corporation that specializes in electrical equipment. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. ABB operates in a variety of industries, including power generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as automation and robotics. The company's products and services are used in a range of applications, from electric vehicles to renewable energy systems. ABB has a global presence, with operations in more than 100 countries. The company is committed to sustainability and has set ambitious targets for reducing its environmental impact.
Learn more about ABB Ltd
Size
104,400 employees
Market Cap
$59.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$5.1 billion
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+3%
Revenue
$26.1 billion
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