Siemens

Financial Analyst, FP&A

Siemens$102K — $184K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or Economics required; Master's or professional certifications (CFA, CPA) preferred.
  • 7+ years of progressive experience in finance with a focus on FP&A or financial reporting.
  • Deep financial acumen with an emphasis on business analysis and strategic insights.
  • Expert-level proficiency in financial modeling and analysis using Microsoft Excel.
  • Strong presentation skills using PowerPoint for senior leadership.
  • Familiarity with advanced analytics and BI tools (KNIME, Power BI, Tableau) is a plus.
  • Exceptional attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy in analyses.
  • Superior communication skills with an ability to simplify complex financial data.

Responsibilities

  • Lead key FP&A activities, ensuring accurate forecasting and strategic alignment.
  • Facilitate financial reviews, translating complex data into actionable insights.
  • Cultivate collaborative relationships across departments for comprehensive financial reporting.
  • Leverage analytical skills to extract and synthesize data from financial systems, identifying key trends.
  • Support financial integration of acquisitions through comprehensive FP&A activities.
  • Champion continuous improvement in FP&A processes through innovative analysis and automation.
  • Conduct complex ad hoc financial analyses for urgent business needs.

Benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements, including remote and hybrid options.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Opportunity for personal and professional growth within a global company.
  • Inclusive workplace culture welcoming diversity.
  • Access to resources and support from a large, industry-leading organization.
Full Job Description
Joining our dynamic FP&A team within one of the most exciting business units at Siemens offers a unique global platform for your personal and professional growth. You'll be an integral part of a data-driven, business-minded, and diverse team, driving crucial financial planning, accurate forecasting, and insightful financial performance analysis. Through your contributions, you will provide vital transparency on financial performance, enabling informed assessments and strategic decision-making for key stakeholders, including the CFO.

Responsibilities
  • Execute key FP&A activities, including robust monthly forecasting, meticulous quarterly closing processes, and comprehensive annual budgeting, ensuring accuracy and strategic alignment.
  • Facilitate and lead insightful financial reviews with key stakeholders, translating complex data into clear, actionable transparency on financial performance for informed decision-making.
  • Cultivate and maintain strong collaborative relationships across various business segments and departments to gather critical financial insights, align on strategic objectives, and ensure comprehensive financial reporting and analysis across the organization.
  • Leverage advanced analytical skills to extract, interpret, and synthesize data from diverse financial systems (e.g., SAP, ESPRIT, Hyperion), proactively identifying key trends and drivers to inform critical business strategies.
  • Play a pivotal role in the financial integration of acquisitions, providing comprehensive FP&A support to ensure seamless financial alignment and reporting.
  • Proactively identify and champion opportunities to design innovative new analyses and refine existing FP&A processes, driving continuous improvement in productivity, accuracy, and efficiency.
  • Conduct complex ad hoc financial analyses to address urgent business needs
  • Actively contribute to optimization projects, leveraging digitalization and automation to enhance FP&A capabilities.
  • Develop and prepare high-impact presentations for Senior Finance Leadership, distilling complex financial information into clear, concise, and compelling narratives for strategic discussions.

Qualifications and experience
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or Economics is required. A Master's degree or relevant professional certifications (e.g., CFA, CPA) are a distinct advantage.
  • Experience: Minimum of 3+ years of progressive and relevant experience within a dynamic finance environment, with a strong focus on FP&A or financial reporting.
  • Domain Knowledge: Demonstrated profound financial acumen with a strong emphasis on business analysis and strategic financial insights.
  • Technical Proficiency:
    • Proficiency in financial modeling and analysis using Microsoft Excel.
    • Ability to craft compelling and clear presentations using PowerPoint for senior leadership.
    • Ideally, hands-on experience with advanced analytics and Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as KNIME, Power BI, or Tableau.
  • Analytical Acuity: Exceptional attention to detail and unwavering commitment to accuracy in all financial analyses and reporting.
  • Communication: Superior written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex financial information clearly, concisely, and persuasively to diverse audiences, including senior executives.
  • Mindset: A proactive and continuous learning mindset, coupled with excellent analytical and decision-making capabilities to tackle complex financial challenges.
  • Ownership & Drive: A highly self-motivated and results-oriented individual, demonstrating a strong sense of ownership and accountability for deliverables.
  • Adaptability: Agile and adaptable, thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing deadlines and evolving priorities.
  • Foster Team Development: Provide guidance and hands-on coaching to junior analysts, ensuring consistent application of departmental standards and best practices.
  • Industry Insight (Plus): A valuable understanding of software business characteristics and financial models is a significant plus.
  • Siemens Advantage (Plus): Prior experience with Siemens or Siemens Digital Industries Software is considered a strong asset.

Why us?

Working at Siemens Software means flexibility - Choosing between working at home and the office at other times is the norm here. We offer great benefits and rewards, as you'd expect from a world leader in industrial software.

A collection of over 377,000 minds building the future, one day at a time in over 200 countries. We're dedicated to equality, and we welcome applications that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. All employment decisions at Siemens are based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Bring your curiosity and creativity and help us shape tomorrow!

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You'll Benefit From
Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html
The pay range for this position is $102,500 - $184,500 annually with a target incentive of 5-8% of the base salary. The actual wage offered may be lower or higher depending on budget and candidate experience, knowledge, skills, qualifications, and premium geographic location.

About Siemens

Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich and the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe with branch offices abroad. The principal divisions of the company are Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities, which represent the main activities of the company. The company is a prominent maker of medical diagnostics equipment and its medical health-care division, which generates about 12 percent of the company's total sales, is its second-most profitable unit, after the industrial automation division. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. Siemens and its subsidiaries employ approximately 385,000 people worldwide and reported global revenue of around €87 billion in 2019 according to its earnings release.
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