Summary StatementOttobock is seeking a Financial Analyst - OPEX to join our corporate finance team in Austin, Texas
(candidates must be located in Austin, TX)
This role supports operating expense planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, monthly P&L review, variance analysis, and standard management reporting. The analyst will work closely with cost center owners, Accounting, and FP&A leadership to ensure accurate reporting, clear variance explanations, and strong financial visibility across the organization.
Duties & Responsibilities- Model Ottobock's Code of Conduct by demonstrating collaboration, accountability, integrity, and a solution-oriented mindset.
- Serve as a strategic finance partner to operational, commercial, and functional leaders by providing financial insights, analysis, and recommendations.
- Support budgeting and forecasting cycles, including annual budgets and periodic quarterly forecasts.
- Perform variance analysis, with a focus on labor (wages/FTE), and operating expenses; clearly explain performance drivers and trends in partnership with B2B organization to identify improvement and growth opportunities. Prepare and distribute recurring reporting to business partners and leadership.
- Work with cost center owners to review results, discuss spending trends, and incorporate updates into forecasts.
- Build and maintain budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual bridges for key P&L categories.
- Analyze assigned business unit performance by collecting, interpreting, and reporting operational, financial, and statistical data.
- Develop financial models, scenario analyses, and sensitivity analyses to support strategic initiatives and investment decisions.
- Partner closely with Accounting during month-end close to understand accruals, reclasses, and accounting impacts affecting P&L.
- Analyze trends and provide data-driven insights to improve cost visibility and forecast accuracy.
- Support standard reporting cadences and respond to ad-hoc analytical requests.
- Drive automation, standardization, and continuous improvement of financial reporting and analytical processes.
- Improve data accuracy, consistency, and timeliness through process optimization and system enhancements.
Qualifications- Min. 3 years of experience in FP&A or financial analysis.
- Strong understanding of P&L structure and operating expense management.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis.
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, PowerQuery); experience with macros or VBA is a plus.
- PowerBI Experience preferred.
- ERP experience required; SAP strongly preferred. Experience with financial consolidation tools a plus.
- Strong analytical, communication, and business-partnering skills with the ability to translate data into insights.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Currently located in Austin, TX.
BenefitsMedical
Vision
Dental
Health savings accounts with employer contribution
Flexible spending account options
Company-paid life insurance policy
Paid time off
Company holidays
Floating holidays
100% company-paid short & long-term disability
401k match up to 3.5%
Paid parental leave