A.O. Smith

Senior Financial Analyst

A.O. Smith$75K — $95K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Master's Degree in Accounting or CPA strongly preferred
  • Minimum of 2 years of accounting and/or corporate finance experience
  • Public accounting experience preferred
  • Advanced knowledge of GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley regulations
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, and Outlook

Responsibilities

  • Participate in forecasting and strategic planning for retail sales and cost centers
  • Conduct financial reporting and analysis for consumer sales, profit margins, and expenses
  • Manage accounting close process for expense and gross to net, including accruals and journal entries
  • Produce and analyze financial data, including variance analysis
  • Support commercial leaders in decision-making with financial data and analytics
  • Manage Consumer channels Accounts Receivable, focusing on aged AR balances and risk mitigation
  • Review processing of contractual programs and account deductions

Benefits

  • Medical and dental insurance
  • Company-sponsored life insurance
  • Retirement security savings plan
  • Short- and long-term disability programs
  • Tuition assistance
Full Job Description
Primary Function

The Commercial Finance Senior Analyst is responsible for preparing, analyzing, and presenting the financials of specific segments of the Consumer business within North America Water Treatment including our retail & marketplace sales channels. The candidate will work to interpret the financial data to make appropriate recommendations to sales and financial management. The Senior Analyst of Commercial Finance will work closely with and become a trusted business partner to our sales & marketing teams; as well as become a trusted member of our finance team.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in the forecasting and strategic/annual plan process for retail sales organization and cost centers
  • Complete the financial reporting and analysis function for the consumer sales organization, including sales, profit margins and selling and administrative expense.
  • Complete accounting close process for expense and gross to net, including review of various accruals/ journal entries, reporting of actual results to internal stakeholders.
  • Responsible for producing and analyzing financial data for the business, including variance analysis to budget and prior year.
  • Support the consumer commercial leaders in decision making process using financial data and analytics to support position & recommendations.
  • Ability to effectively partner and communicate with commercial leaders, ROI analysis, pricing principles, understanding of route to market and managing customer terms and relationships.
  • Ownership & management of Consumer channels Accounts Receivable; including but not limited to managing aged AR balances & associated action plans to mitigate bad debt risk.
  • Responsible for review of processing of contractual programs and account deductions.
  • Continually evaluate the departmental functions, practices, and controls to identify opportunity for improvement.
  • Ensure consistent, reliable, and timely information is distributed to all financial statement users.
  • Prepare and post journal entries; manage account reconciliations.
  • Develop and maintain knowledge and understanding of all accounting policies, financial systems, processes, and controls.
  • Continually evaluate the departmental functions, practices, and controls to identify opportunities for improvement


Qualifications

BASICQUALIFICIATIONS:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Master's Degree in Accounting or CPA strongly preferred
  • Minimum of 2 years of accounting and/or corporate finance experience

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Public accounting experience preferred
  • Can prioritize work with minimal supervision and work in cross-functional teams.
  • Advanced knowledge of GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley rules and regulations
  • SAP/BPC/OneStream experience is beneficial
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, and Outlook
  • Strong analytical skills are required
  • Ability to work independently
  • Strong sense of judgment, decision making, and complex problem solving.
  • Strong communication skills, both orally and written, especially communication of financial results and information
  • Strong attention to detail and high organization skills
  • Strong business and financial acumen
  • Proactive problem-solving approach
  • Positive attitude and desire to learn & grow


We Offer

Competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits plans which include medical and dental insurance, company-sponsored life insurance, retirement security savings plan, short- and long-term disability programs and tuition assistance.
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About A.O. Smith

A.O. Smith Corporation is an American manufacturer of both residential and commercial water heaters and boilers. It is the largest manufacturer and marketer of water heaters in North America. It also supplies water treatment products in the Asian market. The company has two operating segments: North America and Rest of World. The North America segment manufactures and markets a comprehensive line of residential and commercial gas, gas tankless, electric and solar water heaters, as well as boilers. The Rest of World segment manufactures and markets specialty commercial water heating equipment, condensing and non-condensing boilers, and water systems tanks.
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