Financial Analyst - Americas (m/f/x)

Your tasks

• Cost trend analysis, highlighting areas of fluctuation against budget but also anomalies to help the business take pro-active measures;
• Cross check sales commission status & align with local finance & central controlling;
• Logic tests with regards to sales & cost of sales mix;
• Customer profitability & forecast quality scorecard creation; Funnel reconciliation & analysis;
• Help create the base line data whilst providing support & analysis to the sales team to ensure a clear & fact-based bottom-up sales budget which ties to the OPEX & headcount planning;
• Act in a supporting role for the controlling department in the creation & consolidation of full group budget;
• Analyze customer monthly sales & product mix to be able to provide data driven feedback to sales to understand customer buying behavior;
• Work together with product management discount behavior of certain customers & or product lines;
• Customer & product line deviation analysis v’s budget & last year;
• Funnel review to provide sales with early warning signs of potential gaps due to funnel movements;
• Ad-hoc analysis to provide greater insight into install base, funnel, actual performance;
• Support Director Business Controlling with Quarterly Business Review documentation & standard KPI Scorecards for the sales teams;
• Assist finance team with Credit Check information (e.g. using D&B tool or public data);
• Check that discounts given are approved & documented,
• Work with sales & controlling to review the sales funnel against overdue receivables & provide on time credit level warnings;
• Work with Director Business Controlling on setting up & implementing a clear set of best practice commercial rules within sales & controlling;
• Support controlling of reporting of actual v’s budget performance per sales rep;
• Make data checks on funnel & actual sales / billings to ensure correct role up & that the close dates in the funnel are up to date;
• Align with Business Operations on planned deliveries & incoterms are correct when referring to sales revenue forecasting;
• Ensure all communication is documented & referred to in a timely manner.

Your profile

• Bachelor's degree in Financial/Business Administration with 5+ years of experience within a similar industry and function discipline;
• Excellent computer skills on MS Office, accounting software and databases, SFDC experience is a plus;
• Ability to work on own initiative and to deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy and high attention to detail;
• Time management skills;
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities across all level of an organization.

We offer

• A true global presence: in Europe, Americas, and Asia;
• A leader in one of the hottest markets: Cybersecurity;
• Growing at fast pace, gaining market share over our competitors;
• An open and friendly corporate culture characterized by a constructive and cooperative relationship;
• Utimaco benefit package;
• The professional and personal support through targeted further education opportunities.

For any questions, please contact Meena Sunder (408) 395-6400 / (650) 210-6055.