Financial Analyst-Systems

About MISUMI Americas

MISUMI Americas, a division of MISUMI Group, is a leading provider of standard, configurable, and custom manufacturing solutions. By integrating a vast catalog of components with a world-class digital manufacturing platform, MISUMI Americas empowers engineers and procurement teams to accelerate innovation across the entire product lifecycle. With operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, the company serves as a vital partner for the most innovative companies in the Americas.

What’s in it for you?

Opportunity To Unlock Your Creativity
Think of all the times you were held back from trying new ideas because you were boxed in by bureaucratic legacy processes or old school tactics. Having a growth mindset is deeply ingrained into our company culture since day 1 so Fictiv is an environment where you have the creative liberty and support of the team to try big bold ideas to achieve our sales and customer goals.

Opportunity To Grow Your Career

As a Financial Analyst, you will assist with financial planning and budgeting, analyze financial statements and be responsible for the support and maintenance of our FP&A and Accounting systems, build and validate multiple reports for the Finance teams, make sure various integrations are supported and maintained, and keep up-to-date knowledge of system needs for customization and integration. The ideal candidate is passionate about Fictiv, has strong financial knowledge and analytical skills, and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. This position will have the opportunity to interact with multiple finance and technical teams across Fictiv, providing a broad exposure to the business.

Impact In This Role

What are the key milestones of this role and what is the added value of this role to the organization? Instead of listing out a set of desired experience, this is an opportunity to further describe the role and the functions of the role. Research shows that women are unlikely to apply for a position unless they meet 100 percent of the requirements, while men will apply if they meet 60 percent of the requirements.

You will report to the Manager FP&A.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Be responsible for the support, planning, analysis, and delivery of our key financial tools,  as well as running and maintaining their integration with other Fictiv’s systems.
• Liaise with multiple stakeholders across the organization to ensure that the planning tools are up and running and to ensure minimal downtime.
• Assist with the recurring forecasting, budgeting, and month-end close. 
• Automate data retrieval tasks via reports & dashboards.
• Lead or participate in the development and implementation of new systems and new reports and administer those reports going forward. 
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of existing business application architecture, including integrations and data structures.
• Identify the data needs for Financial tasks and communicate with Data teams and other business partners to close the gaps.
• Troubleshoot problems that Finance’s teams encounter with Fictiv’s tools and systems, including but not limited to the planning tools, NetSuite ERP, Salesforce, and Sigma.
• Interface with external software vendors for product issues, troubleshooting and resolution; initiating Service Requests (SR's) as necessary with other 3rd Party Vendors.
• Liaise and act as representative for Fictiv FP&A to other systems teams within the organization.
• Identify, evaluate, and recommend other key technologies required to support and improve the business process centered around existing systems.

Desired Traits

• 3- 5 years in a similar role, preferred at a technology or manufacturing related business.
• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Data Analytics, or a related field is required. A Master's degree or MBA is preferred.
• Required experience with implementation and management of financial planning systems such as Hyperion/ NSPB or Anaplan.
• Experience with NetSuite and/or Oracle ERP systems (required); experience with Salesforce, Odoo, Sigma (desirable).
• Skills in tools for efficiently querying large databases.
• Expertise with MS Office suite and G. suite.
• Understanding of Financial Statements and Finance and Accounting principles.
• Extremely organized with the ability to work on and manage multiple projects within tight timelines.
• Strong attention to details.
• Strong interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication, and facilitation skills.
• Self-motivated, proactive, willing to learn, strong sense of accountability, and a proven track record of delivering results.
• Must work well under pressure, be sensitive to deadlines, be able to interact in a team environment, be able to adapt quickly to change, and possess excellent analytical, problem solving and customer service skills.
• Must be able to troubleshoot, resolve, and communicate solutions for system issues to the stakeholders.

We’re actively seeking teammates who:

• Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company. 
• Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.
• Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.
• Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins. 
• Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates

We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.