Senior Financial Planning Analyst

About Mishimoto

Mishimoto is the flagship brand of Resource Intl., the world leader in performance cooling products, was created for automotive enthusiasts by automotive enthusiasts. Established in 2005, we have two decades of experience in working toward our goal of providing superior cooling system upgrades. Mishimoto has produced a line of upgrades to fit nearly any application including, sport compacts, powersports, trucks, Jeeps, muscle vehicles, daily drivers, and the classics.

Mishimoto's corporate headquarters is located in an 67,610 sq. ft. office, warehousing facility and state of the art engineering studio, where we have assembled the industry's cutting-edge tools for evaluating Mishimoto test vehicles in Garnet Valley, PA. This one-of-a-kind facility allows us to maintain a leading position in our industry. With another office in Sparks, Nevada, as well as international locations in Stourbridge, UK and Yangzhou City, China. We have built an unprecedented global infrastructure for the benefit of all our worldwide customers.

Our employees love our workplace because:

• It’s a gearhead’s dream – Design and develop performance automotive products for the car scene.
• We make way for play – Attend wine and cheese gatherings and hit up our favorite events, from drift to autocross to classic car shows.
• We take a breather – Enjoy an in-house gym, massage chair, and healthy-snack vending machine.
• Our workplace is beautiful – Work in an office designed to stimulate creative thinking. 
• The employee discounts rock – Get exclusive access to Mishimoto products and discounts from our partners.
• The bennies – Medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k) w/ 4% match, disability pay, and life insurance. 
• We score – bonus program is tied to overall company performance goals.
• Dog Days! Bring your dog to work every day!

Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Job Summary:

Mishimoto is looking for a Senior Financial Planning Analyst. In this role you will have the awesome responsibility of analyzing data and making recommendations on profitability improvements and cost savings across the organization. You will be responsible for the preparation, coordination, and documentation of financial analysis projects such as

financial and expense performance, rate of return, depreciation, working capital, and investments. You will prepare forecasts and analysis of trends in manufacturing, sales, finance, general business conditions, and other related areas. Using that information to identify trends and developments in competitive environments and presents findings to senior management. The ideal candidate has strong organizational skills, is a master of process and a stickler for details.  The Financial Analyst reports directly to the Director of FP&A.

What You'll Do:

• Work with business partners across the organization to support the annual budget, multi-year financial strategy, and monthly and quarterly forecast, including consolidation, reporting, and analytics.
• Analyze monthly reports for actual results compared to budget, prior year and forecast. Review results with management and provide a complete understanding of variances; this includes driving efforts to understand root causes of variances and making recommendations to enhance business performance.
• Effectively communicate the status of planning, forecasting, modeling, other projects, and related reporting throughout the Company.
• Customer & product P&L development and analysis.
• Support the annual budget and provide guidance to global business teams including managing the data collection and consolidation process with accounting resources and functional leadership; validate completeness and accuracy with the goal of communicating trends and key drivers to executive leadership.
• Identify and analyze key performance indicators that drive performance.
• Ensure reporting systems and source data are accurate and reconciled including supporting accounting with variance analysis.
• Other duties as assigned.

Your Creds:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline.
• 4-7 Years of prior experience in financial analysis, accounting or as a finance business partner.
• Financial analytical skills must address the full range of issues including marketing, strategic planning, technology, and economics from an operational and strategic standpoint.
• Sound understanding of US GAAP and financial consolidation processes.
• Sound acumen in Account Reconciliation, Business Valuation, Capital Management Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Investment Analysis, Profitability Analysis, Trend Analysis, Financial Analysis Software and Financial Research.
• Advanced financial modeling skills
• Knowledge of ERP and consolidation systems, as well as expertise in Microsoft Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, Word). Demonstrated experience using Excel to build and maintain complex financial models as well as perform financial and data analysis.

Extra Credit

• Public company, or public audit experience preferred.
• Manufacturing or e-commerce experience
• NetSuite experience
• BI experience

 You are Good At: 

• Problem solving, including the ability to logically structure an appropriate analytical framework.
• Interfacing and communicating effectively with corporate management and all other functions in the Company.
  • Paying attention to details and consistently demonstrating a high degree of accuracy.
  • Analyzing a complex and growing environment and developing new or modifying existing processes
  • Leveraging your wide range of experience using professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways.
  • Meeting tight deadlines, managing multiple priorities and responsibilities

 Who You Are:

• You welcome the challenges that come with a rapidly growing company whose strategy for growth includes both organic and inorganic actions.
• You display integrity and compliance, personal leadership, performance driven work ethic and ability to lead cross functionally without authority.
• Self-motivated; curious learner; desire to grow; ability to work independently and make decisions.
• Ability and inclination to roll up sleeves and dig in. Dependence on and confidence in own abilities with a sense of urgency to get things done.
• Accountable and coachable. You own and learn from your mistakes. You understand feedback is a gift.
• Teamwork skills and positivity. We are Team Mishi, we collaborate, and we lift each other up. 

If the above describes you and your passions, we want to hear from you!  

Physical Demands & Working Conditions: 

• Professional office environment and typical business hours.
• Ability to remain in a stationary position for extended periods and operate computer and other office equipment.

Mishimoto is made up of people with many different backgrounds and lifestyles, and we like it that way. We invite applications from people of all stripes. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences that people imagine to discriminate against one another. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's anything we can do to make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate.