Job Description
At Ecolab, you can help take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, delivering critical insights and innovative solutions to help our customers achieve clean water, safe food, abundant energy and healthy environments. With our worldwide reach and ambitious growth plans, you will have the opportunity to own your future and impact what matters. Are you ready to make an impact?
Ecolab is a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life. Building on a century of innovation, Ecolab has annual sales of $14 billion, employs more than 47,000 associates and operates in more than 170 countries around the world. The company delivers comprehensive science-based solutions, data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and optimize water and energy use.
The Opportunity: The Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst will be responsible for financial planning and analysis activities of Ecolab divisional sales. This position will require partnership across multiple stakeholders within the organization and will have significant exposure and growth opportunities supported by a management team committed to associate development.
What You Will Do:
• Analyze trends for Ecolab divisions, including volume and pricing and provide insights to the divisional teams on Key performance metrics
• Coordinate monthly close and forecast activities, including communicating guidance, facilitating system loads, analyzing results Salles/ Gross profit & SG&A ), and preparing content for financial reviews with senior leadership
• Perform Operation income reconciliation from Forecast to Actuals
• Prepare Daily sales variance vs forecast to arrive at month end finish estimates Vs forecast
• Primary owner of developing a driver-based 50/50 forecast
• Partner with division finance teams to understand external and internal business dynamics and their impact on results
• Lead the creation of annual plan by leveraging the trend based analytical model to arrive at a high-level proposal & coordinate/communicate with multiple key stakeholders
• Develop sustainable content for use in monthly business reviews (MBRs) and provide ad-hoc financial analytics and deep dives to facilitate decision making
• Partner with broader stakeholders to drive critical reporting needs and capabilities
Minimum Qualifications:
• Chartered Accountant /MBA premier business school
• 5 plus years of experience in financial Planning & Analysis
Preferred Qualifications:
• Financial planning and analysis experience
• Ability to translate financial analysis into insights and action plans
• Ability to identify key metrics critical to business performance and provide easily understood and actionable management reporting
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with senior management
• Strong presentation skills to communicate complex financial and performance information with a variety of audiences, including those with limited finance background
• Self-motivated with ability to efficiently organize and prioritize competing priorities
• Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to develop, implement and interpret financial models
• Strong PC and systems skills (Power BI, Microsoft Excel, Access, and PowerPoint) Excel, Access and PowerPoint)
Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging
Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance in all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement. Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin,citizenship status, sex, ****** orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.
Ecolab is a global sustainability leader offering water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life. Building on a century of innovation, Ecolab has annual sales of $14 billion, employs more than 47,000 associates and operates in more than 170 countries around the world. The company delivers comprehensive science-based solutions, data-driven insights and world-class service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, and optimize water and energy use.
The Opportunity: The Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst will be responsible for financial planning and analysis activities of Ecolab divisional sales. This position will require partnership across multiple stakeholders within the organization and will have significant exposure and growth opportunities supported by a management team committed to associate development.
What You Will Do:
• Analyze trends for Ecolab divisions, including volume and pricing and provide insights to the divisional teams on Key performance metrics
• Coordinate monthly close and forecast activities, including communicating guidance, facilitating system loads, analyzing results Salles/ Gross profit & SG&A ), and preparing content for financial reviews with senior leadership
• Perform Operation income reconciliation from Forecast to Actuals
• Prepare Daily sales variance vs forecast to arrive at month end finish estimates Vs forecast
• Primary owner of developing a driver-based 50/50 forecast
• Partner with division finance teams to understand external and internal business dynamics and their impact on results
• Lead the creation of annual plan by leveraging the trend based analytical model to arrive at a high-level proposal & coordinate/communicate with multiple key stakeholders
• Develop sustainable content for use in monthly business reviews (MBRs) and provide ad-hoc financial analytics and deep dives to facilitate decision making
• Partner with broader stakeholders to drive critical reporting needs and capabilities
Minimum Qualifications:
• Chartered Accountant /MBA premier business school
• 5 plus years of experience in financial Planning & Analysis
Preferred Qualifications:
• Financial planning and analysis experience
• Ability to translate financial analysis into insights and action plans
• Ability to identify key metrics critical to business performance and provide easily understood and actionable management reporting
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with senior management
• Strong presentation skills to communicate complex financial and performance information with a variety of audiences, including those with limited finance background
• Self-motivated with ability to efficiently organize and prioritize competing priorities
• Demonstrated attention to detail and ability to develop, implement and interpret financial models
• Strong PC and systems skills (Power BI, Microsoft Excel, Access, and PowerPoint) Excel, Access and PowerPoint)
Our Commitment to a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging
Ecolab is committed to fair and equal treatment of associates and applicants and furthering the principles of Equal Opportunity to Employment. We will recruit, hire, promote, transfer and provide opportunities for advancement based on individual qualifications and job performance in all matters affecting employment, compensation, benefits, working conditions, and opportunities for advancement. Ecolab will not discriminate against any associate or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, creed, national origin,citizenship status, sex, ****** orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, or disability.
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