Senior Financial Analyst

Cooper Machinery Services Brand
  • Houston, Texas
    4 days ago

    Job Description

    As a Senior Financial Analyst, you'll bring financial modeling expertise and sound judgment to drive the budgeting, forecasting, and reporting that shape decisions across the organization. This role requires a strong understanding of driver-based financial models, planning and consolidation systems, and executive-level reporting. You will work with a high degree of independence, partnering closely with Finance, Accounting, and Operations leaders while owning work that directly impacts how the business plans, forecasts, and measures performance.

    What You Will Do:

    Budgeting & Forecasting

    • Own the annual budget and periodic reforecast cycles, including calendar, templates, and consolidation of department submissions
    • Build and maintain driver-based financial models to support planning, scenario analysis, and long-range forecasting
    • Partner with business leaders on forecasting and decision support

    Reporting & Dashboards

    • Produce the monthly reporting package and KPI scorecard, including variance commentary and executive-ready PowerPoint materials for leadership
    • Analyze monthly results vs. expectation; explain variances and key business drivers
    • Design, build, and maintain reports that deliver actionable insights to finance and cross-functional teams
    • Develop and maintain interactive dashboards in Excel and AI business intelligence tools to visualize KPIs and key financial metrics

    AI-Enabled Analysis & Process Improvement

    • Leverage AI tools to accelerate model building, variance research, and narrative drafting, and to expand the depth of analysis the team can deliver
    • Help establish team standards for reliable, reviewable use of AI in financial and operational analysis
    • Identify opportunities to automate and streamline recurring reporting and planning processes, in conjunction with accounting, treasury and finance

    Cross-Functional Partnership & Accounting Support

    • Work with teams across departments to align analytics solutions with key business goals and operational strategies
    • Support month-end close activities
    • Perform additional responsibilities as needed to ensure smooth financial operations and business continuity

      Who You Are:

      You Have:

      • A Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college in Finance, Accounting, or similar.
      • 5+ years of experience in Finance or Accounting, working with data & analytics, forecasting, and reporting.
      • High proficiency in data analytics and business intelligence.
      • Experience with SAP and preferably OneStream or HFM.
      • High proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.
      • Demonstrated use of AI tools to improve the speed, depth, or quality of financial analysis.
      • Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
      • Experience with data conversions and data mapping across multiple ERPs and reporting systems.
      • Understanding of consolidation, planning, and reporting systems and related infrastructure.
      • Effective time management and organizational skills, able to balance multiple priorities.

      Numbers & Facts

      LocationHouston, Texas
      Websitehttps://www.cooperservices.com/career

      Skills

      • Accountingunmatched
      • Accounting Closeunmatched
      • Analysis Skillsunmatched
      • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
      • Budgetingunmatched
      • Business Intelligenceunmatched
      • Business Intelligence Softwareunmatched
      • Business Operationsunmatched
      • Business Planunmatched
      • Communication Skillsunmatched
      • Cross-Functionalunmatched
      • Data Analysisunmatched
      • Data Mappingunmatched
      • Decision Supportunmatched
      • Financeunmatched
      • Financial Analysisunmatched
      • Financial Metricsunmatched
      • Financial Modelingunmatched
      • Financial Operationsunmatched
      • Financial Planningunmatched
      • Forecastingunmatched
      • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
      • Leadershipunmatched
      • Microsoft Excelunmatched
      • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
      • Multitaskingunmatched
      • Operational Strategyunmatched
      • Organizational Skillsunmatched
      • Performance Metricsunmatched
      • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
      • Process Improvementunmatched
      • Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
      • SAPunmatched
      • Scorecardingunmatched
      • Team Buildingunmatched
      • Time Managementunmatched
      • Treasuryunmatched
      • Writing Skillsunmatched

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