Senior Financial Analyst

Sr Financial Analyst I 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 Company has an opening for Financial Planning Analyst. If you are a passionate professional that is seeking opportunity, advancement, and a rewarding career we invite you to apply. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a highly recognized global growth company offering competitive compensation and benefits in addition to career growth. 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) Experience Level Senior Level