For over 100 years, BlueScope continues to build on our reputation of quality brands and products, leading technology and a customer-first spirit. Through our global brands, we are one of the largest manufacturers of building solutions in the world. Our diverse, bright and inspired workforce is committed to bettering the communities we serve through breakthrough thinking and innovations. Your goals, ideas and perspective can help shape our future – we look forward to hearing them!   

The Senior Financial Analyst --

• Ensures the company leadership team is provided with timely, high quality and accurate financial information and advice as regards to actual, forecast, and budgeted results. This information is critical to support business decisions via identification and analysis of key business drivers and evaluation of cost/benefit analysis and business improvement options;
• Delivers continuous improvement in the quality of the management and financial reporting systems and outputs;
• Uses logic to learn and evolve business process with frequently changing technology.
• Prepares materials for presentation, analysis and discussion with the leadership team and corporate headquarters;
• Assists in the translation of the business objectives into strategies, actions and targets applicable to the management and finance team that not only deliver the short-term objectives (month to month) but also provides a realistic foundation to achieving longer-term objectives (a year or more ahead).

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Financial Management / Reporting

• Prepare financial results on a monthly basis and report to management team via Monthly Business Review (MBR) packet and key reporting metrics and dashboards.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts for approval, and provide clear and concise explanations of variances to actual performance
• Create presentations for the leadership team and coordinate material to be presented to the headquarters office (i.e. due diligence reviews, budget and business plans, QBR presentations, etc.)
• Analyze data and organize it into a diverse format consumable for multiple purposes.
• Prepare variance analysis for head office
• Provide ad hoc analysis and data analytics to support leadership team and finance team initiatives
• Report on continuous improvements

System Analyst

• Expert in financial systems; liaison between Finance and IT; assist in developing and testing enhancement requests 
• Maintain and improve business processes through utilization of technology
• Support finance system improvement initiatives 
• Develop automated financial reporting leveraging multiple systems (ie Oracle BI, Salesforce, Power BI)

Managerial Leadership 

• Prepare Business Plan financials, assumptions, etc. to review with management
• Monitor business performance and recommend improvement actions as necessary
• Support other company functional areas in the implementation of improvement actions as agreed
• Provide robust, thorough and timely financial analysis underpinning strategic decision making 
• Assist in tracking and reporting of progress on key strategic initiatives

Minimum Education & Experience Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting 
• 5 years of financial analysis experience 

Preferred Education & Experience Qualifications

• CPA certification 
• 7 years of financial analysis experience 
• Experience with budgeting process 
• Experience with Oracle and Hyperion Enterprise 
• Exposure to manufacturing industry 
• IT Systems emphasis or experience with developing reporting tools, etc.

Technical Sills & Competencies

• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills 
• Excellent presentation skills 
• Demonstrated deep business and analytical skills 
• Self-motivated with ability to work independently while also enjoying collaboration with cross-functional teams and other analysts 
• Strong communication skills 

The preceding job responsibilities and tasks were designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by associates in this job.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job duties and responsibilities required of associates assigned to this job.  Associates may be required to perform other duties as assigned.  Additional job competencies, individual goals, and performance measurements are set at the department level.

The benefits are just as rewarding as the work at BlueScope.  To support our goal, we offer a total compensation plan and an outstanding benefits package that includes health insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability, paid time off, and retirement. 

EEO Employer/M/F/Disabled/Protected Veteran

BlueScope is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status, as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.