Commercial Finance Senior Analyst

Assignment Description

On behalf of our client Xylem we are now seeking for aCommercial Finance Senior Analyst DK and FI

Job Description

The Commercial Finance Senior Analyst will be part of one of our largest business units Xylem Europe Commercial team. You will be responsible to support and work together mainly with the Managing Directors for Denmark and Finland and their sales teams with market & competition analysis insight on risks opportunities and business strategy from orders to margin and costs. You will support and challenge the sales teams with pricing and margin decisions and strategies in pursuing new business and develop to grow existing business areas like service & rental. As a key finance resource in Europe Commercial team you will also be responsible for driving process efficiency and work/life balance through continuous improvement ensuring a good collaboration with other regional operational and global finance teams and ensuring business maximizes shareholder value without sacrificing compliance requirements or sustainability goals.

We are looking for someone who enjoys a wide variety of tasks and who enjoys business partnering internally and externally. You will get the opportunity to work independently with delegated tasks and areas of responsibility but also be part of a wider team in different locations around Europe collaborating towards a common goal.

Responsibilities

• Strategic review of product sales & profitability trends to support pricing and investment decisions; monthly / ad hoc reporting to monitor progress towards maximizing sales and standard margin performance; develop reports with existing reporting & businessintelligencetools (Power BI Business Objects).
• Drive accuracy and completeness of reporting by product line & destination and support to coordinate budget & forecast process for sales orders and cost of sales on a product line level together with sales teams.
  
• Analysis of market and sales channel performance (direct vs indirect) to understand growth opportunities and sales force effectiveness.
  
• Weekly Flash reporting key sales orders & backlog analysis to understand trends & changes including proactive risk identification and mitigation; support finding and executing opportunities to achieve or exceed business commitments
  
• Budgeting & forecasting of controllable costs and monthly analytics of unexpected variances to support healthy cost control & management according business performance.
• Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes in areas such as pricing discounting payment terms and market share.
• Support to improve/optimize working capital ratio.
• Preparation of monthly and quarterly internal reports and presentations to all levels of management and employees
• Reconciliation of headcount reporting & planning through close business partnering with HRdepartment
• Work with Service and Rental Managers to drive improvements in profitability of the service and rental business. Drive accuracy consistency and completeness of service reporting in the region in line with global standards.

Qualifications

• 6 years of relevant work experience
• 2 years in role with international multi countries responsibility
  
• Bachelors Degree in relevant field
• Fast in adapting to different ERPs & IT tools
  
• Fluent in English both oral and written
  
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
  
• Experience in US GAAP is advantageous

We are seeking for a social communicative team player who loves actions and get things done in a timely manner with a rollupyoursleeves attitude.

About Zimmermans

Zimmermans is the modern authorized staffing and recruitment company with collective agreements occupational pensions and insurance founded in 2018. Our office is centrally located in Karlskrona. Read more about us at

The Position

Fulltime with immediate start

The assignment duration is 6 months.

Location

Emmaboda or Stockholm

Contact Information and Application

Apply with your CV and cover letter. If you have any questions contact

Linnea Sundquist

Due to GDPR we do not accept applications via email.

Timeline

We want your application as soon as possible.

We warmly welcome your application!

About Xylem

Xylem a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the worlds most challenging water issues is the leading global provider of efficient innovative and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used managed conserved and reused.For more information please visit us at .