Senior Financial Analyst
Woodward, Inc.
ERP
Senior Commercial Finance Analyst
Coates Group
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Illinois
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💰 $118,000 - $135,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
ERP
About the role
- Partner with regional leadership to deliver accurate forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis to support strategic decision-making.
- Analyze business performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to improve financial outcomes.
- Maintain and optimize financial models, ensuring accuracy of revenue, costs, expenses, KPIs, and workforce data.
- Prepare executive-level presentations for leadership reviews and strategic planning sessions.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to understand budget variances and continuously enhance financial processes and models.
- Support S&OP integration and inventory management forecasting improvements.
- Lead risk and opportunity assessments to drive short-term profitability.
- Manage commercial terms data to maximize contribution margin while balancing operational efficiency.
- Represent North America in global business intelligence (BI) and process improvement initiatives.
- Support planning cycles, including annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and 3-year strategic plans.
- Champion continuous improvement in reporting, modeling, and financial accuracy.
Requirements
- 3–5+ years of experience in financial analysis, business planning, or commercial finance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
- Proven experience in fast-paced, complex organizations.
- Advanced Excel skills (e.g., VLOOKUP, SUMIF, Pivot Tables, INDIRECT).
- Strong financial modeling and data analysis capabilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience with ERP systems and BI tools (preferred).
