Finance Principal Analyst

Nordson Corporation

Finance Principal Analyst generating and analyzing financial information at Nordson Corporation. Collaborating with teams to prepare reports, explain variances, and support financial performance monitoring.

Posted 6/20/2026full-timeLoveland • Colorado, Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $107,000 - $145,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Analyze, report and present production variances including price variance, material variance, scrap discrepancies and labor/burden spend and volume variances.
Partner with Operations, customer teams and HR to develop PowerBI reports to help build business understands, monthly reporting, forecasting and adhoc requests as required.
Provide analysis and explanation of financial results.
Monitor and report financial performance, explain variances to budgets, forecasts and prior year.
Prepare and present consolidated reports to management as appropriate.
Assist in automation of reports, analysis and other synergies in PowerBI and excel.
Track sales performance, providing detailed analysis of variances
Prepares and analyzes quarterly revenue recognition calculation.
Assists others in the organization to gather information in IFS, SAP, or JDE.
Support with analysis and development of FY standard costs.
Assists PLM and commercial teams with pricing of new products, NBO opportunities, or pricing changes due to tariff or cost changes.
Assists Dir of Finance and management with projects
All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or finance
8+ years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Advanced PowerBI report writing skills
Demonstrated analytical skills including excel and ability to interpret and present data
Effective organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills with all levels within the organization
Ability to handle multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines; lead others through change and continuous improvement activities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Nordson Corporation provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants and employees.
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment drug screening and background/criminal check, consistent with applicable laws.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial analysisvariance analysisreport automationrevenue recognitiondata interpretationstatistical inferencemathematical conceptsPowerBI report writingExcel proficiencycost analysis

Soft Skills

presentation skillsanalytical skillsorganizational skillsinterpersonal skillscommunication skillsproblem-solvingtime managementleadershipadaptabilityteam collaboration

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in AccountingBachelor’s degree in Finance