Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst

Job Description

The Role:

Cognex is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to join the growing FP&A team. This position provides insightful, trustworthy data that helps senior management make strategic and tactical decisions for our company.

Essential Functions:

• Partner with functional leaders to prepare the annual budget and quarterly expense forecasts for global departments.
• Analyze month end department expense results for the global departments and prepare appropriate journal entries to ensure expenses are recorded properly.
• Provide objective analytical support to influence and reinforce expense decisions.
• Provide monthly deviation analysis to explain bookings, revenue, and margin variances.
• Prepare month end variance explanations for the Management Financial Package and Responsibility P&Ls.
• Monitor and provide insightful analysis around business key performance indicators (KPI).
• Continuously look for opportunities to improve existing processes and procedures to support the team.
• Perform ad-hoc analysis as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong qualitative and quantitative skills, with demonstrated experience using data to drive decision making.
• Prior experience working with tight deadlines and demonstrated responsibility for accuracy and timeliness for work performed.
• A team player with the ability to work independently as well as cross-functionally.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills. Must be able to convey information to all levels of the organization in a clear, focused, and concise manner.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel experience required;
  SAC & SAP experience isa plus.
• Process improvement focus.

Minimum education and work experience required:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Analytical Field
• 5+ years of financial planning and analysis preferred
• Experience supporting global expense planning preferred