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BRIGGS & STRATTON LLC Senior Financial Analyst in MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin
JOB REQUIREMENTS: - As a Financial Analyst Senior your goal is to support the corporate finance department through leading and performing complex accounting and finance functions such as: reporting, month-end closing, analysis of operations, and other analysis process-related activities. You will do this by: Preparing complex reports daily, weekly and monthly which may include but not be limited to sales, inventory, production, raw material purchasing and cost of quality. Performing financial analysis and communicating findings to enable management to make informed business decisions and take action. Understands and internally promotes the relationship of accurate nancial planning to our overall nancial results Develops and uses analytical tools to monitor and lead improvements in forecasting accuracy. Analyzes actual to budget trends in nancial statements and key company drivers and trends on a monthly basis, including the isolation of factors contributing to negative and positive trends, in order to revise forecast processes and improve forecast accuracy. Develops timely tools and metrics to enable management to make informed business decisions and take action. Analyzes the impact of pricing, volume, mix and foreign currency on sales and gross margins. Performing and leading month-end closing of varying complexity which includes: calculating accrual/reserve balances and discussing calculations with management for subjective nature accounts to arrive at decision; analyzing general ledger account data for accuracy and adjusting accounts if necessary; booking various other journal entries and statistical key figures. Reviewing variance account posting for accuracy throughout the month and correcting system transactions. Reviewing detail of accounts and following-up on month-end closing items when necessary. Preparing account reconciliations on a monthly basis Working with external auditors quarterly and at year-end; including providing audit work papers as well as requested supporting documentation, walking auditors through calculations and providing data for various other detailed testing The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities. You are the kind of person who is/has: collaborative, having the ability to work across functions and align with multiple stakeholders the ability... For full info follow application link. Briggs & Stratton Corporation is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran\'s status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by law. Briggs & Stratton also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunity for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans. ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/82DB2E2073CE4F51