Epson, a $10B global leader in high-quality consumer electronics, imaging, and point of sale printing devices, is seeking an exceptional Sr.
Financial Analyst to join our Finance team. You will be responsible for managing relationships with business managers, budget and forecast preparation, financial and KPI reporting of assigned areas, internal controls assessment, and monthly analysis of marketing spend.
This position will be based out of our Los Alamitos, CA office with the opportunity for a hybrid work schedule.
Principal Accountabilities
In addition to the following Epson's policies and procedures, principal accountabilities include, but are not limited to :
Budget and Forecast Preparation and Analysis
Contributes to preparation and summarization of the yearly consolidated expense budget and subsequent quarterly forecasts updates, and analyzes risks and opportunities for U.
S. Senior Management, including active collaboration, partnership and support to assigned functional business stakeholders.
- Assists in the preparation and processing of the consolidated pro forma financial statements (US, Canada, Latin America)
- Supports rolling forecast process for accuracy and completeness
- Ensure qualitative and complete review of budgets and forecasts
- Improving the BP and FC process (identify and execute multi-layered review from multiple perspectives)
- Gap / Variance analysis (results vs latest Plan, Forecast or other designated benchmark) - pre-submission during review process and post-submission to parent company, Seiko Epson Corporation - including timely coordination to obtain required schedules
- Transfer Pricing analysis to be used in determination of product pricing between parent and subsidiaries
- Analysis of Marketing rollup to reflect historical changes between versions (Reductions, increases, transfers, other)
- Ad Hoc reporting and analysis
Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Provides regular financial analysis and regular reporting of assigned areas within required timelines
- Prepares monthly journal entries to record activity in assigned accounts
- With limited direction, provides analysis and ad-hoc reporting to internal customers and Senior Management
- Maintains the financial integrity of focused areas as well as on-going development and
- refinement of reports and dashboards used in management decision making
- Prepares the monthly Marketing expense forecast reporting tool. Actively seeking to improve this process by utilizing several automation tools that are available
- Participates in internal and external audit functions by providing analysis, gathering support and preparation of audit schedules
- Reconciles various general ledger accounts (e.g., accrued marketing expenses, marketing related prepayments) and independently resolves issues
- Ensures that system-generated reports and downloads for assigned areas are complete, accurate, and useful in analysis and journal entry preparation;
provides recommendations for reporting enhancements.
- Key support to transition monthly cost center & G / L reporting to Power BI dashboard
- Marcom rollup and related reporting with emphasis on support to Marketing dashboard
- Gap / Variance analysis support and other schedules in response to Seiko Epson queries
- Required reporting and schedule submissions to Seiko Epson (EGMAS and ECAS), and support to other members as assigned
- Ad Hoc reporting and analysis
Internal Controls and Business Analysis
- Analyzes the adequacy of internal controls for financial reporting
- Makes recommendations to improve internal controls and assists in implementation
- Improve the month-end close and expense allocation process and reinforce the SEC reporting process
- Review and maintain allocation drivers and cost center details
- Improve the Marcom accrual process by identifying issues prior to manager review of JE
Required Skills and Experience :
- Minimum 5-8 years of experience, with 3-5 years of focus in Financial Planning & Analysis
- Bachelor's Degree required (Accounting, Finance, or Business with Finance focus)
- Advanced Excel skills required (Pivot Tables, V-Lookups, etc.). Macro or VBA experience desired.
- Experience with SAP, BPC, Power BI dashboards and SAP Analysis for Office is preferred
The starting annual base pay for this role is between USD $97,314 and $127,725. Please note that this position's salary range may include multiple levels.
The actual base is dependent upon many factors, such as : training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands.
The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Epson America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability and protected veteran status, as well as any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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