Associate Finance Analyst

Novanta; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology provider seeks a Junior Rotational Finance Analyst for a unique opportunity to gain broad exposure in corporate finance. The successful candidate will engage in various financial functions fostering a dynamic learning environment over 18-24 months, supporting key decision-making processes.

Qualifications

• 0-2 years work experience preferred in financial planning and analysis.
• Self-starter with proactive mentality, motivated by curiosity.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate financial insights to support department leaders.
• Participate in budgeting, forecasts, and data analytics.
• Support process improvements across finance and supply chain.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Education

Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economic, Mathematics, or related area

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

Enterprise Performance Management applications (HFM, Oracle EPM)

Business Intelligence tools (PowerBI, Tableau)

ERP systems (Oracle, SAP)

Job description

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.

Company Overview

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We serve as a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, engineering components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is a global organization with offices located throughout EMEA, The Americas and Asia Pacific. Novanta is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under symbol NOVT.

Business Overview

Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services teams play an important role in executing the company’s strategic mission and operations. Included in Corporate and Shared Services are the business functions including Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Development and Corporate Marketing. The Corporate and Shared Services teams work closely with all Novanta business units to support operating initiatives contributing to the organization’s financial success.

Summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and analytical Junior Rotational Finance Analyst to join our dynamic finance team. This is a unique opportunity for early-career professionals to gain broad exposure to corporate finance through a rotational program. Over the course of 18–24 months, you will rotate through key financial functions, building a strong foundation in financial planning, analysis, and strategic decision-making.

Primary Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely financial insight and analysis to support ongoing needs of Corporate and Shared Service department leaders
• Support financial planning and analysis processes for Corporate & Shared Servies department leaders, including budgeting, forecasts, data analytics, KPI tracking, and preparing management presentations
• Participate in financial modeling and scenario planning to support strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze business performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Contribute to ad hoc projects and presentations.
• Support process improvements across Corporate Finance processes, and Supply Chain / Purchasing processes, driving efficiencies and accuracy, ultimately improving efficiency of operations at Novanta

General Tasks

• Maintain strict compliance with the quality, environmental and occupational health and safety regulations and implementation of the instructions of the quality, environmental management and/or occupational health and safety officer.

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

• Preferred to have degree in Finance, Accounting, Economic, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related area of study
• 0-2 years work experience, with preferred prior experience in some of the following areas: financial planning and analysis, or financial management
• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently; hands-on individual contributor
• Competence with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PPT)
• Aptitude to learn how to use Enterprise Performance Management applications (HFM, Oracle EPM, etc.), Business Intelligence tools (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.) and ERP systems (Oracle, SAP)
• Aptitude to support process improvement initiatives, including problem identification & mitigation
• Aptitude to succeed at working cross-functionally, and achieving goals for certain processes or projects
• Strong written, verbal, analytical skills; strong interpersonal skills
• Self- started with proactive mentality, motivated by curiosity and learning, and thriving in the dynamic and flexible environment of a growing company.

Travel Requirements

• None

Physical Requirements

• Mobility to work in a standard office setting and to use standard office equipment, including a computer.
• Ability to use vison to read computer screen and read printed materials

(*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

Please call [phone] if you need a disability accommodation for any part of the employment process.

About the company

Leading global supplier of core technology solutions that give medical and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”) a competitive advantage

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