Financial Analyst

Briggs & Stratton; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Briggs & Stratton seeks a Corporate Financial Analyst in Milwaukee to support corporate groups through month-end close, controllership, and strategic reporting. You’ll combine precise accounting with automation and AI tools to improve data accuracy and insight.

You will partner with leaders to analyze budgets, forecast variances, and refine operating plans, while driving audits and ensuring controls. A detail-driven, tech-forward collaborator is ideal.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Solid GAAP understanding and financial controls.
• Experience with reconciliations and month-end close processes.
• Proficiency with Excel and ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Interest in AI-driven financial tools and automation.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform month-end close including accruals and adjusting entries.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations and maintain account rigor.
• Collaborate on FP&A and budgeting, analyze variances.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI and automation in routines.
• Support external audit with documentation and calculations.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Detail oriented

Agile

Tech-savvy

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Excel

ERP systems (SAP)

AI/data analytics tools

Job description

As a Corporate Financial Analyst, you will support assigned corporate business group(s) through core accounting functions, the month-end close, operational analysis, and strategic financial reporting. In this role, you will combine detail-oriented accounting with modern financial tools—leveraging automation and AI capabilities to streamline processes, enhance data accuracy, and deliver actionable business insights.

You Will Do This By

• Performing Month-End Closing: Calculate accrual and reserve balances, evaluate subjective accounts, analyze general ledger data for precision, and execute necessary adjusting journal entries and statistical key figures.
• Maintaining Account Rigor: Review detailed account ledgers, track follow-up action items, and prepare thorough monthly reconciliations for review.
• Partnering on FP&A & Budgeting: Collaborate with business and finance leaders to analyze budget/forecast variances, build annual operating budgets, and refine forecasts.
• Innovating & Automating: Identify opportunities to leverage AI, automation tools, and modern accounting technologies to optimize routine workflows and improve data visibility.
• Driving Audit Compliance: Support the external audit by walking audit teams through calculations and supplying documentation for 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

• Detail Oriented & Motivated: Driven by precision, accuracy, and a desire to continuously improve financial workflows.
• Agile & Analytical: Seamlessly transition between routine transaction processing and high-level analytical modeling.
• Tech-Forward: Excited about the intersection of finance and technology, with a passion for learning new software, automation routines, and AI applications.
• Collaborative: A proactive team player ready to partner across departments and step in wherever support is needed.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Core Accounting Skills: Solid understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), account reconciliations, and financial controls.
• Technical Savvy: Exposure to Excel/spreadsheet tools and ERP systems (SAP preferred). Familiarity with or enthusiasm for implementing AI-driven financial tools, data analytics, or process automation is highly valued.
• Analytical Mindset: Strong ability to evaluate, measure, and enhance the effectiveness of financial, operational, and controls.
• Detail & Project Management: Exceptional organizational skills to manage multiple deadlines without sacrificing accuracy.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate financial concepts to diverse cross-functional teams.
• Language: Fluent in written and spoken English.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides innovative products and diverse power solutions to help people get work done. Briggs & Stratton is the world’s largest producer of engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of lithium-ion battery, standby generator, energy storage system, lawn and turf care products through its Briggs & Stratton®, Vanguard®, Ferris®, Billy Goat®, and Branco® brands. Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in more than 100 countries on six continents.

Briggs & Stratton 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.

Nearest Major Market: Milwaukee