Financial Analyst

Sika; Rutherford (NJ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Sika in Rutherford, NJ is looking for a Finance Support role to assist the accounting and finance team with daily responsibilities and ad hoc requests. The role entails analyzing and reporting performance against targets, delivering timely sales reports, and developing financial models to monitor key business metrics.

The ideal candidate will contribute to month-end closing processes and support vendor rebate tracking, ensuring compliance with internal controls. Strong analytical skills are essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Proficient in financial analysis and reporting.
• Strong analytical skills to monitor KPIs and business drivers.
• Experience in month-end closing processes.

Responsibilities

• Support accounting and finance team with daily tasks.
• Provide timely sales reports with focus on growth and margins.
• Develop financial models and enhance analytics processes.

Job description

• Provide support to accounting and finance team by participating in daily responsibilities and ad hoc requests, including analysis and reporting to track performance against targets and prior periods.
• Partner with the Sales Team with timely sales reports, focusing on sales growth, margins, customer, market, pricing, costing, etc. Lead efforts to develop new and refined reporting.
• Develop and enhance financial models to improve analytics and processes to monitor KPIs and important business drivers, including multi-year analysis by region for freight expenses, commissions, incentives, product metrics, and customer ratings (profitability, margins, credit, collections). Incorporate automation where possible.
• Research and reconcile output from multiple sources to validate and troubleshoot. Deep dive GL activity detail to research and work to correct mis-posted activity reporting, and monthly close, GL, B/S reconciliations, audit, etc.
• Participate in month end closing and reporting processes, ensuring completion per closing schedule, and in compliance with the Controller’s Handbook and internal control procedures.
• Work with the Procurement Team to help track and reconcile vendor rebates.
• Support administration, analytics and validation for commissions and incentives processes.