Account/ Finance Analyst

Job Title: Account Analyst

Location: Lafayette, IN

Duration: 24 months

Rate: $32.00/HR

Candidate Responsibilities

Position’s Contributions to Work Group

Manage annual budget for 90+ engineering R&D programs.
Determine overall financial health of Lafayette business unit and take corrective actions to align business plan with forecasts.
Determine financial health at the program level and recommend actions to correct discrepancies between budgets and forecasts.

Typical Day

Compile and continuously update individual program targets.
Forecast budget for labour, material, and testing within two Microsoft Excel- based spreadsheet tools.
Facilitate budget negotiation among engineering managers.
Create training documentation and hold training sessions with engineering managers on proper accounting, budgeting, and forecasting principles.
Develop Microsoft Excel-based financial tools using raw Accounting data, Pivot tables, vlookups, and extensive formula integration to track monthly expenditures on programs.
Use the Excel-based financial tracking tools to create simplified and organized expenditure reports for engineering managers.
Forecast for planned monthly expenditures including labour, material purchases, testing charges, and indirect materials and expenses.
Analyse monthly spend vs. forecasted spend to assist in program prioritization. Engage engineering managers and Accounting to resolve mis-charges or discrepancies as needed.

Technical Skills

Intermediate skills with Microsoft Excel: Vlookup; Index-Match; Filters, sorting; Pivot Tables; Data Mining; and If statements / nested if-statements.

Soft Skills

Good communication (written and verbal), Strong Initiative, Attention to Detail, and Enjoys working with numbers and spreadsheets.

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Salary: $32.00 /hour

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