# Job Description: Financial Operations Analyst

## About the Role
Join our dynamic global Operations team, where you’ll play a pivotal role in enhancing financial transparency and optimizing costs across our Fittings & Fixtures Operations division. This position involves collecting, analyzing, and reporting financial and operational data to support strategic decision-making. You will work closely with teams in Procurement, R&D, and FP&A across various regions, including the Americas, Europe, and Asia, fostering collaboration and effective month-end execution.

Your work will contribute significantly to the organization’s success in a fast-paced, international environment that values transparency and continuous improvement.

## Key Responsibilities
– **Data Consolidation**: Prepare and maintain monthly reporting packages for global Operations.
– **Procurement Analysis**: Track prices for raw materials, components, and finished goods; monitor procurement savings.
– **Month-End Close**: Create accruals and deferrals, calculate foreign exchange impacts, and prepare management reports.
– **Freight & Cost Review**: Analyze inbound and inter-unit freight variances and identify opportunities for optimization.
– **Forecasting & Budgeting**: Collect and align financial inputs from plants, procurement, and central functions.
– **Standard Costing**: Support the annual standard cost-setting process and maintain system parameters.
– **System Support**: Assist in the rollout and maintenance of automated reporting systems.
– **Cross-Border Collaboration**: Act as an extension of the headquarters, ensuring transparent workflows across regions.

## Required Skills
– Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Controlling, or Business Administration.
– 1–3 years of experience in controlling (operations, plant, business, or financial controlling).
– Strong proficiency in Excel and Google Sheets.
– Understanding of budgeting, forecasting, cost control, and accounting principles.
– Familiarity with SAP (MM/FI) and BI tools (SAP BW, IBM Planning Analytics) is a plus.
– Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of working independently.
– Strong teamwork orientation and intercultural skills.
– Proficiency in English (written and spoken).

## Benefits
– Remote work option based in Portugal.
– Opportunity for travel to Germany 3–4 times per year.
– Exposure to diverse teams across multiple time zones.
– Focus on a culture of transparency and continuous improvement.
– Strong potential for professional development within a global organization.

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## Why You Might Be Interested
This role offers a unique opportunity to influence critical financial and operational strategies within a well-established matrix organization. You’ll gain broad visibility and meaningful involvement in data, systems, and process optimization, alongside collaborative teams that value partnership and development. The flexibility of remote work coupled with the potential for international interactions makes this position especially appealing.