Specialist – Continuous Improvement (Finance)

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW

At Air Liquide we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees our customers patients community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

Recruiter: Deepika Chawla / /

Accounting Financial Analysis and Reporting
Analyze trends operational metrics and key drivers to assess business
performance and identify risks and opportunities
Deliver consistent and reliable variance & gross margin analysis of the business and provide recommendations for decision making by senior management
Determine accuracy of monthly financial results ensure data is complete prior to close and book allocations and accrual entries if needed
Prepare monthly financial reports for senior management including P&L
analysis cash flow and balance sheet review

Financial Planning and Budgeting
Assist in the preparation and coordination of the annual target and quarterly
re-forecasting processes
Run historical financial trends to support the annual target and evaluate the
financial impact of business decisions
Collaborate with sales pricing and operations teams to gather insights on plant performance logistics market trends and client behavior to explain variance analysis and incorporate in forecasts

Update the annual standard cost model used for product costing and plant
allocation

Business Initiatives
Prepare and present bonus calculations for sales teams and set sales targets by account executive
Work closely with districts identifying positive P&L initiatives driving efficiencies and tracking progress to target
Collaborate with teams to provide financial insight and analysis on key business initiatives such as the viability of acquiring new distributors and profitability of stores
Drive continuous improvement within the finance team enhancing finance
processes reporting tools and accuracy
Assist in the implementation of SAP S4 Hana

Compliance and Governance
Ensure compliance with corporate financial policies and procedures
Support internal audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations of financial data
Maintain accurate financial records and ensure the integrity of financial data

Are you a MATCH

Business Degree and/or CPA accounting designation preferred
(management/operations accounting focus)
7 years work experience in accounting and/or FP&A roles
Experience with BI reporting is an asset
Knowledge of ERP systems with preference for Oracle or SAP S4 Hana
Strong attention to detail time management and organizational skills
Proven technical and analytical skills with the ability to think creatively to identify trends and insights through different lens
Effective relationship builder and ability to deliver results through influence in a collaborative team environment
Strong drive to continuously evaluate and improve processes
Experience with data extraction manipulate sort and extract data using filters pivots and lookups

OTHER COMPETENCIES
Problem-Solving: Identifies problem situations within an appropriate time frame develops several alternative solutions to problems analyses situations and highlights important issues suggests adequate valuable and feasible solutions.
Technical abilities: Masters concepts tools and methods related to his/her job meets or exceeds professional requirements of his/her field of work keeps abreast of progress in his/her field.
Decision-making skills: Considers all factors before making a decision makes quick decisions when necessary and accepts consequences and risks involved.
Team Player: Shares knowledge and experience cooperates and makes self available listens gathers information takes into consideration the needs ideas opinions of others.
Leadership: Positively influences others easily obtains cooperation from others is concerned with people as much as with results

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees our customers patients community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.