Engineering Research & Development Financial Analyst

Were ALTEN Technology USA an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to lifefrom advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3000 experts across North America we partner with leading companies in aerospace medical devices robotics automotive commercial vehicles EVs rail and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group57000 engineers in 30 countrieswe deliver across the entire product development cycle from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA youll collaborate on some of the worlds toughest engineering challenges supported by mentorship career growth opportunities and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued supported and inspired to grow.

What youll do:

• This individual serves as a Finance point of contact for all Engineering Research & Development (ER&D) spending for Indirect Expense across multiple programs.
• This individual works closely with Engineering Purchasing and Product Finance staff to manage and control all aspects of spending indirectly supporting approved programs.
• Each analyst shares ownership with the Engineering team of the development reporting and tracking of budgeted actual and forecast spending for assigned programs.
• This role interacts very closely with the Engineering Operations teams as a direct business partner.

Key Responsibilities:

• Forecast and Budget development
• Actual and Forecast reporting/variance explanations
• Program/Indirect spending and KPI tracking
• Review and Approval of spending requisitions
• Cost reduction opportunity identification
• Indirect Cost controlling and ledger deep dives
• Cost Center mapping/reporting/management
• Ad-hoc reporting/special projects as needed

What youll learn:

• The ability to work with operational counterparts while practicing financial management (forecasts budgets).
• Manage collaboration with engineering counterparts to optimize efficiency of ER&D spending from cost controllership perspective.
• Ability to make quick decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work with large data sets and the ability to summarize (and often times present) the material in a clear andconcise manner to all levels of management.
• Learn engineerings product development process as well as the management process throughout the vehicle lifecycle.

What this role will prepare you for:

Provides exposure to various Industrial areas and therefore provides excellent background for rotational positions in the following areas:

• Product Finance
• Purchasing Finance
• Manufacturing Finance

Qualifications / Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Finance or Accounting (if noBachelors degree in Finance or Accounting must have an MBA).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Finance or Accounting.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in business unit budgeting and forecasting.
• Minimum of 2 years of Microsoft Office Suite application experience.
• Strong project management skills to manage multiple work streams at one time.
• Ability to deliver on high-priority requests in a timely manner providing a point of view for direction of deliverable.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA and/or CPA preferred
• Excellent navigation and comprehensive knowledge of SAP software application
• Reporting Database (Onestream HFM Essbase)
• Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written)
• Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables Lookup) PowerBI/Qlik knowledge beneficial
• Automotive industry knowledge a plus

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status age genetic information or pregnancy.

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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.