Job Title: Financial Analyst

Location(s): Irvine, CA - Onsite

Compensation: $55,000 - $75,000

About this position :

Advantech USA is seeking a Financial Analyst who will play an integral role to the company and be an exceptional addition to the business operations team in our Irvine office. The successful candidate will be reporting to the Corporate Development Manager. In this role, the Financial Analyst will facilitate assigned projects by serving as a liaison between each department heads, setting and communicating goals, and evaluating and refining results. This Analyst will be focused on producing and delivering meaningful, accurate, actionable, and timely financial analysis to Mangers at all levels of the organization as well as the budgeting and forecasting process with an emphasis on consolidating financial information across the organization.

The team is seeking a driven individual with excellent critical thinking skills and high attention to detail, who enjoys working in a fast-paced and regularly changing environment, and who can effectively manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities :

• Monthly preparations of assigned Business Group's P&L with variance analysis and identification of key business drivers.
• Monthly tracking of Product Managers and sales performance through prepared dashboards.
• Communicate monthly performance to the PM team or sales team throughout the organization (Top Management, Business Units, Department heads).
• Participate in driving the annual budgeting process by collaborating with department heads and prepare results for management.
• Interact with, and provide, broad analytical and business support to assigned functional unit(s).
• All other financial analysis duties as assigned by the department manager.
• Drive continuous process improvements and best practices across the organization to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of reporting and planning processes.
• Assist in the roll-out of customer service programs, such as direct fulfillment, advanced replacement, and extended product lifetime.
• Performs other related activities as needed to support corporate objectives.

Qualifications :

• B.A./B.S. in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or related field; or an equivalent in education and experience
• Minimum of three (3) years relevant work experience
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite, including strong MS Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Experience with SAP and Salesforce a plus.
• Excellent analytical, quantitative, written, and verbal communication skills; Able to communicate and collaborate with professionals at all levels.
• Self-starter, strong problem-solving and organization skills to effectively manage priorities and projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Organized, detail-oriented, accurate, thorough, and maintains accurate records.
• A team player and strong work ethics with high motivation.

Benefits :

• Competitive salary dependent on experience (DOE)
• Winning culture with a friendly, team-oriented environment!
• Generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(k) with company match
• Education & personal development reimbursement program
• Generous vacation and paid holidays package
• Company events, and lunches
• Work from home program - once eligible
• Referral Bonus

About Advantech

Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leader in providing trusted innovative embedded and automation products and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, and global logistics support; all backed by industry-leading front and back-office e-business solutions. Advantech has always been an innovator in the development and manufacture of high-quality, high-performance computing platforms.

We cooperate closely with our partners to help provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications across a diverse range of industries. To realize our corporate vision of Enabling an Intelligent Planet, Advantech will continue collaborating and partnering for Smart city & IoT Solutions.

World-class Recognition

Advantech is an authorized alliance partner of both Intel® and Microsoft®. Our customers will find the technologies we use inside our products to be widely compatible with other products in the global marketplace. In 2018 and 2019, Interbrand, the world-renowned brand consulting firm, once again recognized Advantech efforts to build a trusted, global brand; it also symbolizes a promise we gave to our business partners, which was to do our best to keep building a trustworthy brand that is recognized everywhere in the world. Advantech was selected as Interbrand's #5 best Taiwan Global Brand in 2018.

Work Authorization:

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations (ITAR), applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8. U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. More information can be found at https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/itar.html

Advantech is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We accept applications directly from candidates only and will not be responsible for any recruiting agency fees absent a formal agreement.