Financial Analyst Jobs

Ultimate Staffing is looking for a Senior Manager of Finance, Programs to support a world leader in the electronics industry. This is a direct hire role, located in San Jose, CA, offers a hybrid schedule with a target salary of 150-185K.

The responsibilities will include:

· Collaborating with Business Development and Product Marketing to perform business modeling for new products and services.

· Working closely with R&D and Program leadership to estimate, establish, control / manage and report R&D finances, and budgets.

· Teaming with Program Mgr, Product Mgrs and other Program team leads to establish, monitor, manage and report program budget and expenses.

· Reporting Program/s financials to Program, Business Group leadership and Corporate leadership (as reqd).

Functions:

Including but not limited to:

· Finance lead and representation for cross functional program / project teams.

· Program, project financial representative to business group management and corporate staff (as reqd).

· Budgeting, forecasting, monitoring, analysis and control of program / project financials.

· Support and contribution to business modeling and strategy creation for new business, products and services.

· Work closely with Program/ Project leads to create assessment, monitoring and management mechanisms to establish Program budget / financial performance predictability.

· Collaborate with Program/ Project leads to effectively assess and execute “make or buy” decisions.

· Assist and support cross functional team leaders in estimating and creation of resource plan and operating budgets for R&D and product development programs.

· Work cross-functionally with other areas of the organization to facilitate change adoption (as required) associated with new R&D / Product Development financial management process.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate for this position must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation. The qualifications and working conditions listed below are representative of those required for the position.

• Minimum 5 to 8 years of Finance experience, with min 3 years associated Program / Project finance management, preferably in a technical product development and services field.
• Position requires a self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills, teaming skills, creativity, and problem-solving abilities.
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and possess the flexibility to manage programs / projects in various stages of R&D and product development life cycle.
• Ability to contribute during ideation phase of program/ project, where uncertainty and frequent change is prevalent, as well as more structured yet agile development phase of R&D and Product development.
• Experience and knowledge in R&D and product development life cycle and processes as relates to financial systems, management and controls.

· Experience in business and financial modeling for HW/SW systems and services as well as SW only and Cloud based systems and services.

· Experience in general ledger accounting, financial statement preparation and reporting, and cash flow forecasting

• Experience in developing / creating and utilizing Prog / Proj Finance estimating, tracking and control templates and tools is an advantage.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and finance specific tools, applications and modules.

· Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or equivalent (MBA a plus).

· Licensing or Professional Certification / Education for Finance / Program Management is a plus: e.g. CPA, PMI PMP, Program / Project Management Certificate