Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Volkswagen Group is committed to revolutionizing the way people charge with Electrify America, the country's largest open DC fast charging network. The Financial Analyst role serves as a key financial partner to Operations, driving data-driven decision-making through reporting, analysis, and cost optimization.
Responsibilities
- Utilize a structured, problem-solving approach alongside data driven decisions to provide business owners with financial reporting and strategic collaboration. Advise leadership on resource efficiency, trends, and risks
- Assist in business case development, ensuring results are measured
- Generate and publish required charts, reports, and data analysis supporting Operations processes, KPIs, and deliverables. This includes regularly cadenced reporting against operational results and forecasts for all major cost activities
- Escalate all major risks or opportunities to respective management members in a proactive manner
- Maintain data integrity and ongoing quality control of reports for management
- Handle Ad Hoc data requests from stakeholders within and outside of Operations. Driving critical business decisions and communications with internal teams as well as external vendors, customers, and clients
- Drive improvements in warranty (chargeback) data accuracy and recovery rates
- Work closely with stakeholders across the Electrify America team to create synergies and align on reporting and tracking needs
- Support the creation of presentations and reports for management
Skills
- 3+ years of experience in the areas of controlling, business management and finance
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Management, or equivalent
- Analytical and conceptual thinking – using logic and reason, creative and strategic
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
- Communication skills – interpersonal, presentation and written
- Computer savvy – skilled in the use of software
- Cross-functional coordination with multiple internal and external stakeholders
- Structured Problem Solving
- Process Focused
- Policy definition and implementation
- Risk identification and remediation
- Developed critical thinking skills, excelling in creative problem solving
- Strong attention to details and a propensity towards accuracy, quality, and reliability
- Strong analytical skills - ability to collect, organize, and analyze data with attention to detail and accuracy
- Expert in developing and maintaining reports, focusing on the collection & joining together of data from various systems, tools, and platforms
- Experience with visualization and analysis tools such as Tableau, Snowflake, etc
- Advanced in Microsoft Excel, including VLOOKUP, pivot tables, dynamic arrays, and modeling
- Strong business sense – understand abstract stakeholder needs as well as key metrics in finance
- Experience managing and improving cross-functional processes
- Presentation skills – ability to turn data into actionable information
- Strong understanding of Accounting Principles, including P&L Management, forecasting, budgeting, etc
- Demonstrated ability to control costs and perform financial analysis, focusing on cost drivers and deviation analysis
- Experience in the use of financial & accounting systems – SAP
- Previous experience in the EV charging industry
- Experience in accounting & budgeting
Benefits
- 10% travel
- Equal Opportunity Employer
- We maintain a drug free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing
- This Organization participates in E-Verify
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