Financial Analyst

About Ajax Systems

Role Overview

Financial Modeling and Investment Analysis

• Develop financial models for strategic business decisions and long-term planning.
• Evaluate investment initiatives and prepare business cases for new projects.
• Build scenario analyses to assess financial risks, opportunities, and potential business outcomes.
• Provide recommendations for investment and resource allocation decisions.

Planning and Performance

• Participate in budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning across business functions.
• Prepare monthly profit and loss and cash flow forecasts.
• Analyze performance, identify business drivers, and highlight risks and opportunities.
• Perform variance analysis and prepare recommendations for stakeholders.
• Prepare financial analyses and presentations for senior management.

Process Improvement and Reporting

• Analyze and improve financial planning and reporting processes.
• Support reporting automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support month-end and year-end closing activities.
• Ensure financial data and reporting are accurate and high quality.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in FP&A, corporate finance, financial controlling, investment analysis, or a similar analytical finance role.
• Strong experience in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and business performance analysis.
• Advanced MS Excel skills, including Power Pivot, Power Query, and Pivot Tables.
• Experience working with ERP systems.
• Upper-intermediate B2 or higher English proficiency.

Preferred Experience

• Experience evaluating investment projects and preparing business cases is an advantage.
• SAP, Power BI, BI collaboration, and reporting automation experience are advantageous.
• Experience in a large international or manufacturing company is a plus.

Success Profile

• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills are important for solving complex business problems with data.
• The role requires ownership, proactive improvement, communication, presentation, organization, attention to detail, and results orientation.