Finance Business Analyst ES

EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We have over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Worldwide headquarters are located in Reading, PA, USA with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. We complement our extensive line of Motive Power and Energy Systems with a full range of integrated services and systems. With sales and service locations throughout the world, and over 100 years of battery experience, EnerSys is the power/full solution for stored DC power products.

Job Purpose

The key purpose of this role is to provide critical business analysis for the Americas Lines of Business within a growing $1.5BN segment of EnerSys. Partnering closely with ES sales and marketing and product management teams, the role drives top‑line growth, margin improvement, and commercial decision‑making.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• To lead the development of all aspects of the sales forecasting including the Strategy plan, Budget and forecasts
• Use of Market Intelligence for long range forecast and identifying current trends
• Liaise with operations to ensure financial forecasting and SIOP are aligned
• Liaise with product management to help prepare NPI forecasts and align with financial forecast
• Audit NPI forecasts to ensure achieving objectives
• Perform forecast/profitability autopsy of prior forecasts
• To monitor performance against sales plans including weekly pacing calls
• Lead preparation of sales, bookings, and backlog analyses, including strategic recommendations.
• Scenario planning for different customers; products and projects
• Lead monthly customer and product family profitability reviews. Analyse trends and work with commercial teams to drive profitability.
• Product Line Profitability: Analyze global product margins and provide insight to drive profitability and reduce sku proliferation
• Identify and support implementation of BI tools that enhance visibility, performance tracking, and sales growth.
• Ensure consistency and data integrity across multiple Worldwide reporting sources.
• Educate and support the wider sales team regarding financial impacts of decisions (profitability, primary operating capital)
• Perform ad‑hoc financial analysis to support decision‑making

Critical Leadership Capabilities

• Defines clear long‑term objectives and pathways to achieve them.
• Demonstrates urgency in achieving targets and measures progress regularly.
• Collaborates with operations and commercial teams to develop corrective actions where needed.
• Brings confidence and decisiveness, with a bias for action and a strong interest in innovative financial solutions.
• Positive can-do attitude

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in commercial finance and/or FPA.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent
• Accounting background or MBA an advantage.

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• Deep experience in Commercial Finance, FP&A, and operational finance.
• Extensive experience in Data Warehouse implementation/enhancement
• Strategic mindset with strong business acumen and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of business and financial systems.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Strong data analytics and data mining capabilities.
• Knowledge of Power as a Service modelling an advantage
• Basic understanding of SAP FI-CO processes including CO-PA(Profitability Analysis)
• Basic understanding of end-to-end SAP processes
• User experience in SAP
• Experience in building visualizations and solutions in Power BI, SAP BOBJ Webi, and any other BI tools
• Basic understanding of SQL

General Job Requirements

• This position will work in an office setting, expect minimal physical demands.

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