Financial Analyst

Your Job

Smiths Interconnect, a Molex company, is seeking a Financal Analyst in our Irving, Texas or Kansas City, Missouri location.

Our Team

You'll join a dynamic team that works closely with business leaders to strengthen our workplace culture and drive operational excellence.

What You Will Do

Business partner-oriented environment.

Reporting to the Finance Director and supporting the Semi Test BU team across financial reporting & pricing, contributing to revenue and margin growth and driving improved forecast accuracy.

Collaborate with business partners & analyst peers to ensure consistency & best practice in partnering with stakeholders

Review and supply advice on opportunities to ensure continuous enhancement of our business partnering, to drive growth

Work with other areas including Operations and Finance teams, to ensure we are aligned and working collaboratively

Ensure strong governance & control around the pricing & business partnering processes & reporting

Working with the business systems team to identify & evaluate system needs to enhance the pricing process and management reporting to both monitor & drive improvements in business & individual performance.

Finance Business Partnering

Act as the day-to-day Finance Business Partner to the Semi-Test leadership and commercial teams, providing financial insight to support pricing, customer decisions, product mix, and investment trade-offs

Partner with Sales, Product Line Managers, and Operations to identify risks and opportunities, and help translate financial results into clear actions

Support pricing and margin discussions by analyzing product, customer, and market profitability

Provide insight into new products, new customers, and new markets, helping leaders understand performance trends and implications

Forecasting, Planning & Commercial Analytics

Support bookings and sales forecasting in collaboration with Commercial teams as part of the S&OP process

Monitor and analyze the CRM pipeline, sales funnel, and distributor POS data to support demand planning and outlook accuracy

Evaluate forecast changes and variances, clearly communicating drivers and assumptions

Support Sales Incentive Plan calculations & communication

Month-End Reporting & FP&A Discipline

Own monthly orders, sales, and margin reporting, including clear explanations of performance versus prior year, budget, and forecast

Partner with the Finance Director to ensure timely, accurate, and well-explained month-end close outputs

Develop and deliver management reporting that is decision-oriented, not just backward-looking

Annual Planning & Continuous Improvement

Support the development of the annual operating plan and budget process for Semi-Test

Work with Finance, Operations, and Business Systems teams to improve reporting, forecasting tools, and processes

Ensure strong governance and consistency across pricing, forecasting, and reporting processes

Provide monthly orders, sales, and margin reporting - working with the business team to explain movements to prior year, budget, and latest forecast

In collaboration with the commercial teams, manage bookings & sales forecasts, as part of the S&OP process

Work with Finance Director & commercial teams to understand risks & opportunities to forecast (with relevant action plans)

Evaluate and monitor progress on sales relating to new products, new customers, or new markets

Report on the CRM pipeline & sales funnel, looking for valuable insights, and driving planning outcomes

Work with Product Line Managers to review product line margin performance, creating insights to both price & cost structure

Analyze the point of sale (POS) data from the distributor network

Work with functional teams and aid in development of annual operating budget plan

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

Preferred 2-4 years' experience in a similar role with a history of success

Occasional business travel needed (5%, as needed)

Knowledge of Salesforce, Glovia ERP, Power BI, Epicor ERP preferable but not essential

Confident communication, ability to challenge business teams effectively

Ability to balance short term demands with a long term, strategic agenda

Comfortable to work in rapidly changing environment

Identified training mandatory for the role to be completed competently

Excel

Glovia / Epicor ERP

Salesforce

Power BI

Key Internal & External Stakeholders & Relationships

Finance

Sales and Marketing teams

Engineering

Operations

Legal

Business Systems team

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

With a strong legacy of engineering excellence, Smiths Interconnect, a Molex company, is part of Molex's Aerospace & Defense Solutions Division and represents the Signal Technologies business unit. Smiths Interconnect delivers mission-critical connectivity solutions-including ruggedized connectors, cable assemblies, Fiber & RF, and high-reliability technologies-designed to perform in the most demanding environments. From aerospace and defense to space, medical, and industrial applications, our innovative products enable reliability where it matters most. Join a passionate, global team helping shape the future of high-reliability interconnect solutions.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities