Lead Financial Analyst

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. With over 260,000 diverse, talented and dedicated employees across 100 locations in 30 countries, our vision is to be the most technologically advanced and trusted manufacturing solutions provider. We combine an unmatched breadth and depth of end-market experience, technical and design capabilities, manufacturing know-how, supply chain insights and global product management expertise to enable success for the world's leading brands. We are driven by a common purpose to make a positive impact for each other, our communities, and the environment.

**JOB SUMMARY**

The Lead Financial Analyst is responsible for analyzing and monitoring current, future, and strategic cost initiatives, with emphasized focus on the design of useful analysis, metrics and related tools, as well as the training and guidance of senior and financial analysts supporting the team. Specific activities may include: cost initiatives, forecasting, internal reporting, variance analysis, modeling, design, support, training, guidance and other discretionary projects as directed by management. Working as a member of the finance team, this position primarily performs day-to-day finance related activities designed to analyze and monitor the company's cost initiatives and drive for results, and provide management the tools and insight to drive strategic initiatives.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

Recruitment and Retention:

- Assist with recruiting, interviewing and appointing globally dispersed RP&A team members.
- Collaborate with finance, operations, and business development functions.
- Monitor team member turnover; identify key factors that can be improved; suggest and execute improvements to/from management.

Employee and Team Development:

- Identify individual and team strengths and development needs on an ongoing basis and communicate those to manager.
- Validate training curriculum in area of responsibility, and take initiative to build on skill sets.
- Act as a mentor to senior and financial analysts supporting the team providing insight, guidance, and training related to all analysis and cost initiatives.
- Deliver excellence to every internal and external customer with value added contribution.

Performance Management:

- Understand and establish clear measurable goals and objectives by which to bring to the table for management's review.
- Express pride in work and accomplishments.
- Perform team member evaluations and provide guidance for senior and financial analysts, when prompted by manager, professionally and on time.
- Assist individuals and the team to continuously improve in key operational metrics and the achievement of the organizational goals, and recommend changes and/or new key metrics to measure.

Communication:

- Provide periodic communication forum for the exchange of ideas and information with the department/function.
- Organize verbal and written ideas clearly and use an appropriate business style.
- Ask questions and encourage input from staff and other functions/team members.
- Assess communication style of individual team members and adapt accordingly.

FUNCTIONAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

Cost Management and Direction:

- Know and understand the global cost initiatives when communicated, and be able to translate those to different audiences, including all support senior and financial analysts.
- Help define, develop and implement cost strategies, which contribute to the global strategic directions.
- Maintain an understanding of business activities, operations and systems, and global footprint.
- Provide regular updates to manager on the execution of cost initiatives through quantitative and qualitative communication.
- Take the lead on various cost related activities including modeling, designing, communicating, and coordinating internal functions and analysis.
- Identify and design creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems (i.e. modification of responsibilities or consolidation of tasks, elimination of non-value-added processes, or complete re-engineering of processes and systems).
- Utilize tools to monitor departmental cost and cost trends, striving continuously to improve value.
- Provide feedback to peers on cost and cost trends. And provide support on ways for them to manage their costs.
- Provide support, guidance, and training to supporting senior and financial analysts on all cost initiatives, tools, metrics, and analysis provided to management.

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
- Compile and design financial presentations and support, including agendas, materials, timing, and other protocol. The presentations may include quarterly variances, multi-year plans and other materials.
- Design and provide support and analysis around current business models and recommend and/or design future enhancements for operations and business development activities. Support and analysis may include financial