Motorola Solutions is a global community dedicated to keeping people safer through advanced technologies. The Financial Analyst role involves supporting the FP&A team by providing quality reporting, optimizing processes, and assisting with strategic projects that inform financial decisions across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Support strategic initiatives and analyses across the business by gathering and preparing data for cross-functional teams
- Assist in performing variance analysis by diving into financial data to help identify the root causes behind the numbers
- Prepare clear summaries of financial information and key insights for review by senior team members
- Support management in tracking and monitoring performance against relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Generate ad hoc reports and analyses as requested by senior leadership
- Support data integrity and validation efforts within FP&A, learning to work with financial systems
- Assist in building and maintaining transformation files and financial models used to structure and clean raw data
- Learn and utilize advanced tools like Alteryx and Power Query for data manipulation and process optimization
- Develop and maintain complex financial models to support strategic planning, budgeting, and forecasting
- Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual variance reports
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative field
- Up to 2 years of experience as a financial analyst or related role
- Demonstrated ability to approach tasks with a high degree of attention to detail and organizational skills
- Experience with and a desire to learn advanced data manipulation in tools like Excel, Alteryx, and/or Power Query
- Strong foundational analytical mindset with the ability to look deeply into numbers and identify patterns
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with others across teams to resolve data and process issues
- Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. Citizen, or U.S. Permanent Resident) due to clients under U.S. federal contracts
- All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check and drug test
- Familiarity with other data manipulation tools and languages such as SQL or Python
- Relevant professional certification or progress towards one (e.g., CPA or CMA)
- Any exposure to integrated three financial statement modeling
- Familiarity with financial systems integration and data architecture
Benefits
- Incentive Bonus Plans
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
- 401K with Company Match
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off Packages
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Parental & Family Leave
- And more!
Company Overview
Motorola Solutions creates mission-critical communication solutions and services for public safety and commercial customers. It was founded in 1928, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.motorolasolutions.com.