Westlake · 1 week ago
Senior Financial Analyst
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expWestlake is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst responsible for financial forecasting, budgeting, and reporting. The role involves analyzing financial data, developing budgets and forecasts, and providing insights to support management's strategies for improvement.
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Responsibilities
Development and communication of budgets and forecasts, financial reporting, operational analysis and review of financials
Consolidate and report financial results
Communicate financial and operational performance trends, historical and forecasted, using appropriate metrics
Interpret and evaluate monthly analyses of business trends, including budget variance of financial results and Key Performance Indicators to identify areas of risk and opportunities and provide recommendations
Develop profit bridges and assist with commentaries, explaining variances from prior year, forecast, and budget
Analyze price, volume, and mix variances for sales
Analyze production costs, freight and rebate expenses, and propose adjustment to related liabilities
Analyzing SGA spending variances
Assess customer/product profitability and drive profit optimization
Analysis of profitability at the customer, segment, region, and product level, utilizing COPA and other Business Intelligence (BI) Software
Partner with the business to develop costing/profitability models and reports
Super user and maintenance responsibility for COPA, the BI Software
Identify issues and proactively initiate analysis (product costing, material usage, spending, etc.)
Coordinate the capital spending review process for the company
Monitor the capital needs of the business including tracking spend, forecasting, calculating payback, reviewing AFE (Authorization for Expenditures) for completeness, and ensuring AFE's are closed out timely
Prepare presentations in support of monthly/quarterly senior leadership meetings, such as the monthly business review meetings with the President & CEO
Influence the accuracy and effectiveness of the corporate accounting consolidation and closing process through analytical review and trend analysis
Compliance with internal controls and Company policies and procedures
Qualification
Required
BA/BS in Accounting
Advance degree in Finance/Accounting or MBA
Certification (CPA, CMA or Certified FP&A) is preferred
4 to 5 years plus of experience, which must include:
Accounting
Financial analysis
Cost accounting experience
Budgeting and forecasting
Superior data management and modeling skills
Income and manufacturing variance computation and analysis
Performing break even and contribution margin studies
Modeling cost/volume/profit relationships
Strong interpersonal skills
Strong mathematical and analytical skills
Strong organizational skills; attention to detail
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
SAP experience is a plus
Company
Westlake
Westlake is a manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals, polymers and building products. It is a sub-organization of Westlake Chemical Partners.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (7)
2024 (6)
2023 (11)
2022 (9)
2021 (9)
2020 (8)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.2B2025-11-04Post Ipo Debt· $1.2B
2017-01-07Post Ipo Equity
2004-08-11IPO
Leadership Team
Albert Chao
CEO
Jean-Marc Gilson
President and CEO
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