Schneider Electric is the world's power and control specialist. Through its world-class brands, Merlin Gerin, Square D and Telemecanique, Schneider Electric manufactures and markets a comprehensive range of products and services for the residential, buildings, industry, and energy and infrastructure markets. Schneider Electric has 105,000 employees worldwide, operations in 130 countries, and recorded sales of $17.2 (U.S.) billion in 2006 through 13,000 sales outlets.

Schneider Electric in the US
Headquartered in Palatine, Ill., the North American Operating Division of Schneider Electric had sales of $3.7 billion (U.S.) in 2006 and is one of four geographic divisions of Schneider Electric, headquartered in Paris, France. The North American Operating Division markets the Square D, Telemecanique and Merlin Gerin brand products to customers in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

In the United States, Schneider Electric is best known by its flagship Square D brand, with Telemecanique becoming increasingly known in the industrial control and automation markets and supported by many Square D distributors. For more than 100 years, Square D has been a market-leading brand of electrical distribution and industrial control products, systems and services.

  • Location:
    St. Louis, MO 63368
  • Job Category:
    Accounting/Finance/Insurance
  • Occupation:
    Financial Analysis/Research/Reporting
  • Career Level:
    Experienced (Non-Manager)

    Job RefCode:
    16694

Senior Financial Analyst


Intro:
As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in energy and infrastructure, industrial processes, building automation, and data centers/networks, as well as a broad presence in residential applications. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the company's 114,000 employees achieved sales of more than $25 billion in 2008, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations "Make the most of their energy."



APC by Schneider Electric is a global leader in critical power and cooling services, providing industry leading products, software and systems.


Job Responsibilities:
As a key part of the Finance team, this position will be engaged in performing critical financial support to the business and to the financial community on a global level. The primary role will entail interfacing with various business leaders within an R&D and Product Management environment that operates on $55M+ of OpEx with a product profile generating $1.2B of revenue.



Essential Functions


• Providing business partner support to the business teams across multiple global sites.


• Develop, maintain and provide financial information: Establish and improve accounting structures set up for gathering divisional financial information, convert financial data into meaningful information for use in business decision making.


• Management Reporting: Analyze operating results and provide management with inputs and /or recommendations.


• Business Planning and forecast: Establish and improve financial planning process, educate and working with managers at all levels within division to understand and implement better planning, forecast and control over resources


• Analysis supporting business operations: Develop business analysis models and tools to assist managers in their daily business operations and decision making.


• In addition to the daily/monthly activities covered above, this individual must display the abilities to provide ad-hoc reporting and analysis to fulfill any request within the scope of finance and accounting.



Requirements

- 4 year Bachelor's degree (accounting or finance)

- 3 - 5+ years relevant experience

- Strong skills in MS Excel and Oracle

- MBA preferred but not essential



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Schneider Electric Company is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability or veteran status.

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