Principal Financial Analyst

Summary This position will be part of a fast paced, experienced team responsible for the financial operations and planning within DAS, a division of PerkinElmer, Inc. Responsibilities:

• Direct support of the Global territorys in the preparation of monthly and quarterly operating review with a focus on revenue, orders, backlog and forecast linearity and accuracy.
• Develops solutions to broad and complex problems requiring regular use of independent problem solving, ingenuity and creativity.
• Act as a business partner to senior Regional leaders to analyze financial results, identify trends, and develop long term projections.
• Provide financial analytics, commentary and recommendations to both Finance and Divisional senior management.
• Support operational financial reporting for the Global DAS division and assist with the preparation of materials for presentation to the division President.
• Provide analytical support to regional managers around sales performance (revenue, bookings, backlog on a periodic basis).
• Establish key performance indicators in support of regional sales plans.
• Develop focus within sales reporting and dashboard analysis focused on each territory.
• Support the development of the annual operating plan and strategic goal setting process with a focus on development of the revenue, order forecasts and selling expense.
• Key partner with sales operations and corporate compensation resources to design and execute on incentive compensation plans within sales and service
• Provide cross functional support and alignment within the DAS finance team to ensure consistent financial modeling and collaboration on initiatives.
• Work collaboratively and cross functionally to train and provide technical supervision to less experienced financial representatives.
• Participate, as needed, in process improvement initiatives across businesses focused on improving forecast accuracy, cost savings & selling effectiveness.
• Support ad hoc analysis as required, including: corporate requests, pricing analysis and profitability metrics within region