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Senior Financial Analyst

Briggs & Stratton, LLC.
Mar 12, 2025
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As a Financial Analyst Senior your goal is to support the power business unit through leading and performing complex accounting functions such as: month-end closing, reporting, analysis of operations, and other analysis process-related activities. #LI-MD1 #LI-Hybrid

You will do this by:

  • Performing and leading month-end closing of varying complexity which includes: calculating accrual/reserve balances and discussing calculations with management for subjective nature accounts to arrive at decision; analyzing general ledger account data for accuracy and adjusting accounts if necessary; booking various other journal entries and statistical key figures.
  • Preparing complex reports daily, weekly and monthly which may include but not be limited to sales, inventory, production, raw material purchasing and cost of quality.
  • Reviewing variance account posting for accuracy throughout the month and correcting system transactions.
  • Reviewing detail of accounts and following-up on month-end closing items when necessary.
  • Reviewing account reconciliations on a monthly basis and maintaining a log of sign-offs for Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
  • Performing financial analysis and communicating findings to enable management to make informed business decisions and take action.
  • Identifying and recommending improvements for managerial and operational controls.
  • Working with external auditors quarterly and at year-end; including providing audit work papers as well as requested supporting documentation, walking auditors through calculations and providing data for various other detailed testing on warranty, title transfers, price testing and inventory cut-offs.
  • Overseeing and guiding work of Financial Analysts

The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities.

You are the kind of person who is/has:

  • analytical
  • able to work in a dynamic environment
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Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field OR equivalent education and experience
  • Minimum of three years of accounting/finance experience
  • Cost accounting experience
  • Manufacturing industry experience

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Additional Knowledge & Skills:

  • Comprehensive understanding of generally accepted accounting principles
  • Strong analytical skills necessary to review/analyze accounting and financial data, substantiate financial statement balances and prepare financial statement account reconciliation
  • High ability to identify, measure, evaluate & improve, if necessary, the effectiveness of accounting, financial, managerial and operational controls
  • Strong verbal & written communication & interpersonal skills to interact with a diverse group of people in a team environment
  • Excellent customer service skills with the ability to interface with all levels
  • Advanced computer skills including advanced knowledge of and experience working with spreadsheet software
  • Ability to organize, prioritize and manage multiple projects with a strong attention to accuracy and detail
  • Fluent in English and primary language used in area of responsibility and/or location

Travel Required:

  • % of Travel: Minimal
  • How often: as needed
  • Where: domestically

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Location:

  • Wauwatosa, WI (hybrid eligible)

Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides innovative products and diverse power solutions to help people get work done. Briggs & Stratton is the world's largest producer of engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of lithium-ion battery, standby generator, energy storage system, lawn and garden, turf care and job site products through its Briggs & Stratton, Vanguard, Ferris, Simplicity, Billy Goat, Allmand, SimpliPhi, Branco and Victa brands. Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in more than 100 countries on six continents.

Briggs & Stratton is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity. The Company conducts all employment practices without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran's status, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by law. Briggs & Stratton also undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunity for minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for protected veterans.

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