Finance Analyst – Financial Planning and Analysis

Job Description:

Financial Analyst – Financial Planning and Analysis

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a diversity of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role As an FP&A Financial Analyst, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Analyzing financials to drive performance management, planning cycles, and resource allocation across the Consumer Business Group

• Working with four business units and five area teams to provide insights on cashflow management by analyzing, offering insight and expertise to suggest ways to improve cashflow results

• Leveraging data across multiple systems and platforms to drive financial reporting/analytics for QFR, QOR, MRE, Strat Plan, Operating Plan, and Weekly Trackers

• Performing financial analysis, identifying actions and catalyzing decision-making to meet financial and operating targets

• Business involvement providing portfolio support for growth AFEs and NPIs

• Develop, maintain and prepare all business NPI reporting and documentation of results

• Understand, analyze and report out A/R term mapping, A/R DSO analysis and detailed trend reporting

• Perform cause of change analysis relating to cashflow and investments across the business group

• Leading short-and long-term forecasting, planning and reporting processes, as well as providing overall financial guidance

• Enhancing financial and analytical rigor across the finance function and increasing the use of daily/weekly management

• Identifying and implementing ways to streamline current processes and drive additional efficiency and rigor 

• Engaging extensively with FP&A teams in other Areas/Divisions within CBG as well as in other 3M Business Groups to share best practices 

Your Skills and Expertise   To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start)

• Five (5) years of experience in finance and/or accounting in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• MBA or Finance Graduate degree

• Strong financial acumen - ability to translate complex business problems into financial terms

• Strong experience and ability to influence the organization

• Solid understanding of multiple workstreams and how they come together

• Self-starter with the ability to drive change

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong organizational and prioritization skills

• Fluency in using SAP, PeopleSoft, Longview, BW, Finance Dashboard, and other 3M financial platforms/ systems to extract data

Work location:

• Work Your Way Eligible (Employee choice to work remote, on site, or hybrid)

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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