Financial Analyst at American Honda Motor Co Inc
Torrance, CA 90501
About the Job
What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals.
At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”
We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.
If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!
Job Purpose
This role supports PST’s four division leads and its 80+ cost center managers with budgeting, forecasting, accounting / finance, manpower tracking, capital investment along with SAP, and other corporate tasks. The team is expected to track and calculate ROI, IRR, and ROS for all activities within Parts, Service, Planning & Customer Relations, and Technical divisions. The Finance and Administration department is responsible for all tracking, monitoring, and reporting of financial matters for the operations. With over $800M in inventory and over $4B in annual sales, there are a multitude of financials that are monitored daily.
Manage PST operations’ budget, finances, capital expenditures, shopping carts, impacts to P&L to level one tree objectives relating to Parts profitability of $1.1B and ROS through meticulous management / tracking of details / calculations of IRR/ROI/NPV/ P&L items etc.
Key Accountabilities
- Monthly Closing - Complete and improve various monthly accounting close and financial reporting activities. Process month-end journal entries and review supporting documentation. Coordinate and complete several monthly financial reports accurately and within deadlines.
- Analyze expenses billed back to the factories (chargeback) – Review, track and bill the factories for all chargeback expenses. Work with various departments such as Campaigns and factory to assist with timely chargebacks to ensure liability is not left on AHM’s books.
- Review and track divisional assets – Prepare monthly asset capitalization form. Collect and coordinate in service date, equipment and invoice details.
- Review and validate misc. billing requests – Review and validate monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc miscellaneous billing requests from various departments within PST to ensure accuracy and proper account assignments.
- Prepare Ad-Hoc Analysis - Reprioritize tasks to include additional analyses requested by management or Corporate Finance.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Bus Admin / Accounting / Finance & or related fields such as operations management or math; or MBA Preferred
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in a global / international company with experience and knowledge in warehousing, distribution, logistics, dealership, service operations, strategic planning and/or customer relations
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel, Access and PowerPoint skills (pivot table, advanced modelling skills)
- Database query and parts specific knowledge
- Knowledge of Parts, Service, CR, Strategy and/or Technical business ops preferred
- Planning & organizing with results orientation focus
- Strong written and oral communication, analytical and interpersonal skills required
- Handle deadlines and work independently (self-starter)
Workstyle
- Onsite
Benefits and Total Rewards
What differentiates Honda and makes us an employer of choice?
Total Rewards:
• Competitive base salary
Pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, education, etc.
• Annual Bonus
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Paid time off, including vacation, paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
Career Growth:
• Advancement opportunities
• Career mobility
• Education reimbursement for continued learning
• Training and Development programs
Additional Offerings:
• Wellbeing program
• Community service and engagement programs
• Product programs
• Free drinks onsite
Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.