Financial Analyst – Market P&L Steering

Job Description

Financial Analyst | Hilti North America

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Hilti North America, supporting both the Finance department and the broader Market Organization Central Leadership Team. Hilti is a global leader in construction innovation, with more than 34,000 team members across 120 countries, driven by its purpose of “Making Construction Better.” This position is vital for providing financial transparency and analytical support across the organization. The Financial Analyst will directly partner with executive leaders, offering valuable insights and driving profitable growth by contributing to strategic and financial decision-making and ensuring business objectives are met through rigorous analysis.

The TL;DR
• Role: Mid-level
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Not specified

• Team: Reports to the Finance Manager, collaborating with and supporting the MO Central Leadership Team and executive leaders across the East Market.
• Mission: Provide transparency and analytical support to drive profitable growth and strategic decision-making for Hilti North America.
• Tech Stack: MS Office (Intermediate to advanced), Microsoft Copilot (preferred), SAP (preferred)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Strategic Partnership: Contribute to the development of the East Market’s strategy, supporting strategic and financial decision-making, challenging assumptions, and providing financial analysis and guidance on activities, plans, targets, and business drivers.
• Data-Driven Insights: Understand complex business drivers to connect financial outcomes with operational activities, driving and delivering analytical evaluations in key initiatives and projects, and translating complex data into clear insights and recommendations for stakeholders.
• Financial Performance Management: Perform comprehensive month-end close variance analysis, making recommendations on corrective actions to be reflected in rolling forecasts, and conducting ongoing P&L reviews with organizational leaders to steer business objectives like margin health and OPEX management.
• Target Setting & Business Support: Act as a critical business partner to support leadership in defining target setting logic for sales plans that are objective, fair, consistent, and based on sound financial principles.
• Risk Analysis & Training: Provide thorough financial risk analysis to support strategic pricing decisions and assess their impact on margin, while also training sales leaders on essential financial topics such as profitability and investments.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or Data Analytics.
• Experience: Minimum three (3) to five (5) years of relevant experience, including at least two (2) years in a Finance or similar role; advanced analytical and financial modeling skills; up to 25% domestic travel required.
• Skills: Demonstrated ability to compile and manage large volumes of data and analyze information for reporting purposes; intermediate to advanced proficiency in MS Office; strong multi-tasking skills with the ability to meet strict deadlines; excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills; ability to self-reflect and show a high learning agility; fluent in English.
• Bonus: Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or Data Analytics; experience with Microsoft Copilot or other AI-powered tools; knowledge of SAP; bilingual (preferred).