Financial Analyst III – Commercial Finance – Commercial Finance

Job Description

The Financial Analyst III – Commercial Finance | AAON

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at AAON, located in Tulsa, OK. AAON is a company operating in manufacturing and industrial environments. This position serves as a critical finance partner, deeply embedded with commercial teams to provide essential financial analysis and decision support. The role directly contributes to driving profitable growth, enhancing reporting clarity, and ensuring alignment between commercial strategies and financial outcomes through disciplined decision-making.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Tulsa, OK
• Team: Finance team, partnering with commercial and business unit teams
• Mission: Provide financial analysis and decision support to commercial activities, driving profitable growth through insights on pricing, revenue, and margin.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Partner with commercial and business unit teams to actively support pricing decisions, sales performance, and revenue growth initiatives.
• Analyze bookings, backlog, shipments, and pricing trends comprehensively to identify risks, opportunities, and translate them into actionable insights.
• Support the thorough evaluation of customer opportunities, pricing actions, and commercial terms through structured financial analysis, guiding disciplined decision-making.
• Prepare and maintain recurring reporting and dashboards to significantly improve visibility into revenue, margins, and key business drivers across the organization.
• Assist with the forecasting, planning, and reforecasting processes, ensuring robust support for sales and margin expectations and performing variance analysis to communicate key drivers.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field, with a focus on financial planning and analysis or commercial finance.
• Experience: Requires 4+ years in financial planning and analysis, commercial finance, or other related analytical finance roles, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Preference given to candidates with experience in manufacturing, industrial, or operational environments, as well as those supporting pricing, forecasting, or sales performance analysis.
• Skills: Strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities; proficiency in analyzing large data sets and identifying trends; effective written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration; strong attention to detail and accuracy in all financial analyses; robust organizational and problem-solving capabilities.