Cochlear Ltd | Senior Financial Reporting & Data Analyst | Lone Tree, CO | United States | BigDataKB.com | 2023-01-27

Job no: 615613
Work type: Permanent
Location: Lone Tree, Colorado
Categories: Finance, Individual Contributor

Senior Financial Reporting & Data Analyst

Position Spotlight:

• Are you a Financial professional with experience creating developing insights that drive actionable outcomes for the business?
• Using Tableau or other data visualization tools, can you create dashboards and “tell the story” To help improve business performance?
• We are considering Colorado based Candidates at this time. This is a hybrid role with 2 days in our Lone Tree office and 3 days working from home.

Change people’s lives and love what you do! Cochlear is the most recognized brand in hearing health care.

About the role

If you are an experienced Financial analyst who works with financial analytics, financial reporting and data management this is a fantastic opportunity to join the Finance team as the global leader in implantable hearing devices! Cochlear is helping people hear, and be heard, all over the world. In this role, you will be based in our Americas head office in Lone Tree, CO.

In alignment with our organizational principle of providing a safe work environment, employees of Cochlear are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The only allowable exceptions include qualifying medical and religious accommodation. Proof of your COVID-19 vaccination will be required prior to your start date.

Your success in this role will be measured by your ability to help develop and enhance analytic capabilities in the organization. This position will partner with the business to develop insights that drive actionable outcomes and continue the development and maintenance of our Tableau dashboard reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Analytics – Identify opportunities to use data to help drive new strategies and improve business performance; utilize analytical techniques to produce outputs that can be used to tell the story and provide business recommendations; Help to create dynamic financial models that are streamlined and meet business requirements; Use critical thinking skills to independently plan and execute analysis
• Tableau Development and Administration – Develop dashboards and views that reflect business priorities; Maintain existing tableau reporting and optimize performance; Ensure tableau server structure and reporting is in line with best practices; Work with BI team to administer access and security on Tableau sever
• Financial data Management and Automation – Understand data structure of the organization and utilize data cleansing and blending tools to create sources for reporting platform; Identify data gaps and recommend data to be added to master sources; Partner with the business to facilitate new and existing solutions; Support process flow automation for various business partners in the organization
• Financial Reporting – Proactively and reactively provide financial reporting solutions for the business; Work with business to define financial reporting requirements and utilize business acumen to suggest best solutions: Recommend when financial reporting can be added to standardized reporting in Tableau & use automation techniques to streamline. Strategic financial reporting, monthly financial reporting, COGS, ad hoc financial reporting.
• IT Business Partnering – Work with IT to manage the finance departments major initiatives; Monitor progress and identify potential risks or opportunities as initiatives progress through the pipeline; Work closely with the global business intelligence team to identify and implement new solutions

Key Requirements

To add value to Cochlear in this role you’ll be able to meet and demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and abilities in your application and at interview:

• Bachelors or Equivalent Work Experience
• 3-5 Years of Experience
• Demonstrated proficiency using data visualization tools (preferably Tableau)
• High proficiency using Microsoft Excel to build models and perform analysis
• Ability to tell the story”, with data and proven track record of presenting findings to management
• Experience extracting, transforming and loading data for analysis; Ability to automate repeatable processes to create efficiencies and reduce errors; Experience with Tableau Prep or Microsoft Power Query preferred but no required
• Strong business acumen with ability to understand operating models
• Ability to meet deadlines and re-prioritize as directed
• Knowledge of basic statistical analysis techniques.
• Basic knowledge of database principles a plus but not required

Total Rewards

In addition to the opportunity to develop your knowledge and grow professionally, we offer competitive wages and benefits.

• Target Salary Range: $80,000 – $90,000 based upon experience, as well as an annual bonus opportunity of 7.5% of base salary
• Benefit package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance as well as 401(K) matching with immediate vesting, Paid Time Off, tuition reimbursement, maternity and paternity leave, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and pet insurance.

Who are we?

Human needs have always been our inspiration, ever since Professor Graeme Clark set out to create the first multi-channel cochlear implant because he saw his father struggle with hearing loss. We always start with people in mind – thinking about their needs.

For this reason, our products, services and support will continue to evolve and improve. We are by our customers’ side through the entire hearing journey, so they can experience a life full of hearing. Our employees tell us that the number one reason they enjoy working for Cochlear is the opportunity to make a difference to people’s lives and working in an organization where they can be part of bringing the mission to life each day.

Physical & Mental Demands

The physical and mental demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the individual is regularly required to be in a stationary seated position; utilize business technology for work product delivery, communicate orally and in writing with others internal or external to the organization, utilize problem solving skills to discern and convey information. Specific vision abilities required by this job include ability to adjust focus. The individual is regularly required to utilize comprehension, critical thinking, communication, problem solving, organization reasoning, relating to others and discernment of items such as product specifications, procedures and processes to customers. Influence, organization/classification of information and planning are also required.

The work environment is a hybrid home/office environment and represents those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

by completing your application form online. Applicants must meet the job specific application criteria to be considered. Visit our careers site at www.cochlear.us/careers to learn more.

Cochlear Americas is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer and provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Cochlear will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require accommodation with completing the online application, please contact us via web or phone at 303-264-2549.