Financial Analyst – Corporate Consolidation

Company Description

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that—our technology helped people put a man on the moon and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, HDDs, and platforms for business, creative professionals, and consumers alike under our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, and SanDisk® Professional brands.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest-growth organizations in the world. From enabling systems to make cities safer and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and hyperscale cloud providers, to meeting the massive and ever-growing data storage needs of the AI era, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Job Description

Looking for a versatile financial professional to join as a Financial Analyst to manage and monitor the complex forecast and actual consolidation process to Western Digital’s FP&A organization. The ideal individual must have proven ability to achieve results in a fast moving, dynamic environment. Self-motivated and self-directed, however, must have demonstrated ability to work with and manage people. Provide leadership and direction to business teams. The right candidate should demonstrate ability to troubleshoot and analyze complex problems, work cross functionally, multi-task and meet deadlines. Should possess excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated results in improving existing controls, processes and providing process/finance training to Business partners.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Partnering with senior executives and management teams across the organization to forecast spend $ and resource needs, to develop budgets and set targets
• Reporting duties not limited to forecast and actuals bridges and other ad-hoc reporting needs
• Managing all budget-related close activities and prepare all required close packages (monthly/qtrly/annual)
• Approving SCs and P.O.s and partnering with Corporate Accounting to ensure correct accounting treatment of transactional activities
• Monitoring performance and preparing meaningful and informational management reports and variance analysis on a regular basis
• Providing ad-hoc analysis and reporting to support budgeting and resource needs as needed
• Proposing improvement opportunities to enhance financial visibility, control and planning effectiveness
• Leveraging the financial and budgeting systems to further scale current process and enhance efficiency
• Leading and/or assisting Budgeting related initiatives as needed to help build/enhance business capabilities for finance and key business partners
• Day to day support including general administrative duties as assigned

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance,
• 1-2 years related experience with Fortune 500 companies
• A great team player, a dynamic/motivated/results-oriented critical thinker with positive energy and proactive business approach

SKILLS

• Excellent analytical and financial modeling skills with close attention to detail and accuracy
• Semiconductor and High Tech industry experience desirable
• High proficiency with MS Excel (pivot tables, advanced formulas, macros, and charts to develop custom reports and dashboards) and Powerpoint
• Experience using a large ERP system.
• Strong organizational and executive communication skills
• Willingness and ability to learn and adapt to rapid business and organizational changes as needed

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol s