Senior Financial Analyst

About the Company

At Torc, we have always believed that autonomous vehicle technology will transform how we travel, move freight, and do business.

A leader in autonomous driving since 2007, Torc has spent over a decade commercializing our solutions with experienced partners. Now a part of the Daimler family, we are focused solely on developing software for automated trucks to transform how the world moves freight.

Join us and catapult your career with the company that helped pioneer autonomous technology, and the first AV software company with the vision to partner directly with a truck manufacturer.

Meet the Team: 

This team partners with business leaders in the execution of strategy and deliverables by driving financial decisions and performance. They challenge and support business leaders by leading the financial planning process and analyzing and reporting results while identifying risks and countermeasures.

What you'll do: 

• Drive financial decisions and performance
  • Challenge and support business leaders in the research, analysis, and recommendation of alternatives and solutions; support preparation and communication of presentations to Torc management.
  • Design, develop and implement tracking, forecasting and reporting of business software and hardware development projects – for reporting and lifetime.
    • Leveraging best practices – i.e., Earned value analysis (EVA), unit costing.
  • Collaborate with business leaders to develop scorecards, identify metrics, and use of tools to track, document, analyze, and report operational and financial performance.
  • Train and educate business leaders on overall financial management acumen, knowledge and discipline.
  • Support business leaders interaction with suppliers on financial terms and conditions.
  • Assist and support business leaders in the development, implementation, documentation, and compliance of company policies, processes, systems, and controls (for example headcount and purchase requests).
  • Ensure changes in organizational structures and business practices are accurate and consistent.
  • Support business leaders to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and security as well as identify ways to improve processes and reduce costs.
• Lead the financial planning process
  • Develop annual plans and periodic forecast of headcount plans, compensation levels, cash flow, expenses, revenue, and capital expenditures.
  • Coordinate with business leaders to provide inputs, deliverables, and supporting documentation within timelines.
  • Identify and size financial risks and opportunities of plans.

• Analyze and report results
• Prepare timely, accurate and transparent monthly financial analysis and reports.
  • Analyze results compared to plans and trends, review with business leaders, identify emerging issues, and support business leaders in offering recommendations and identifying and implementing countermeasures.
  • Support Accounting’s month-end close process and approve entries as necessary (for example accruals) to ensure timely and accurate information.
  • Develop tools to efficiently collect and report results, improve processes and controls, and maintain data integrity of reporting systems.

• Prepare ad-hoc analyses as required
  • Analyze business transactions, projects, and opportunities.
  • Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives and individual cost centers to allow faster budget revisions.

What you’ll need to Succeed: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Management, or related field.  Master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years experience in business, accounting or finance required; experience in a software company preferred.
• Experience in financial modeling.
• Specific experience in measuring the performance of large projects including unit cost analysis, lifetime/budget period forecasting, and reporting.
• Experience/ expertise in cost accounting, unit cost analysis, earned value analysis.
• Experience with ERP Accounting software, preferably Workday.
• Computer skills to use software to analyze financial information, with proficiency in Microsoft Office products.
• Critical thinking to identify problems and provide solutions, with keen business insights and judgement to be aware of dynamic business conditions.
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience preparing management reports and telling stories.
• Ability to work in a team and collaboratively in a cross-f