Northland Controls is seeking a motivated and analytical Financial Analyst to join our Finance team in Letchworth, UK. This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in our global finance transformation through the implementation and ongoing development of NetSuite Planning and Budgeting (NSPB). Working closely with Finance, Operations, IT, and business leaders, you'll help build the planning, forecasting, and reporting capabilities that support informed decision-making across our global organization.
As a Financial Analyst, you will deliver meaningful financial insights, improve planning and reporting processes, and help drive continuous improvement across the business. If you enjoy working with data, solving complex business challenges, and influencing strategic decisions, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Do
- Analyze financial results, operating trends, variances, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to support monthly reporting and business decision-making.
- Prepare financial reports, management reporting packages, forecasts, and analytical presentations for senior leadership.
- Develop and maintain financial models, budgets, forecasts, and scenario analyses that support strategic planning and business performance.
- Evaluate capital expenditures, depreciation, profitability, and other financial drivers to provide actionable business insights.
- Research economic and business trends that may impact financial performance and provide recommendations to leadership.
- Identify financial risks, opportunities, and performance trends that improve operational and financial outcomes.
- Lead the implementation, configuration, and ongoing administration of NetSuite Planning and Budgeting (NSPB) as part of the company's global ERP transformation.
- Partner with Finance, Operations, IT, and external implementation teams to optimize budgeting, forecasting, planning, and reporting processes.
- Support ERP migration activities, including data mapping, validation, user acceptance testing (UAT), end-user training, and post-implementation support.
- Manage the annual Global Cross-Charge process, including quarterly recalculations and reporting in accordance with transfer pricing agreements.
- Collaborate with regional Managing Directors, Tax, Compliance, and Audit teams to support global financial reporting requirements.
- Identify opportunities to automate and enhance reporting, financial processes, and ERP functionality.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to strengthen reporting capabilities, improve data governance, and drive continuous process improvements.
- Support special projects and other Finance initiatives as assigned.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
- Experience in financial analysis, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), accounting, or corporate finance.
- Strong understanding of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial modeling.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, financial modeling, reconciliations, and data analysis.
- Experience with NetSuite, Oracle NSPB, or another ERP and financial planning system is highly desirable.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to interpret complex financial and operational data and translate findings into meaningful business insights.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively with Finance, Operations, IT, and cross-functional teams.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, global environment.
Why Join Northland Controls?
At Northland Controls, you'll become part of a collaborative global team where innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement are valued. You'll have the opportunity to lead meaningful finance transformation initiatives, shape the future of our planning and reporting capabilities, and influence business decisions across an international organization.
If you're looking for a role where your analytical expertise and financial insight can make a measurable impact, we'd love to hear from you.
About Northland Controls
Northland is a world-class global security integrator with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, China and India. We specialize in design, build, integration, and management of high-end Lenel, Software House, S2 global enterprise security systems which include 6 out of 10 of the largest hi-tech companies in Silicon Valley.
We are responsible for single card reader installations in some of the most remote parts of the world, all the way through to the design, deployment and management of large enterprise systems managing up to 300 corporate offices in over 70 countries including datacenters and multi-faceted security operations centers.
With 250 highly trained professionals, all program management, project management, system design, system programming, testing and commissioning is carried out by Northland Controls experts to ensure we deliver the right solution, to the right standard, every time, anywhere in the world. In addition, Northland is supported by a network of over 100 in-country local service partners (LSPs) across the world who partner with Northland to deliver unparalleled world class services to our enterprise customers.
We are trusted to get the job done no matter what. Through word-of-mouth our elite list of customers has rewarded us with phenomenal growth from $1M to $70M in 10 years’. To achieve this, we are always interested in the very best people who share our core values and beliefs and will “do whatever it takes” to enable our customers to realize their goals. We will take on difficult challenges regardless of where they may lead us, and we will always take the most honorable route to get there.
Our Mission
To be the most trusted and influential leader in the industry. By delivering exceptional services across the world, we are determined to continually surprise our customers, the industry and even ourselves while having fun.
Core Values
Be Honorable * Take on Challenges * Do Whatever it Takes * Our People * Have Fun
Northland provides a robust set of benefit plans including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement plan, wellness programs, quarterly bonus program and paid time off.
Northland Controls provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
