The Linde Group

Linde Inc.

Associate Director - Corporate Financial, Planning & Analysis

Danbury, CT, United States | req16658

What you will enjoy doing*

• Management Reporting: In this individual contributor role, you will prepare monthly financial dashboards, tracking actual spend versus forecast, plan, and prior periods, identify key drivers of monthly cost variances and trends and provide suggestions to mitigate overspend, as needed, assist in the preparation of presentation materials to senior management for monthly Financial Leadership Review (FLR) and Global Business Review (GBR) meetings
• Oversee monthly corporate close: Work closely with Corporate Accounting to ensure all costs are booked correctly and on-time, investigate unusual bookings in assigned departments and non-departmental corporate costs, collaborate with leaders of assigned departments to re-forecast spend, as part of monthly re-forecast process
• Financial Systems and Innovation: Evaluate FP&A processes, systems, and tools to improve efficiency, accuracy, and strategic analysis, ensure integrity of raw financial data and improve reporting capabilities in JDE, SAP, Hyperion, and Tableau tools
• Annual Planning Cycle: coordinate annual planning cycle for corporate departments and non-departmental corporate costs, work with leaders of assigned departments to map out the drivers of spend by category and prepare plan presentation slides, ensure all final plan inputs are correct and aligned with targets set as results of plan review meetings with senior management

What makes you great

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance is required, and CPA and/or MBA is preferred
• 7-10 years of Finance experience is required
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint skills required
• Knowledge of Hyperion, Tableau, SAP, JD Edwards / OBIEE preferred
• Excellent problem solving, process management and time management skills
• Ability to act with high integrity and trust, and to work comfortably in a fast-paced environment 
• Ability to travel periodically, as necessary

Why you will love working with us

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2023 sales of $33 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

The company serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications including production of clean hydrogen and carbon capture systems critical to the energy transition, life-saving medical oxygen and high-purity & specialty gases for electronics. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

Linde employees learn and abide the Linde Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct by demonstrating honesty, integrity, professionalism in all communications, actions, and decisions.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Every day is an opportunity: an opportunity to learn, to grow, to share success, and to contribute to one of the world’s leading industrial gas and engineering companies. Seize the opportunity: take your next step with us and join our team.

In addition to competitive compensation we offer a wide range of medical options to suit everyone’s needs. Other benefits include; educational and professional development, employee discount program, 401K, pension plan, and life insurance, just to name a few.

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We are looking forward to receiving your complete application.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

• )The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Therefore employees assigned may be required to perform additional job tasks required by the manager.