Commercial Finance Analyst
Key Skills
Job Description
Title: Commercial Finance Analyst
Location: Eindhoven (Hybrid)
Department: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Position Summary
Fluke is seeking a Commercial Finance Analyst to join the EMEA FP&A team. The role provides key financial analysis to support business decision-making and business growth. Alongside recurring operational activities, the position offers opportunities to take initiative, improve processes, and develop professionally.
Key Responsibilities Daily Activities
- Provide insight into bookings, shipments, rebates, margins, and monthly outlook.
- Support stakeholders with accurate analysis to aid decision-making.
- Continuously improve and adapt existing reporting and analytical processes.
Monthly Activities
- Forecast bookings, shipments, and margins.
- Explain variances versus previous forecasts and actual results.
- Align forecasts with business stakeholders.
- Report forecasts into financial reporting systems and business intelligence dashboards.
Annual and Project Activities
- Support annual planning processes.
- Participate in rebate programs, price adjustments, and business integrations.
- Create new standard work and improve processes.
- Develop or enhance interactive dashboards and analytical tools.
Business Partnering
- Provide high-quality analytical support to the business.
- Solve business problems and respond to stakeholder requests.
- Challenge assumptions and identify opportunities to increase sales and margin.
- Develop strong business understanding and contribute to business growth.
Your Team
The EMEA FP&A team is an international and diverse group of seven team members. Team members have individual specialties while working closely together to support each other. The team operates in a dynamic environment driven by deadlines, innovation, and collaboration.
Experience & Qualifications
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are mandatory.
- Experience with Power BI, Hyperion, Python, or other analytical tools is preferred.
- Degree in Finance, Business, or a related field, and/or 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis.
- Experience in an international corporate environment is preferred.
- Proficiency in English.
Personal Skills
- Strong analytical mindset and curiosity.
- Eagerness to learn and develop.
- Ability to handle large volumes of unstructured data.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to create clarity from complexity.
- High level of accuracy and transparency regarding progress and deadlines.
- Continuous improvement mindset and willingness to challenge the status quo.
- Ability to manage pressure from multiple stakeholders and deadlines.
- Capability to see the bigger picture and connect the dots.
- Strong team spirit and willingness to support colleagues.
- Open-minded, customer-focused, and comfortable making suggestions.
What We Offer
- Dynamic and international team environment.
- Hybrid working arrangement with flexibility between office and remote work.
- Opportunities for personal and professional development within a growing organization.
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
Core Responsibilities
The Commercial Finance Analyst provides key financial analysis to support business decision-making, including forecasting bookings, shipments, and margins. The role also involves improving reporting processes and partnering with stakeholders to identify growth opportunities.
Requirements
Candidates should have a degree in Finance or Business and 3-5 years of experience in financial analysis. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are mandatory, with preference given to experience in international corporate environments and analytical tools like Power BI or Python.
Benefits
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Professional development opportunities
- International team environment
About Fortive
Industry: Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare. We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care. We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact. At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference. At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone. At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating. Fortive: For you, for us, for growth. Ready to move your career forward? Find out more at careers.fortive.com. Recruitment fraud alert: Fortive has been made aware of candidates receiving fraudulent job opportunities from unauthorized recruiting agencies or people impersonating Fortive leaders. We take this matter very seriously and are taking all appropriate measures to address this. Learn more: https://careers.fortive.com/recruitment_fraud