Financial Analyst

Job summary

The Financial Analyst will assist in preparing financial reports, forecasts, and variance analyses while managing month-end closing processes. Additionally, the role involves administering hourly payroll for a unionized environment and partnering with operations to analyze cost drivers.

Job details

Innovation Starts With You Propel your career at Belden, where innovation creates possibilities—for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve. We connect people, information, and ideas to solve the world’s most complex connectivity challenges, turning curiosity into meaningful impact. Here, you’ll take on work that challenges you, supports your growth, and empowers you to shape what’s next. You’ll collaborate with global teams, gain diverse perspectives, and contribute to solutions that extend beyond our business—creating value in the world around us. Together, we are shaping the future of digitization and paving the way for the next generation of innovation. Job responsibilities: Assist in preparing daily, weekly, monthly & quarterly financial reports, forecasts, and variance analyses Month End closing responsibilities including Journal Entries and reconciliations. Support the annual budget process by gathering and analyzing production, cost, and labour data Track and report key performance indicators (KPIs) such as production efficiency, overtime, and labour utilization Partner with Operations to analyze cost drivers and identify opportunities for process improvement Assist with internal and external audits by preparing supporting schedules and reconciliations Hourly Payroll Administration (Union Environment) Assist in processing weekly/hourly payroll in compliance with union agreements, labour standards, and company policies Validate employee timecards, shift premiums, overtime calculations, and other union-related pay provisions Maintain accurate payroll records for unionized employees and prepare payroll-related journal entries and reconciliations Work closely with HR to ensure new hires, terminations, and employee changes are reflected accurately in the payroll system Respond to payroll-related employee inquiries in a timely and professional manner, maintaining confidentiality at all times Let’s Create Possibilities Together. Join a global community shaping the future of intelligent connectivity. At Belden, you’ll help push the boundaries of technology and write the next chapter of innovation, creating possibilities for your career, your future, and the world around you. These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.

What you’ll do

The Financial Analyst will assist in preparing financial reports, forecasts, and variance analyses while managing month-end closing processes. Additionally, the role involves administering hourly payroll for a unionized environment and partnering with operations to analyze cost drivers.

Requirements

The role requires experience in financial reporting, payroll administration, and working within a unionized environment. Candidates should be proficient in data analysis, reconciliations, and supporting internal and external audit processes.

Listed skills

• Budgeting · Preferred
• Financial Reporting · Preferred
• Data analysis · Preferred
• Process Improvement · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Financial Reporting
• Variance Analysis
• Budgeting
• Payroll Administration
• Journal Entries
• Reconciliations
• KPI Tracking
• Cost Analysis
• Audit Support
• Union Compliance
• Timecard Validation
• Data Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Financial Forecasting
• Professionalism
• Payroll Systems
• Month-End Closing
• Curiosity
• Paving
• Confidentiality
• Digitization
• External Auditing
• Financial Statements
• Forecasting
• Innovation
• Internal Auditing
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Operations
• Cost-Of-Production Theory Of Value

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Human Resources
• Manufacturing
• Administrative
• Financial Analyst
• Financial Analyst (General)
• Financial Analysts
• Financial and Investment Analysts