Financial Analyst

PIP Global Safety is a leading global supplier and manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE), trusted by workers and safety professionals across industries and continents. With a 40-year legacy of innovation, quality, and responsiveness, we deliver comprehensive, head-to-toe protection through a powerful portfolio of brands.
 
 We are united by a shared goal: to protect workers around the world by delivering solutions that ensure safety, empower performance, and promote well-being. Guided by our core values—integrity, innovation, accountability, tenacity, and customer centricity—we're building a safer, more sustainable future. At PIP Global Safety, we're protecting people and the planet, one innovation at a time.
 
 We're doubling our global footprint through the transformative acquisition of legacy brands like North, Howard Leight, Miller, Fibre-Metal, Oliver, Salisbury, and more—bringing even greater innovation, expertise, and reach to our customers worldwide.
 
 Join a growing global organization where protection is more than a product—it's our purpose and our passion.

Job Summary
 

The Financial analyst position is a valuable business partner, ensuring value creation and support the PPE GBE. Role is responsible for the daily processes in the areas of financial accounting, compliance and reporting of all legal entities registered in the France&Benelux/UK&Nordics/South/DACH Region. Sales business partnering is one of the key aspects of this role. Role reports into the Regional Finance Leader. The position will require interaction with cross functional departments in addition to Sales, Marketing, Controllership, COTA, GFC Bangalore.

Responsibilities

Reporting / analytics

• Defining reporting packages and dashboards (KPI's) to enable business management to continuously measure and optimize business performance in all key functional areas
• Producing reports that enable continuous measurement and optimization of all key aspects of the business 
• Proactively identifying, communicating and reporting P&L and balance sheet exposure matters
• Participate in the AOP/Forecast cycles

Operational

• Drive, review and back up for month close processes by ensuring the entity transactions are properly accounted for and correctly reported through HFM on a US GAAP basis, in accordance with PIP accounting policies.; monthly accruals, timely preparation of Journal Vouchers, support Promenta bookings, determine and submit I/C recharges, follow-up and drive resolution of any issues related to month close activities.
• Partnership with Controllership and COTA to ensure operational efficiencies and transparency and timing of financial results. 
• Ensure accurate and Timely booking of all items in the P&L in conjunction with controllership
• Ownership on all P&L variances vs LY and AOP
• Understand any balance sheet exposures and ensure inclusion in forecasts and outlooks
• Calculate monthly accruals as required to ensure accurate financials
• Cost center creation/updates and SEA update
• Partner with Sales and Channel Marketing on the yearly rebate programs, responsible for the monitoring and payment of the rebates
• Other accounting and finance duties where required; f.e. invoice coding in Dolphin, responsible in maintaining and updating the cost center hierarchy and liaise with COTA / Controllership / Regional and global Finance Centre 

Qualifications

University Degree in Finance/Accounting, Business Administration, or related fields;

• First experience as Financial Analyst for at least 3 years, extensive experience in General Finance and Auditing.
• Experience with US accounting is preferable
• High level of customer orientation
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills (phone, mail, email)
• Ability to build relationships and networks in a virtual team environment
• Strong team player with the ability to take ownership and follow-through
• Flexible individual with a high level of intercultural sensitivity, able to adapt to a quickly changing environment and drive continuous improvement
• Demonstrated solution-oriented, pro-active "can do" attitude, Willingness, and ability to work under own initiative
• Self-motivated with assertive communication skills, positive and result oriented attitude
• Well organized with good time management, result oriented
• Fluent English writing & speaking skills required 
• German or French is a plus
• Knowledge of SAP and Hyperion, use of Business Object

 Protective Industrial Products (PIP) is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

At PIP Global Safety, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where all individuals are respected and valued. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind, and we strive to ensure that employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. Employment practices and policies may be subject to variation based on applicable laws and regulations in different countries and jurisdictions.