This role requires strong data analytics design, business analysis and project management skills to help drive multiple data analysis projects designed to improve Novanta’s financial management and business operations.

• Lead special projects to drive Novanta’s digital transformation, including financial and data design support for projects in Business Intelligence, Customer Resource Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and other projects
• Launch process improvements across global FP&A and Finance processes, with a focus on data and reporting, driving efficiencies and improving decision making
• Generate data analytics to Company leadership in relevant areas such as sales, backlog, margins, inventory, pricing, quality, purchasing, etc
• Synthesize financial planning and analysis processes company-wide, including budgets, forecasts, and management presentations
• Lead and manage other Corporate Finance processes as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, or similar
• Minimum 5-7 years experience in some of the following areas: data analytics, project management, financial analysis and management
• Exceptional financial, analytical, and modeling skills
• Experience with data governance practices, such as master data management, data quality, data architecture
• Demonstrated success in project management, including scoping, resource management, working cross-functionally, hitting deadlines
• Demonstrated success in process improvement initiatives, including problem identification & mitigation
• Ideally experience in industrial manufacturing market
• Proven management abilities in the areas of performance management, leadership influence and c-suite engagement
• Experience using Business Intelligence tools (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.) is required. Experience with other database systems (middleware, data lakes) is optional but preferred
• Advanced MS Excel and EPM tools (HFM, Oracle EPM, etc.)
• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently; hand’s on individual contributor
• Excellent written, verbal, analytical skills; strong interpersonal skills
• Self-starter with the demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced unstructured atmosphere with minimal supervision