Financial Analyst - Digital Analytics at ZF Friedrichshafen

Req ID 86321 | Gbl Elec HQ - Farmington Hills, United States ZF Active Safety and Electronics US LLC

About the Position

The Financial Analyst for Digital Analytics drives automation, digitalization, and data enablement within Finance and especially Corporate Controlling & Accounting to increase efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of finance processes

What you can look forward to as Financial Analyst- Digital Analytics:

• Identify and analyze manual, inefficient, or high risk finance processes across close cycles, reporting, consolidation, intercompany, budgeting, and forecasting
• Design and implement future state automated processes, workflow solutions, and standardized reporting to reduce Excel based manual effort
• Develop and enhance KPI dashboards, executive reports, and self service analytics while ensuring a single source of truth for finance data
• Analyze large financial datasets to identify variances, trends, efficiency opportunities, and support scenario modeling and predictive analytics
• Support finance data modeling aligned with controlling requirements and business needs
• Act as a finance subject matter expert for ERP, consolidation, and BI systems, translating business requirements into technical specifications
• Partner with IT on system enhancements, upgrades, testing, validation, and data migrations to ensure alignment between finance processes and system architecture
• Promote a data driven finance culture through training, documentation, governance standards, and sharing best practices across global transformation initiatives

Your profile as Financial Analyst- Digital Analytics:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Informatics, Data Analytics, or a related field
• 3–7 years of experience in Controlling, Accounting, Finance Transformation, or BI/Analytics environments
• Strong understanding of financial closing processes, reporting structures, and financial data models
• Advanced Excel skills, including Power Query and Power Pivot, with experience reducing manual reporting
• Hands on experience with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms
• ERP system experience (e.g., SAP or comparable systems) and basic SQL knowledge
• Experience with automation tools and techniques (RPA, VBA, Python) and workflow/process documentation
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills, with the ability to bridge finance and IT stakeholders and support change management

What We Offer:

• A supportive collaborative team environment
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Vacation
• Personal Time
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays
• A strong diversity culture
• Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities

ZF does not offer visa sponsorship for this role (e.g., H-1B, TN), and candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring sponsorship by ZF now or in the future. This role also does not include any immigration-related support, including—but not limited to—being listed on government forms, providing documentation for work authorization, coordinating with universities, or participating in training plans or other procedures related to visa status (e.g., H-1B, TN, F-1 OPT/CPT, J-1, O-1, L-1, E-3, and any other status requiring employer sponsorship or immigration-related support). IF YOU REQUIRE ANY FORM OF VISA SPONSORSHIP OR ANY IMMIGRATION SUPPORT NOW OR IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE DO NOT APPLY.

• Be part of our ZF team as Financial Analyst
• Digital Analytics and apply now!

Contact

Gabriela Palacio

DIVERSITY COMMITMENT:

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are more than just words for us. They are at the core of the ZF Way that propels our team members towards their utmost success. We strive to build and nurture a culture where inclusiveness is a natural reflex. We actively seek ways to remove barriers so that every member of ZF can rise to their full potential. We aim to embed this in our legacy through how we operate and build our products as we shape next generation mobility, safety, sustainability and social justice.

With four generations across 118 nationalities in 41 countries, ZF combines a unique variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas. Together, we solve problems, drive innovation and shape next generation mobility.

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