Financial Analyst
Ottobock
Summary
Ottobock is seeking a Financial Analyst – OPEX to join our corporate finance team in Austin, Texas. This role supports operating expense planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, monthly P&L review, variance analysis, and standard management reporting. The analyst will work closely with cost center owners, Accounting, and FP&A leadership to ensure accurate reporting, clear variance explanations, and strong financial visibility across the organization.
Job description
Duties & Responsibilities
- Model Ottobock’s Code of Conduct by demonstrating collaboration, accountability, integrity, and a solution-oriented mindset.
- Serve as a strategic finance partner to operational, commercial, and functional leaders by providing financial insights, analysis, and recommendations.
- Support budgeting and forecasting cycles, including annual budgets and periodic quarterly forecasts.
- Perform variance analysis, with a focus on labor (wages/FTE), and operating expenses; clearly explain performance drivers and trends in partnership with B2B organization to identify improvement and growth opportunities. Prepare and distribute recurring reporting to business partners and leadership.
- Work with cost center owners to review results, discuss spending trends, and incorporate updates into forecasts.
- Build and maintain budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual bridges for key P&L categories.
- Analyze assigned business unit performance by collecting, interpreting, and reporting operational, financial, and statistical data.
- Develop financial models, scenario analyses, and sensitivity analyses to support strategic initiatives and investment decisions.
- Partner closely with Accounting during month-end close to understand accruals, reclasses, and accounting impacts affecting P&L.
- Analyze trends and provide data-driven insights to improve cost visibility and forecast accuracy.
- Support standard reporting cadences and respond to ad-hoc analytical requests.
- Drive automation, standardization, and continuous improvement of financial reporting and analytical processes.
- Improve data accuracy, consistency, and timeliness through process optimization and system enhancements.
Qualifications
- Min. 3 years of experience in FP&A or financial analysis.
- Strong understanding of P&L structure and operating expense management.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis.
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, PowerQuery); experience with macros or VBA is a plus.
- PowerBI Experience preferred.
- ERP experience required; SAP strongly preferred. Experience with financial consolidation tools a plus.
- Strong analytical, communication, and business-partnering skills with the ability to translate data into insights.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Currently located in Austin, TX.
Requirements
- Min. 3 years of experience in FP&A or financial analysis.
- Strong understanding of P&L structure and operating expense management.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis.
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, PowerQuery); experience with macros or VBA is a plus.
- PowerBI Experience preferred.
- ERP experience required; SAP strongly preferred. Experience with financial consolidation tools a plus.
- Strong analytical, communication, and business-partnering skills with the ability to translate data into insights.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- Currently located in Austin, TX.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Health Savings Accounts
- Flexible Spending Account
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Company Holidays
- Floating Holidays
- Short & Long-term Disability
- 401(k) Matching
- Paid Parental Leave
Company overview
Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA is a global leader in orthopedic technology and medical device manufacturing, founded in 1919 in Berlin, Germany. As the world market leader in prosthetics and a leading supplier in orthotics, wheelchairs, and exoskeletons, the company operates in more than 50 countries with approximately 9,100 employees worldwide. Headquartered in Duderstadt, Germany, Ottobock generates annual revenues of approximately €1.6 billion. The company's comprehensive product portfolio includes advanced prosthetic limbs, microprocessor-controlled knee joints (such as the revolutionary C-Leg), myoelectric arm prostheses, mobility solutions, and bionic exoskeletons for industrial applications. Ottobock maintains a strong commitment to research and development, with facilities in Germany, the United States, and Austria, continuously innovating to improve patient mobility and quality of life. The company serves as an official global partner to the International Paralympic Committee, providing technical services at Paralympic Games since 1988. With a century-long heritage of innovation in orthopedic technology, Ottobock combines traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge digital and robotic technologies to deliver personalized mobility solutions that restore independence and enhance human potential.