Senior Project Analyst – Service Business

At Motorola Solutions, we create technologies our customers refer to as their lifeline.  Our technology platforms in communications, software, video and services help our customers work safely and more efficiently.  Whether it’s helping firefighters see through smoke, enabling police officers to see around street corners, or reliably keeping the lights on in homes and businesses around the world, our work supports those who put their lives on the line to keep us safe.  Bring your passion, potential and talents to Motorola Solutions, and help us usher in a new era in public safety and security.

Department Overview

Business Finance team is responsible for analysis of financial reports, trends, risks and opportunities. We gather, interpret and evaluate financial information, including past financial data and short- to long-term financial forecasts. Business Finance department supports wide range of Motorola Solutions businesses and operations functions across Europe, Africa and North America region. We have several small subteams in Business Finance that's why our team is unique - almost each position in our team has a different
scope. You will have opportunity to understand how our company operates and improve your analytical skills.

Project Accounting team acts as finance analyst/controller for key Motorola system implementation projects in Europe, Middle East and Africa region. We are finance partners to project managers, system engineering team and other members of the project team. This is very visible role with strong commercial exposure. Senior Project Analyst – Service Business will work at most times independently with responsibility for overall service project financials.

Key responsibilities:

• Ensuring support contracts are properly setup in Oracle ERP
• Cooperation with Contract management Team
• Ensuring invoices for support contracts are properly issued in Oracle ERP
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations
• Booking manual journals for revenue corrections and cost cross charges
• Monthly Reporting for the support business
• Order and backlog reporting for the support business
• Support the Financial planning process (Planning revenue and cost for the services business, actual to plan analysis)
• Ensure compliance to internal control Procedures and SOX Control Owner
• Support Internal & External Audit Requests
• Misc managed services related accounting and analysis tasks

• Understanding of financial metrics, specifically: revenue, costs, and cash
• 3-5 years of demonstrable finance experience
• Excellent communication skills, able to interact with Finance and non-Finance staff at various levels
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Self starter & Team player
• Fundamental knowledge in International accounting standards and US GAAP
• Excellent Excel skills
• Excellent English (spoken, written), candidate is able to hold project specific discussions with project team and occasionally with external parties (customer, vendors)
• Occasional travel within Europe