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Posted May 5Business Analyst, Cost Optimization
at Goodyear
On-site
Responsibilities
- What you'll do Cost Optimization and Business Analysis: Support cost optimization initiatives across regions and businesses by identifying cost drivers, variances, and improvement opportunities using financial and operational data.
- Perform financial analysis to assess trade ‑ offs and impacts across the value chain (manufacturing, logistics, pricing, trade spend, and margin).
- Develop scenario ‑ based analysis to evaluate cost, margin, and P&L impacts of proposed actions.
- Support trade spend analysis and margin performance tracking to enable fact ‑ based decision ‑ making.
- Create and maintain recurring and ad ‑ hoc analytical tools, reports, and dashboards.
Requirements
- Accelerates digital transformation and business adoption by leading the implementation and ongoing adoption of Salesforce, improving data quality, process efficiency, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Business Systems and Data Enablement: Support ongoing implementation and adoption of Salesforce and related reporting capabilities, initially focused on North America.
- Apply basic project management discipline to track deliverables, timelines, and dependencies.
- What We’re Looking For B achelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Supply Chain, Management, or a related discipline. 5 or more years of
- experience in Finance, FP&A, Business Analysis, or Operational Finance, including
- experience working in or supporting a business unit, region, or commercial/operational function .
- Solid understanding of how operational and commercial activity impacts financial results.
- Proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools; ability to learn new systems and platforms quickly.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to work across Finance and business teams.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast ‑ moving environment.
- Working knowledge of basic project management concepts.
- Exposure to enterprise systems such as Salesforce, ERP platforms, or financial planning tools - Desired Prior
- experience in FP&A, accounting, Treasury, or regional finance roles.