Financial Analyst

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Project Accounting is a key function within the MSI Finance Operations Centre (FOC) in Penang. As a trusted partner to customers, suppliers, and employees, the FOC is dedicated to delivering excellent service and quality support. Our department powers a wide range of Motorola Solutions businesses and operations finance functions across the APAC region. We oversee all project-related business accounting and compliance reporting, ensuring robust support and alignment with our regional business partners.

Job Description

Strategic Financial Governance & Regional Leadership

• Financial Oversight & Closing Leadership: Lead and oversee the end-to-end regional month-end, quarter-end, and year-end closing processes, ensuring absolute process integrity, regulatory compliance, and high-precision financial reporting across the Profit & Loss (P&L) and Balance Sheet.
• Commercial Performance Management: Direct the critical review and presentation of key commercial metrics—including Backlog, Orders, and Sales performance—delivering actionable insights and executive-level trend analysis to drive regional strategy.
• Accounting Operations & Controls: Drive regional readiness for quarterly Accounting Operation Reviews (AOR), maintaining rigorous oversight over complex balance sheet reconciliations, internal controls, and risk mitigation.

Commercial Finance & Strategic Business Partnership

• Sales & Commercial Planning: Serve as the core Finance Business Partner to commercial leadership, driving the annual budget, rolling forecasts, and short-term outlooks while delivering strategic variance analyses (Actuals vs. Plan/Forecast bridges) to guide decision-making.
• Operational Efficiency & Value Creation: Partner closely with regional leaders to optimize country-level cost structures, optimize working capital, and implement initiatives that enhance operating margins.
• Deal Structuring & Revenue Optimization: Collaborate with Bid & Quote teams to govern APC discounting, commercial pricing structures, and complex multi-element revenue allocations across business segments to maximize top-line profitability.

Project Governance & Risk Management

• Project Financial Management: Enforce financial rigor across major project implementations, establishing strict governance frameworks for revenue recognition, cost containment, margin expansion, and financial risk mitigation.
• Complex Revenue Recognition Oversight: Function as the regional subject matter expert on revenue recognition standards (e.g., ASC 606) for complex Products & Systems Integration (P&SI) deals, ensuring appropriate revenue treatment and compliance.

Basic Requirements

• Education & Professional Certifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline. Active Professional Qualification from a recognized body (e.g., CPA, ACCA, CIMA, or CA) is highly preferred / required. At least 3 years and above experience in the relevant field.
• Core Experience & Financial Expertise:
  • Technical Mastery: Advanced expertise in end-to-end General Ledger accounting, financial controls, multi-currency reporting, and compliance with local/international standards (GAAP/IFRS).
  • Systems Proficiency: High proficiency in modern ERP ecosystems—specifically Oracle (R12 or Fusion)—alongside expert-level capabilities in advanced financial modeling (MS Excel, Google Sheets).
• Strategic Leadership & Influence:
  • Stakeholder Management: Proven track record of cross-functional influence, acting as a trusted financial advisor to both Finance leadership and non-Finance operational stakeholders.
  • Organizational Coordination: Exceptional ability to align, prioritize, and drive critical financial initiatives across complex, matrixed, global organizations.
  • Process Excellence: Strong history of identifying operational inefficiencies, standardizing reporting processes, and leading continuous improvement projects.
• Soft Skills & Execution:
  • Executive Communication: Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to translate complex financial concepts into actionable business insights.
  • Problem Solving & Analytical Agility: High-level analytical rigor with a proactive approach to identifying root causes, mitigating financial risks, and resolving complex accounting challenges.
  • Self-Directed Execution: Highly assertive, decisive, and results-driven with a proven capability to manage high-volume deliverables, competing priorities, and strict reporting timelines under minimal supervision.

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.