Senior Manager of Data Analytics

Company Overview

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We serve as a trusted technology partner to medical and advanced industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) worldwide, engineering components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is a global organization with offices located throughout EMEA, The Americas and Asia Pacific regions. Novanta is a publicly traded company on NASDAQ under symbol NOVT.

Business Unit Overview

This position is part of Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services global team. Novanta’s Corporate and Shared Services teams play an important role in executing the company’s strategic mission and operations.Included in Corporate and Shared Services are the business functions including Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, Compliance, Corporate Development and Corporate Marketing. The Corporate and Shared Services teams work closely with all Novanta business units to support operating initiatives contributing to the organization’s financial success.

Job Summary

The role is responsible for leading data analytics processes and projects, both financial and operational, which are aligned to overall Company priorities and initiatives. This role requires significant data analytics design, business analysis and project management skills to help drive multiple transformations programs designed to improve Novanta’s financial management and business operations. This individual is expected to lead the business requirements, analytics design, project management, and process management. This role is also expected to analyze data and provide insights and information to help the team make better financial and business decisions. The candidate must be a “hand’s on” leader; who enjoys challenges and thrives in a demanding and sometimes under-developed environment.

Primary Responsibilities

Lead special projects to drive Novanta’s digital transformation, including financial and data design support for projects in Business Intelligence, Customer Resource Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and other projects

Launch process improvements across global FP&A and Finance processes, with a focus on data and reporting, driving efficiencies and improving decision making

Generate data analytics to Company leadership in relevant areas such as sales, backlog, margins, inventory, pricing, quality, purchasing, etc.

Synthesize financial planning and analysis processes company-wide, including budgets, forecasts, and management presentations

Lead and manage other Corporate Finance processes as needed

Required Experience, Education, Skills and Competencies

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, or similar

Minimum 5-7 years experience in some of the following areas: data analytics, project management, financial analysis and management

Exceptional financial, analytical, and modeling skills

Experience with data governance practices, such as master data management, data quality, data architecture

Demonstrated success in project management, including scoping, resource management, working cross-functionally, hitting deadlines

Demonstrated success in process improvement initiatives, including problem identification & mitigation

Ideally experience in industrial manufacturing market

Proven management abilities in the areas of performance management, leadership influence and c-suite engagement

Experience using Business Intelligence tools (PowerBI, Tableau, etc.) is required. Experience with other database systems (middleware, data lakes) is optional but preferred

Advanced MS Excel and EPM tools (HFM, Oracle EPM, etc.)

Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently; hand’s on individual contributor

Excellent written, verbal, analytical skills; strong interpersonal skills

Self-starter with the demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced unstructured atmosphere with minimal supervision

Travel Requirements

Occasional travel is required to Novanta global locations.

Less than 20%

Physical Requirements

None