Senior Financial Analyst Brand Finance

• The Senior Financial Analyst, Brand is a strong business partner to the general management team responsible for a portfolio of brands.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to provide recommendations and ensure sound financial decisions are made for the organization.
• Perform complex financial analyses, interpret financial data, present analyses along with recommendations to management, and lead small teams on ad-hoc projects.
• Responsibilities may include forecasting, Annual Operating Plan (AOP), strategic planning, metrics & scorecarding, and duties related to period close.
• Senior Financial Analyst reports to the Manager, Finance.
• Minimum 2 years related experience preferred.
  

• Be a partner for specified function on accounting and finance related questions. This will involve the ability to assess needs, resolve risks and opportunities on time, and communicate issues/business results.
• Participate in the preparation and compilation of the annual operating plan (AOP) and strategic plan for assigned component of the P&L and related balance sheet accounts.
• Update the monthly forecast for assigned department based on business changes.
• Communicate changes to business partners by providing specific, applicable, and forward-looking commentary on the changes as well as guidance on potential risk.
• Participate in monthly consensus meeting on items such as volume, trade, and advertising and promotional spending.
• Contribute to month-end/quarter-end close activities to ensure completion of assigned tasks, including identification and resolution of unusual variances and issues.
• Provide comprehensive financial analysis and models for requests depending on the assigned function (product development, customer analysis, competitive analysis, pricing, etc.).
• Oversee project work that will rotate and cut across several different financial disciplines including, FP&A, new product development, manufacturing investments, and in-market investments.
• Lead the development of metrics, scorecards and reporting for assigned function.
• Evaluate and provide commentary for periodic metrics, scorecards, and reports
• Provide FP&A support as needed.
• Participate and/or lead various finance-wide projects; level of involvement will vary depending on needs.
  

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• MBA or CPA/CMA certification preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of professional general business and financial experience.
• Experience in P&L management, along with knowledge of financial systems and general accounting concepts.
• Ability to build partnerships with internal customers, peers and manage those relationships.
• Experience working across multiple departments to complete a project or resolve an organizational challenge.
• Knowledge of Excel functions such as VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, Conditional Formatting, Pivot Tables, Conditional statements (“IF”, “OR”, “AND”), and SUMIF/SUMIFS.
• Experience with SAP BPC, Power BI, or other software tools preferred.
• At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in the future.