FINANCIAL ANALYST

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General Summary:

Primarily forecast, analyze, and report results for company-wide sales and cost of goods (gross margin). This role will directly support the Sr. Manager of FP&A in providing functional leaders with the tools necessary to review and make profitable decisions across the Finance, Merchandising and Supply Chain organizations. The ability to drive ad hoc reporting, variance analysis and creatively leverage systems to generate data, is critical.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for forecasting, analyzing and reporting sales and cost of goods
• Enhance and maintain Anaplan Gross Margin forecasting model to help the business understand variances and margin drivers
• Support Anaplan roadmap and development of various FP&A models
• Cross train within FP&A team, perform ad hoc analysis, and work on specific projects or definable portions of a larger project, providing timely and accurate financial analysis to drive business decision making across the company.
• Identify issues and opportunities as well as implement an action plan to achieve financial margin goals

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

 

• Dynamic and superior analytical skills with ability to access complex information from different sources and compile/communicate it in an insightful, concise manner
• Advanced Excel user (VLOOKUP’s, macros, pivot tables, etc.)
• Strong communication skills (both written & oral) and collaborative mindset
• Attention to detail with a sense of urgency around deadlines
• Ability to work independently
• Must be able to detect errors and identify trends
• Ability to develop a thorough knowledge of the company to understand how a decision made in one area will affect other areas

 

Work Experience &/or Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field required
• Prefer a minimum of 1-2 years in financial analysis/budgeting
• Demonstrated proficiency in Excel & PowerPoint with proven aptitude to learn other application software/tools (such as Access, Web-Focus, etc.)