Senior Financial Analyst

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Job description

Senior Financial Analyst for a Growing Company with Great Benefits

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Salary: $70,000 - $95,000 per year

A bit about us:

A global leader in the toy industry committed to inspiring children to develop their creativity and imagination through its portfolio of indoor toys, play sets and furniture, in addition to its outdoor play sets and play houses.

Why join us?

We take our jobs seriously, but we aim to incorporate a little fun into our everyday. Brain breaks can consist of kickboxing or yoga classes in our free on-site gym to themed happy hours or field trips. We nosh on gourmet lunches made by our personal chef, and we love to celebrate birthdays in a big way. Yep, we're pretty spoiled. But, we have good hearts too. Volunteering for organizations that focus on helping and encouraging children is a common thread that ties us back to what's important-making each kid's life a little more magical.

Job Details

Position Summary:

The Financial Analyst works across the FP&A team, as well as cross-functionally within the organization. While this position reports directly to the Senior Manager, FP&A, the role requires a heavy partnership with and support of the Sales, Marketing and Reporting functions. The position is expected to be a key role in understanding and helping to drive incremental sales, calling out risks and identifying opportunities.

Major Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Global Sales reporting: Daily/Weekly/Monthly reporting of actuals and comparison to forecasts by region, customer and product. Requires strong interaction with sales team and general managers of other regions to understand causes of variances and the ability to effectively communicate outcomes through dashboards, write-ups, charts, graphs, etc.

• Sales forecasting support: Maintaining and consolidating sales team's weekly and monthly forecasts. Supporting the sales team through analyzing and challenging forecasts and related assumptions.

• Work with Sales and Planning teams to develop, measure and analyze sales metrics that equip Sales leadership with insights that help drive strategic decisions and to change or reinforce behavior accordingly. This includes reporting performance to Sales Incentive Plans.

• Support developing and updating sales forecasting tools/templates to allow for efficient input of the sales forecast into forecasting tool. Provide support on Budgets, Reforecasts and other ad-hoc reforecast tools as needed. This includes use of excel, Tableau and other internal tools.

• Maintaining the customer records in our accounting system to have correct data to support reporting tools

• Other ad-hoc reporting as requested and required by VP Finance, CFO, and/or VP Sales.

• Be a thought leader and create/develop new cross-department processes and/or reporting where needed. This position demands deep knowledge of customers, customer programs, promotional calendars, etc.

• Be persistent in obtaining critical information from key sources and proactively communicating with Sales and other departments.

• Other responsibilities and projects/initiative work as needed and/or requested for this position.

Required Skills & Experience:

Bachelor's degree
Minimum 3+ years of related experience; CPG experience a plus.
Strong analytical skills and close attention to detail
Expert skills in Excel; experience using macros and writing formulas
Knowledge of/experience with CRM tools preferred
Knowledge of/experience in NetSuite preferred
Knowledge of Tableau or other Business Intelligence tools a must
Must thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment
Proven track record of working effectively with cross-functional teams
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and manage against deadlines
High level of energy and enthusiasm; strong initiative for anticipating and meeting business demands
Basic SQL experience preferred, but not required
Must be fully vaccinated and provide proof prior to start date

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