Financial Analyst - Operations

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Financial Analyst - Operations

 

Financial Planning & Analysis | Naperville | Full Time | Permanent

 

Wilton is a US heritage brand with a 95-year history in baking and decorating. Now fully integrated into the Dr. Oetker family, Wilton aspires to be the most influential and successful cake decorating brand. Learn more about Wilton at www.wilton.com.

  

Reports to:  Sr. Finance Manager - Operations
Location: Naperville/Hybrid    

LinkedIn Level:    Associate
 

Job Summary
In this role, you will develop and create annual, monthly and ad hoc reporting and analytics or the global supply chain including research, analytic modeling, recommendation and communication to support and achieve the company’s business goals.

 

Essential Responsibilities

• Manage the compilation of monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc reporting on cost savings, commodities inflation, inventory/working capital, transportation and logistics, and other key measurement factors for the global supply chain organization.  Presents information, findings and recommendations to senior leadership. 
• Drive supply chain cost improvement and performance through analytical methods, tools, tactical reporting and process improvement initiatives.  Provide innovative and impactful insights to stakeholders and leadership.
  • Tracks and validates cost savings related to the global supply chain. Owns the tracking tool and reports updates to Finance and senior leadership.
• Review each Supply Chain Department’s (Sourcing, Procurement, Inventory/Demand Planning, Customer Service, Distribution Centers, Engineering, Transportation & Logistics, International Modeling) monthly and quarterly budgets to validate and align department actuals, plan and changes and communicates to Finance and senior leadership as well as department managers.
• Manages the supply chain’s cost center information including budgets, forecasts and actuals. Assist with the deployment of budget and forecasting targets and review with department managers and leadership to keep budgets on plan and aligned to corporate plan and forecast.
• Manage and consolidate the working capital forecasts and actuals monthly, quarterly and ad hoc as necessary to drive improvement; reports to senior leadership. 

• Build new cost savings tracking reports and models for the supply chain as necessary. Review and validate cost savings models and methods.
• Develops appropriate dashboard and tools in a user-friendly format.  Assist with identifying, deploying and communicating key supply chain metrics throughout the organization including (but not limited to):
  • Consistent approach to standard costs
  • Decision support analytics (cost/benefit analysis)
  • Budget Adherence to perpetual inventory value
  • Fill rate
  • Transportation ratio to top line sales nationally/internationally
• Act as liaison and advocate for the supply chain with key internal partners such as FP&A and Accounting.
• Work directly with the PMO office to provide analytic support to supply chain corporate projects.
• Participate and prepare materials for supply chain and operations meetings and where supply chain analytics are required as necessary.
• Conducts root cause analysis to understand supply chain business problems; identifies and partners with business stakeholders to overcome obstacles with data and systems inefficiencies.
• Other duties as assigned by management.
• Particular focus on warehouse operations as described below:
  • Works as a team member with warehousing and logistics units and application development resources to implement system changes. Communicates detailed requirements and timelines to appropriate IT department.
  • Develop labor, supply and key metrics and analytical tools by department to effectively manage the distribution center operation, improve service levels and reduce costs.
  • Collaborate/partner with all levels of distribution center warehouse management to develop a thorough understanding of productivity while providing constructive suggestions for change.
  • Possess a complete understanding of job responsibilities for all warehouse positions. Apply statistical methods and perform calculations to determine processes, staff requirements and production standards.
  • Prepare daily and weekly labor analysis reports for ope