Senior Financial Analyst

Are you ready to make an impact? Join our dynamic team as a Senior Business Analyst and play a pivotal role in driving performance management for Product Margin and Trade Working Capital. In this high-impact position, you'll lead the charge in uncovering actionable insights, shaping data-driven strategies, and enabling smarter decision-making across the organization.

As the bridge between global and regional teams, you'll take on the exciting challenge of optimizing profitability, improving operational efficiency, and championing cross-functional collaboration. Your analytical prowess and strategic vision will directly influence our financial success. Your contributions will be central to achieving our strategic goals and enhancing organizational success.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities:

Performance Analysis and Decision Facilitation:

• Identify trends and provide actionable insights to optimize working capital, supply-demand balance, and product margin maximization.

• Collaborate with global and regional teams to evaluate financial performance, interpret variances, and identify risks or opportunities for improvement.

• Conduct comprehensive analysis to derive meaningful business insights and craft actionable recommendations that drive strategic decision-making.

Financial Modeling and Reporting:

• Design and implement financial models and reporting tools that deliver timely, accurate, and relevant information, empowering informed decision-making across the organization.

• Develop automated reporting solutions to transform complex data into clear, actionable insights for stakeholders at all levels.

Cross Functional Leadership:

• Lead cross-functional coordination and project management efforts, including crafting both long-term and daily execution timelines, driving progress, and ensuring effective communication with business unit leadership.

• Prepare and deliver impactful presentations to senior leadership, focusing on strategic insights, performance updates, and actionable recommendations.

Product Margin Performance:

• Drive global product margin performance to align with the company’s financial and strategic goals.

• Collaborate on strategies to optimize product margins, including pricing, cost management, and product mix optimization.

• Support commercial, operational, product, and finance teams to identify opportunities for margin improvement and drive cross-functional initiatives.

• Conduct in-depth analysis to quantify and validate strategies aimed to enhance product margins and overall profitability

Trade Working Capital Performance:

• Facilitate the regional Open to Buy process, lead monthly review meetings, and ensure purchase order releases align with approved budgets.

• Analyze data trends and patterns to deepen understanding of working capital performance and provide data-driven strategic recommendations.

• Deliver insightful reporting of inventory key performance indicators (KPIs), including forecasting accuracy, inventory value, and aging metrics.

Continuous Improvement and Support:

• Proactively identify opportunities for process enhancement and implement creative solutions that drive operational efficiency

• Provide support for ad hoc requests, including internal, group, and corporate initiatives.

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

• Solid understanding of accounting, budgeting and financial statement principles, concepts, and analysis

• Intermediate to advanced ability to use financial systems and software (Excel, PowerPoint, Oracle EBS, Business Objects, DOMO, PBCS)

• Strong analytical (quantitative, as well as qualitative) skills

• Demonstrated ability to gather and analyze large amounts of data at a macro and micro level

• Outstanding reporting and communication skills

• Proven ability to multi-task, work under pressure, and meet tight deadlines with accuracy and professionalism

• Self-starter with the ability to proactively streamline functions and passion to learn and grow

• Thrives in fast-paced, growing, rapidly changing environment

• Strong ability to work independently and with multi-functional teams

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