Senior Financial Analyst
– Marketing, Advertising & Promotion Responsibilities: Build and maintain strong partnerships with the Sales, Marketing and BU organizations by providing analysis supporting business decisions, participate in sales, marketing & finance meetings, assist with regular financial performance and forecast reviews, ensure accuracy of all financial results, analysis and forecasts Ensure proper accrual and reporting of Advertising and Promotions and other SG&A discretionary spend, including but not limited to Co-Op Advertising, Accrued Other Advertising, and Prepaid Advertising and selling and marketing department SG&A expenses; prepare monthly journal entries, reviewing and true-up of spend and reconciling accrual accounts Own Advertising and Promotions and Sales & Marketing cost center budgeting and monthly forecasting; coach business partners on purchase order management and ensure expense accruals are booked according to accounting policy on a monthly basis; provide training and support to drive financial acumen across functions Support the annual planning & monthly forecasting processes, which may include providing forecast, budget assumptions and analysis related to customer-specific pricing, promotions, contracts, rebates and freight programs to BU finance, Sales Ops and/or Channel Management; ensure plans and forecasts are aligned with strategic direction; facilitate planning/forecasting of strategic initiatives; provide analysis and reporting of variances as well as for customer acquisition (CAC) metric and marketing ROI on working media.
Report monthly accrual journal entries and reconciliations to ensure appropriate monthly estimates are booked/accrued and proper reporting by Business Unit, channel and customer Update documentation related to policies and controls and facilitate compliance by preparing and providing audit requests during internal and year-end audits Develop knowledge in SAP, BI, BPC and salesforce.com; leverage queries and tools that support business analytics; create and maintain business process documentation (as needed) and support continuous improvement Serve as a finance lead of a New Product Development (NPD) project and responsible for preparing and maintaining the NPD business cases and ensuring NPD process is followed especially as it relates to projected sales, product cost, CAPEX and incremental expenses Identify and bring issues and/or concerns to Director, Finance or VP Commercial Finance; collaborate with other departments to resolve issues that arise Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance 5 years of financial analysis or public accounting experience Strong knowledge of accounting concepts, including accrual-based accounting Working knowledge using financial systems, including ERP, data warehouse queries, planning and reporting tools Good communication skills This opportunity offers a competitive base salary and excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match and in-service bonus, and more We’re an organization who values its human capital and provides support to assist its employees succeed.