SR FINANCIAL ANALYST, Supply Chain Analytics

POSITION PURPOSE

This position prepares economic and financial analyses, reporting, and forecasts for use in the development of financial business decisions and supporting a line of business.  The associate ensures that all forecasting, reporting and analytical responsibilities are completed competently in a timely manner, continually seeks out opportunities to expand knowledge while growing existing technical skills (e.g. Tableau and SQL). 

• Deliver assigned weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports on time and accurately
  • Provide leadership the overall assessment of the report and insight in trending as needed
  • Support ad hoc and one time requests from leadership
  • Seek out innovative solutions to existing processes and to improve efficiency of the entire team in assigned tasks
  • Serve as primary representative for data related processes, reporting sources, and new rollouts 
    • Requires knowledge of tables for data mining
    • Ensure accuracy of data sources and outputs
    • Serve as primary representative for the team in data projects
    • Intermediate proficiency in OLAP and creation of templates
      • Basic understanding of the job role of the inventory finance team to drive solutions to improve the overall business
      • Develop tools and solutions to improve efficiency and automation of the wider team
      • Tableau experience is a plus
      • Intermediate to advanced skills in Excel
        • Proficiency in MS Access is a plus
        • Communicate to manager and leadership of risks and progress of the team on assigned task and provide input on ideas to improve processes

MAJOR TASKS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Oversee the administration of financial policies.
• Conducts special financial studies and coordinates with other departments in the preparation of statistical studies.
• Assist in the automation of reports, primarily into a more visual format i.e. Tableau
• Performs internal and external economic research and analyzes issues related to specific financial metrics to ensure competitiveness
• Compiles or prepares reports, graphs and charts of data developed.
• Recommends changes in financial analysis methods or procedures.

NATURE AND SCOPE

• This position typically reports to a Manager of Finance.
• Typically requires highly developed interpersonal skills for dealing with sensitive or controversial situations.
• Typically faces situations that are unstructured and require original approaches.
• Typically considers new approaches within general policies and short-term goals when solving problems.
• Typically, once given general assignments, determines priorities and defines what should be done and how to do it.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Located in a comfortable indoor area.
• Under constant pressure to continuously meet tight deadlines, demanding quotas and/or must regularly deal with difficult situations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Education Required:
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

YEARS OF RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE - 3

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain or a related field is preferred.
• One to three years of experience in data mining, statistical analysis, auditing/forecasting preferred.
• Experience with SQL Server, Tableau, Teradata, or comparable databases is preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES

• Oral and written communication skills
• Accounting or Finance experience.
• Analytical skills
• Problem solving skills