Financial Analyst

Top skills:

• Financial Analysis
  
• Budget Forecasting
  
• P&L Management
  

Schedule: Fully onsite

Role & Responsibilities

• Analyze and evaluate marketing programs and develop & recommend improvements by team based on product growth plan, profit and ROI/KPI analysis, historical performance data, and company strategic initiatives
  
• Work with cross-functional teams to plan marketing and promotion spend allocation to validate ROI and alignment with company and strategic goals
  
• Institute improvements for MDF management across the organization, including data housing, communication, and variance management
  
• Consolidate bottoms-up MDF forecasts for both monthly target planning and annual management planning by account by category
  
• Analyze historical marketing programs performance to identify areas of improvement and innovation
  
• Prepare and deliver regular data-driven insights of marketing programs to the internal stakeholders
  
• Manage and publish daily, bi-weekly, and monthly MDF reporting, budget status, forecast accuracy, financial metrics by category, and channel spend analysis
  
• Analyze strategic initiative programs based on profit and ROI analysis and provide recommendations to leadership

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Finance, Business, Accounting, or related field and 3 of progressive experience
  
• Very strong business analytical skills, financial acumen, budget management know-how required
  
• A proven self-starter and a highly motivated individual with a strong ability to aggregate and consolidate from disparate data sources not readily available or stored
  
• Experience with managing and tracking budget
  
• Experience with developing financial and operational analysis and presenting information to management
  
• Strong financial and general accounting knowledge
  
• Strong Excel & PowerPoint skills, familiarity with SAP or other ERP systems

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