What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Financial Analyst position at Phaxis?
Our client, a leading cosmetics brand, is searching for a Senior Financial Analyst who will be key Business Partner to various stakeholders within the company responsible for preparing financial analyses, maintaining current financial reports, and providing context and insights around the data. Develop methodologies to determine the effectiveness of initiatives on Sales, Gross Profit and Expenses with a focus on marketing investments and Channels profitability. Analyze and report on historical, current and future trends in performance. Prepare reports for executive review.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Business partner to Marketing and Data teams
Partner with promotions and pricing manager and validate results are within targets
Expense control, reporting, and analysis
Financial guidance with focus on Investment Optimization and maximizing Profit
Identify Risks and Opportunities within the business and provide Actionable analysis
Lead role for Sales, Discount and Gross Margin reporting and analyzing providing actionable analysis and recommendations
Weekly/Monthly analysis and comments on the activity recommendations for current and future campaigns as it relates to profit margin
Participate in monthly accounting close process:
Liaise with Accounting and provide accruals of incurred expenses not yet invoices per Accounting rules
Review monthly and YTD P&Ls and address variances to Budget/Forecast and LY with extensive GL research for accuracy
Generate reporting and hold month end meetings with key stakeholders and leadership team members to review results and address variances
Participate in the Monthly Business Review report package
Financial Controls for Purchase Requisition process:
Approve Purchase Requisitions for relevant departments and thresholds and ensure accuracy vs. Budget/Forecast
Provide guidance on Expense coding and amount allocation as it relates to Accounting Rules
Participate in the budgeting and forecasting cycles
Coordinate the budgeting process with the different stakeholders
Analyze and challenge, if necessary, the assumptions
Summarize and explain the budget results to various levels of management
Create, distribute & present daily, weekly and monthly reports to various levels of management
Manage and deliver ad hoc analysis
All other duties or projects as assigned
REQUIREMENTS:
EDUCATION:
BS in Finance, Accounting, or other quantitative field
EXPERIENCE:
3 years of experience in financial planning, analysis and modeling
Retail/Wholesale experience needed
Interest in the beauty/cosmetics market
Proficient in Excel, Power Point and Other MS applications
SAP or other comparable ERP system exposure, TM1 for budgeting
Proficient in Tableau
Salary : $90,000 - $95,000
