Senior Financial Analyst

Accentuate Staffing is currently recruiting for a Senior Financial Analyst for a Manufacturing client in Clayton, NC . The Senior Financial Analyst will work across all teams, and will support members of the leadership team, with close connection to the President/CEO. This individual will be essential in supporting the development of business plans, sales projections, strong key performance indicators of the business and driving strategic decisions through well thought out, multi-input business models. This position will need to be available to go into the office in Clayton, NC 3-4 days a week.
Responsibilities:
Ensure strong understanding of periodic results and key drivers from a business perspective
Day to day decision support providing analytical insights related to the entirety of the business
Support the ability to make the right business decisions by bringing key insights to the table regarding the future outlook of the business on a period basis
Support the annual budget creation process in partnership with the Corporate finance team
Leverage existing reporting and merging with understanding of sales funnel to consistently deliver new sales projections
Partner with the sales team to consistently provide a refreshed outlook for the business
Partner with the sales team to quantify growth opportunities within existing and new channels.
Analyze trends regarding category and product performance and providing insights which will allow us to hone in on key insights to inform future distribution decisions
Periodically analyze incentive and discounting programs and provide recommendations which will allow these programs to enable growth.
Support pricing activities by partnering with cross functional teams understand market dynamics and competitor products to create the right pricing architecture
Partner with the operations and product development groups to ensure healthy and achievable gross margins are established at launch
Lead the tracking of reporting on new product launches for a 2 year cycle to ensure performance metrics around volume and profitability are being achieved
Gathering key information from markets and internal stakeholders as well as outside sources regarding competitive analysis, category trends, growth opportunities, channel penetration and package into meaningful insights that can serve as a catalyst for new strategies
Partner with the President and other leaders to map out the growth of the business both commercially and operationally
Partner with the Marketing team to establish and track success and ROI metrics regarding marketing investments
Partner with manufacturing leadership to establish a material cost reduction (value engineering or other) program which will yield annualized margin improvements.
Partner with supply chain team to assess new suppliers and model impact of supplier changes to business outcomes
Leverage cross business connectivity to support demand planning and subsequently capacity planning efforts
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance or related field
3-5 years of experience providing analytical support across the full value chain
Strong understanding of ERP systems
Advanced knowledge of EXCEL
Power BI and/or SQL experience desired
Highly analytical and ability to translate analysis to business recommendations
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Proficiency in planning and organizing capability
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent time management skills and the ability to handle several tasks simultaneously