Our client, a consumer products firm is seeking a Marketing Finance analyst for their growing financial planning and analysis team to analyze and help support profitable growth through the organization. Position will be in office 4 days per week in NYC or Saratoga, NY. This company has a stellar work environment that provides excellent benefits and great perks such as half day Fridays and catered lunch.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct in-depth analyses and research focused on areas such as sales/ marketing promotions, annual business reviews, volume, distribution, velocity, competitor analysis, etc.
- Prepare detail of work plans and schedule, complete detailed analysis and research, identify options for new business ventures
- Develop and prepare reports for brand marketers and the functional leaders; recommends action or change for assigned projects
- Analyze general market and specific business conditions trends and prepares forecasts to support current and future business decisions
- Deliver foundational trade analytics through performing ongoing promo analysis (ROI, volume, lift, etc.) on assigned accounts, and deliver compelling summaries for activation
- Maintain and disseminate promotional scorecards on ongoing basis
- Coordinate analysis of invoice pricing discrepancies amongst analyst in accounting and sales
- Determine root cause of pricing discrepancies and drive resolution and future corrective actions
- Understand the wider differences across items/retailers/support mechanisms and help aggregate learnings for annual planning process into specific guardrails and guidelines
- Perform monthly variance analysis of actual financial performance vs. budget / forecast with marketing spend
Requirements:
- Marketing Degree or similar in Finance or Accounting.
- 3+ years of experience in planning, analysis, or financial management; with at least one year in a CPG or consumer goods company
- Proven leadership ability and strength is building internal relationships
- Excellent quantitative and analytics skills
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Advanced Excel skills associates with large volume data sets
- Ability to identify key business drivers to align finance department resources against the most important needs of the business
Location: NYC or Saratoga, NY
Salary: $70K-$100K range plus individual bonus and company performance bonus
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