Senior Financial Analyst - Marketing Spend

Position Overview

We are looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to partner with the WWM Spend Portfolio Management team under the COO. You will collaborate with Spend Analysts and budget owners in analyzing areas for potential spend savings and recommending solutions for effectively managing their spend. You will provide monthly reporting on spend and assist in providing ad-hoc analyses to support business decisions. You will recommend and lead improvements to deliver high-quality results as well as implement new standards/processes across the WWM Spend Finance team.

Responsibilities

• Help drive the quarterly and monthly forecasting cycles for specific business units within the WWM Organization

• Lead and support quarter-end activities, including preparing accruals, reporting landing positions, consolidating, and submitting group forecasts, and act as a liaison with other finance, HR, and business team members

• Support Headcount & contractor forecasting, processing, tracking, and reconciliation preparation

• Partner with the other team members participating in, and leading, various projects focused on efficiencies, including building new models, revamping existing processes, and prepare ad-hoc analyses

• Identify and communicate business opportunities, provide recommendations, and give feedback to others

• Continuously cross train with other team members on other areas to expand knowledge and provide vacation coverage

• Identify opportunities to standardize and centralize finance processes. Lead the transition as required

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor/master’s degree in finance. MBA, CA/CPA preferred but not mandatory

• 5+ years of relevant experience

• Experience in forecasting and financial modeling

• Exposure to SAP/SAP4 HANA, Workday, Anaplan, Power BI preferable

• Ability to build and maintain trust with team members and stakeholders

• High attention to detail and desire to drive process improvements

• Effective & concise communicator, both written and verbal

• Ability to collaborate and partner effectively with a variety of non-financial stakeholders

• Advanced Excel skills

• Adept with new technologies and tools, including dashboards, financial modeling software, and automation tools (Anaplan, Power BI, Power Query, etc.)

• Experience with SAP, BPC and Business Objects is a plus

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