Financial Business Analyst

Staffmark Workforce Solutions offers this exciting contract opportunity at a global leader in electronics, mobile devices, and appliances located in Plano, TX.

Financial Business Analyst

Top Skills:

1. Financial Modeling
2. Data Research & Analysis
3. Forecasting

Summary:

The main functions of a financial analyst are to gather and analyze financial information; and will typically conduct quantitative analyses of information affecting investment programs of public or private institutions. A typical financial analyst is responsible for analyzing and communicating financial information for clients.

Responsibilities:

• Manages SCM PSI activities including selling, sellout, inventory, and WOS.
• Ensures planning numbers are aligned with the target planning process monthly.
• Communicates professional emails to the account team, client teams, and headquarters and articulates complex updates in a simplified way.
• Communicates face-to-face with the account team, client teams, and RPM teams.
• Reports on product PSI status understand and execute decisions based on two sets of numbers: an internal set of numbers and a customer corresponding set of numbers.
• Strong awareness of sales activities, promotions in the market, promotional performance, and costs.
• Works closely with the sales team and holds sales counterparts accountable, engages sales to drive improved sellout performance; deep understanding of numbers and ability to interpret sales results, drives actions and results.
• Desire to take personal ownership of business, accountable for PSI results in operating domain.
• Conducts Product Sales Inventory (PSI) meetings to identify sales target status and product requirements to ensure fulfillment of product development and delivery to achieve sales plans.
• Develops and manages product inventory numbers to maximize selling/revenue while balancing weeks of sales (WOS).
• Carefully aligns Product Inventory and Sales Inventory between client and Global HQ.
• Initiates, develops, coordinates, and implements strategic product launch plans while planning for risks and opportunities for our operational model.
• Assemble spreadsheets and draw charts and graphs used to illustrate technical reports.
• Analyze financial information to produce forecasts of business, industry, and economic conditions for use in making investment decisions.
• Interpret data affecting investment programs, such as price, yield, stability, and future trends in investment risks.
• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with all assigned levels within and outside the company.
• Plan, organize, and prioritize multiple assignments and projects.
• Review detailed product development, marketing documents, and media materials as needed.
• Demonstrated competency in both oral and written communication modes for both internal and external personnel at various levels.
• Work independently and in a team environment to achieve customer business objectives, and personal and team goals, and complete assignments within established time frames and specifications.
• The ability to develop tasks and work assignments, based on sometimes vaguely defined objectives.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required; Advanced degree preferred.
• 4+ years' of experience in telecommunications, CPG, and/or retail industry supply chain, business, finance, and sales operations management.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in building a function responsible for developing, compiling, and presenting product plans, delivery, and logistics schedules.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills are a must.
• High energy and ability to learn quickly.
• Can work under varying work pressures, flexible.
• Fluent in reading, writing, and verbal communications in English and Global HQ and the translation of documents and information to and from each language.
• Experience researching and resolving customer product development, launch, delivery, and logistics issues.
• Experience developing presentations using a variety of Global HQ and English PC applications methods, including word-processing and spreadsheet software.
• Strong desire to work in a highly collaborative environment, walks around the office and does not become chained to a desk.
• Ability to influence strategies and make decisions using a data-driven approach.
• Ability to use a structured problem-solving approach in an ambiguous situation.
• Plan, organize, and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to synthesize complex business information and make professional business presentations. Excellent oral and written communication.
• Ability to establish and develop data models, scenario-based analysis, and other deep analytical approaches to solve business and sales problems.
• Ability to work in a team environment, working against individual and shared objectives.
• Ability to accept tasks and work to resolve problems, when only broad and general guidelines exist.

Staffmark talent working with this client receive competitive compensation and a great benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401K, and Paid Time Off plus more!

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