Newell Brands (Marmot & ExOfficio)

Our brands touch millions of people every day where they live, learn, work, and play.

Newell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Paper Mate, Sharpie, Dymo, EXPO, Parker, Elmers, Coleman, Marmot, Oster, Sunbeam, FoodSaver, Mr. Coffee, Graco, Baby Jogger, NUK, Calphalon, Rubbermaid, Contigo, First Alert, and Yankee Candle. For hundreds of millions of consumers, Newell Brands makes life better every day, where they live, learn, work and play. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal OpportunityEmployers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply.

This position is part of Newell Brands Technical Apparel (NBTA), a division of Newell Brands (NYSE: NWL), a globally-recognized designer, developer, marketer and retailer of high-performance technical apparel and equipment with a portfolio of brands that includes Marmot® and ExOfficio®. We free more people into wild spaces and far-off places with progressively better gear.

The Senior Financial Analyst- Business Planning & Analysis (BP&A) for Technical Apparel (Marmot and Exofficio) will report to the Sr Manager Finance BP&A.  You will be responsible for supporting the commercial finance planning and forecasting process of both brands.  You will work collaboratively with business partners across the organization to drive decisions aimed at maximizing sales and profitability.  This position will play a critical role in building a financial plan to promote accelerated growth. 

Job Description

• Manage commercial finance budgets and reforecasts, highlighting areas of risk and ensuring the business partners have the information they need to manage their budgets and make effective and timely decisions.
• Manage the month end close process, including coordination with Sales and Accounting teams on sale spend accruals/expenses. 
• Prepare management reports, analyzing current and past trends providing analysis of the key areas, risks and opportunities, and assisting management in developing action plans.
• Own sales and margin forecasting, leverage the forecast and current/historical key metrics to create timely trend analysis, identify business shifts, areas of risk and opportunities for executive team.
• Own monthly rolling forecast consolidations and sales spend reporting, drive timeline with cross-functional partners.
• Leverage various financial tools to improvement sales and margin forecasts and KPIs, to drive efficiencies and deliver added insights to the business
• Partner with manager to redesign and streamline existing tools and processes to support an integrated view of the organization.
• Liaison with other department managers and accounting personnel to answer financial reporting questions and/or accounting changes.
• Assist other FP&A team members with analysis, presentations and KPI reporting.
• Provide ad-hoc support to broader Finance team as needed

 

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Economics.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in a financial planning, forecasting and analysis experience required.
• Strategic and analytical thought partner with strong financial acumen and high proficiency in financial/analytical modeling and forecasting.
• Proven ability to work with large volumes of data and shift focus as needed from granular data mining to recapping findings at an executive level.
• Practical knowledge of all functions of the business.
• High degree of proficiency in working with complicated MS Excel models, pivot tables and Power BI.
• Experience with SAP, BW, Hyperion and a collaborative cloud-based environment (e.g. Share Point) preferred.
• Team player with a positive attitude and ability to develop effective and influential business relationships at all levels.
• Ability to cultivate a positive, collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Able to manage to switch gears as needed and manage deadlines, be flexible whiel drive to timely resolution.
• Experience in Apparel or Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) environment preferred.

Rohnert Park, CA

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