Kelly Services is looking for a Sr. Finance Analyst to provide financial analytical support to the Consumer Business Unit and oversee all costs and expenses for the P&L. Partners with BU Marketing, Sales Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Operations, Commercial Sales, Business Unit Leadership, and other internal/external departments to facilitate Business decisions and develop Business strategies to increase profitability and optimize resources through analytical and financial modeling.

Job Functions:

• Support COGS and OPEX management process with cross-functional teams. Assess return on investment for key initiatives.
• Support all marketing promotional activities; provides key decision support through analytical modeling regarding business strategies and resource utilization; serves as a liaison between Finance and the Consumer Marketing team relating to P&L considerations and financial impact of business decisions. Work with external vendors on cost planning.
• Prepares and presents project analysis outcomes to a diverse group of internal stakeholders in order to help make business decisions and strategies; clearly justifies analytical outcomes (help break down complex modeling process, various inputs and outputs) to build management confidence with business decisions
• Proactively identifies potential data and analytical needs of internal customers to overall business objectives
• Manages yearly budget and monthly forecasting process for COGS and OPEX
• Works closely with the Financial Planning Team to ensure business P&L forecasts are accurate and that risks and opportunities vs. budget and latest trends are properly quantified and identified during business reviews
• Oversees processes to perform analyses using large amounts of complex information from various internal and external sources.
• Initiates and facilitates investigation of variances trends, cost trends and performs related analysis.
• Develops profitability analysis as it relates to coupons & measures ROI (return on investment) for various business initiatives
• Oversees special projects/studies of moderate to complex scope as directed; completes ad hoc analysis as needed related to various business drivers in support of the Consumer business.
• Performs monthly operating review and related presentations
• Highlights key financial successes and challenges
• Considers key business drivers of P&L such as (but not limited to) net sales, customer discounts, gross margin, variable marketing spending, cost of goods, etc.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, or related field required; MBA, graduate degree or advanced certification (CPA, CFA) preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of related financial management experience within a corporate environment with proven track record of documented success; experience may include (but is not limited to) financial planning, forecasting, etc.
• Related experience within the CPG industry strongly preferred.
• Must have “hands-on” financial forecasting experience.
• Must have experience in analyzing and interpreting large sets of data and drawing conclusions in order to make business recommendations to internal customers.
• Must have leadership experience with budget planning, tracking and/or accountability.
• Must be proficient with MS Office.
• Experience with Oracle, Hyperion Planning, and/or Cognos, Tableau, PowerBI preferred.
• Must demonstrate strong communication skills and have a successful track record of effectively working with cross-functional teams

Location: Downtown Dallas

Competitive Compensation

Shift: M-F, 8am-5pm