Sr. Analyst, Finance

Overview

This role supports the annual operating plan (AOP) process and serves as a finance business partner to Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Accounting. Responsibilities include forecasting, variance analysis, financial modeling, and providing strategic and commercial finance support for regional initiatives.

• Location: Tampa
• Bonus: Eligible for an annual bonus

Responsibilities

• Support the annual operating plan (AOP) process by partnering with Sales and Operations to build a detailed, bottoms-up plan aligned with business strategies and continuous-improvement goals.
• Own the monthly balance-of-year forecast for assigned P&L categories, including a multi-million-dollar operating expense budget supporting Sales analytics and optimization.
• Clearly articulate forecast drivers to regional leadership, using insights from production and supply trends, inventory obsolescence, labor productivity, and the strategic network.
• Prepare variance analysis and reconciliations comparing actual results to forecast, budget, and prior year; identify risks and opportunities and help develop action plans.
• Build financial models and produce daily, weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reporting to drive decisions and improve forecast results.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Accounting to ensure the integrity of financial results, forecasts, and plans.
• Educate and train business partners on cost structure and key drivers, using strong communication and interpersonal skills to influence data-driven decisions with integrity.
• Contribute strategic insight as a member of the regional leadership team, working with finance leadership to drive functional metrics, cost control, and business goals with a continuous-improvement, results-oriented mindset.
• Provide commercial finance support on key initiatives and projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, finance, accounting, or other similar fields
• Minimum 2 years of Operations or Manufacturing finance experience (cost accounting preferred)
• Proven ability to partner with operational leaders to drive business results
• Ability to work in a remote, complex, and changing environment
• Strong computer skills, specifically Excel and PowerPoint and business management software; SAP experience preferred
• Excellent analytical ability to analyze large data sets and handle high-volume transactional data
• Strong organizational and time management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP experience
• Cost accounting experience

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual bonus eligibility
• Health benefits: Medical, prescription, dental, vision, flexible spending account (FSA), dependent care flexible spending account (FSA), health savings account (HSA)
• Retirement/investing: 401K with a 5% match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Insurance: Employee life insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, spouse/domestic partner/child life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment
• Other benefits: Employee discounts; savings on auto, home, and pet insurance; tuition reimbursement; paid vacation and sick time; 9 paid holidays and 3 paid floating holidays; paid leave for when you have a baby, adopt a child, or become a foster parent; legal services; identity theft protection; employee assistance program (EAP); adoption reimbursement benefit; commuter benefits; FEDlogic

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate based on legally protected characteristics. Qualified applicants with criminal histories are considered in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.

Language

Candidates must have strong English language skills to communicate effectively with customers and collaborate with team members.