Sr. Commercial Finance Analyst

Woodstream has a rich history of over 150 years, and we are an essential, life sustaining business.  We provide pest & animal control products that destroy disease carrying insects & rodents.  

Benefits of Working for Woodstream:

• Competitive benefits package including:
• Bonus Program
• 401k with Company Match
• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance Effective on First Day of Employment
• Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Paid Basic Life & Disability Insurance
• Accident, Critical Illness, & Hospital Insurance Options
• ID Theft & Legal Assistance Plan Options
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Stable, growing working environment with a history of 150 years of doing business.
• Opportunity to advance within the company.

Overview of the Role:

• Support the financial planning process through analysis of data and facilitation of forecasting & budget processes.
• Work directly with the VP Commercial Finance to support the organization with the development of tools & reports including Sales & Marketing Forecasts, Customer Profitability, Brand Portfolios, Product Portfolio models and analysis.
• Assist in preparation of company-wide customer & business unit financial analysis in connection with our budgeting & forecasting processes.
• Provide strong analytical support to the Sales and Trade Marketing teams in order to help them improve performance and decision making.
• Seeks, recommends, and implements process opportunities for the organization.
• Demonstrates strong leadership & team skills to accomplish goals directly on own and indirectly through others.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Work with Sales and Marketing teams to critically evaluate customer profitability through review of historic performance, new business proposals, and promotional investments.
• Enhance current and create future standard and ad hoc reports for pricing analysis.
• Create P&L modeling to analyze and make recommendations based on the scenario results.
• Assist with monthly forecasts & annual budget processes.
• Analyze monthly financial results, specifically margin analysis including PriceVolumeMix.
• Perform post promotion, product launch analysis, performance tracking and recommendations.
• Support the Sales and Marketing teams to ensure their spending is within budgeted amounts.
• Continuously improve our processes to better serve the organization and our customers.
• Assist with financial reporting using SAP, SAC Planning, OneStream and Power BI tools.

Successful Candidate Profile:

• Minimum 3 to 4 years data analysis experience with demonstrated results; Consumer products Mass Merchant Home Centers background helpful.
• Experience with interpreting and analyzing data, as well as designing tools to provide decision-making information.
• Advanced Excel technical skills required.
• Skill in determining, collecting, and interpreting quantitative data required. 
• Bachelor’s degree required.  Focus in Finance/Accounting/Business preferred; MBA preferred
• Excellent verbal, written, and formal presentation skills.  Ability to communicate complex analyses to non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Seeks out and develops methods of automation to reduce time and error.

Woodstream Fun Facts!

• We are the #1 EAC (Electronic Animal Containment/fencing) company in North America, 10X the #2 company and these products protect our food supply.
• We are the ONLY Pest & Animal Control company with a significant ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) Program.
• Over 40% of our directors and above are woman.
• 57% of the Executive Team (meaning VP and above) are female, black, Hispanic or Asian/Islander.