Primary purpose of this role is to support the mission of the Demand Chain organization, working as a financial business partner to the Demand Chain leadership team. Responsibilities include consolidation of key financial and business KPI materials, reporting and deep dive of topline business results, preparation of monthly/quarterly business reviews for internal executive leadership and 7&I Board of Directors, financial and business analytics for decision support, engagement in core FP&A activities including monthly forecasting and annual planning, consolidation and financial management of complex enterprise capital programs, and serve as a finance partner to cross-functional teams, helping evaluate business cases, validate financial returns, manage financial governance, and communicate project performance and recommendations to stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
- Provide reporting of topline financial performance; analyze results to enable effective decision making within the Demand Chain organization
- Participate in the development and preparation of monthly business reviews and financial performance packages for executive leadership
- Create management reporting and dashboards for key revenue metrics
- Monthly financial forecasting of the Demand Chain topline business, including in-depth forecasts at the Category level.
- Highly integral to the annual planning / financial budgeting process
- Engage with leaders in the Demand Chain organization to ensure alignment and communication of FP&A goals and initiatives
- Use strategic problem-solving skills to drive process improvements and identify business risks and opportunities based on financial and operational performance by Category.
- Provide departmental expense management support (analyze spending, report results, partner with business on go-forward expense management solutions)
- Partner with project teams, other FP&A teams, and senior leaders to manage budgets, analyze financial performance, build financial models, and provide financial reporting & insights to support business decisions.
- Manage project financials, including budgeting, forecasting, monthly spend analysis, and variance analysis.
- Lead financial modeling and business case development for enterprise initiatives.
- Validate capital investments and evaluate financial returns across the project portfolio.
- Partner with cross-functional teams and senior leaders to provide financial guidance and support business decisions.
- Support financial governance and ensure projects follow established funding and financial management processes.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance, or MBA-Finance
- 3-5 years of relevant experience
- Ability to effectively interact with all levels of management
- Excellent organization, presentation, and communication skills
- Superior leadership skills with enthusiasm, initiative and a passion for results
- Ability to work with cross functional teams and to manage information gathering requests
- Flexibility, resiliency and nimbleness; comfortable working in ‘grey areas’ that are constantly changing
- Self-directed and results oriented with the ability to manage competing priorities
- Proficient in MS Excel (and Power BI preferably), and be self-sufficient from a data management standpoint
