Financial Analyst II

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General Responsibilities:

• Assist the Associate Director of Sales Operations and CHC Controller.
• Responsible for ad hoc analysis and data gathering to maximize efficient use of funds.
• Draft monthly spend reports to ensure P&L budgets are within budget.
• Identify trade spend gaps and work to resolve outstanding issues with Sales Managers and Brand teams.

• Ensure data integrity between SAP and the Cognos Sales Planning system (Sales and Spend).
• Prepare monthly analysis of shipment vs. consumption for key items/accounts.
• Analyze financial performance against key business metrics.
• Analyze annual and monthly trade investment and sales budgets.
• Maintain Cognos (via interaction with IT & Sales) to ensure reports run without issues & are accurate.
• Provide financial summary input to key presentations and business review.

• 3-5 years of experience in a similar position; experience with finance operations preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree required; CPA or MBA a plus.
• Finance/Accounting experience in Pharma/CPG and income statement analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, ability to work with lookups and pivot tables.
• Experience in trade promotion management and/or sales planning desired.
• Ability to communicate effectively across various levels and departments within the CHC organization.
• Experience with SAP, Business Intelligence, TM1, Cognos or similar database software a plus.
• Must be an analytical thinker and a problem solver; must be able to work in ambiguity.