Financial Analyst

Crayola Corporate • Forks Township, PA

14d • Hybrid

About The Position

Serves as a finance business partner to Sales, Marketing, Finance and various business partners by providing analysis, reporting, and insights on profitability, spending, and financial performance for an assigned area of the business, such as customers and channels or plants, product lines, and cost centers. The role supports planning, forecasting, and month-end reporting while identifying opportunities to improve margin, control cost, optimize spending effectiveness, and support achievement of sales and profit objectives. This description applies to Financial Analysts. The Senior Financial Analyst performs all Analyst responsibilities at a fully independent level and assumes the additional scope described below.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related field.
• Two or more years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, commercial finance, or customer finance; consumer packaged goods or manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong financial acumen, including P&L analysis, revenue, cost and margin drivers, controls, and period-end close.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, including trend analysis, root-cause identification, scenario modeling, and action-oriented recommendations.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis; reporting or business intelligence experience preferred.
• Experience with SAP or similar financial systems preferred.
• Clear written and verbal communication, sound judgment, strong organization, and the ability to influence stakeholders and manage competing priorities independently.
• Commitment to accuracy, accountability, continuous improvement, and cross-functional partnership.

Nice To Haves

• consumer packaged goods or manufacturing experience preferred
• reporting or business intelligence experience preferred
• Experience with SAP or similar financial systems preferred

Responsibilities

• Own financial support for an assigned area of the business, including related P&L, cost, margin, and spending activity.
• Prepare variance analyses and management reports; explain key drivers and recommend actions on risks and opportunities.
• Analyze customers, channels, products, programs, or operations, focusing on revenue, cost, margin, mix, spending effectiveness, and return on investment.
• Partner with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and other functions to evaluate pricing, promotions, cost changes, sourcing, assortment changes, and business proposals.
• Maintain financial controls and data integrity through reconciliations, issue resolution, policy compliance, close support, and audit support.
• Improve financial models, reports, dashboards, and processes to increase accuracy, visibility, and efficiency.
• Communicate results and recommendations to Finance, business partners, leadership, and external partners as needed.
• Support scenario modeling, strategic initiatives, and ad hoc analysis.
• Gross-to-net sales, trade investment, markdowns, and returns for assigned customers.
• Trade fund trackers, vendor agreements, and customer program performance.
• Customer deduction review and resolution using SAP, contracts, and supporting documents.
• Pricing, promotion, assortment, customer profitability, and spending-effectiveness analysis.

Benefits

• Annual Bonus Potential for all Full-Time Employees
• Company Matched 401k & Employee Value Sharing Plan
• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits for Eligible Employees
• Education Assistance Program
• Wellness Programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Generous Product Discounts Onsite & Online
• Company Sponsored Employee Events
• Discounts on a wide variety of products and services – automotive, electronics, fitness, travel and entertainment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level