FINANCIAL PLANNING AND PRICING ANALYST

VIVOS HOLDINGS•Overland, MO

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is a key role within the Financial Analysis department, which is responsible for providing a wide range of financial analytical support to the organization. As a member of the team, this position will assist in providing valuable analytical support to Sales and other teams to make informed business decisions, improve the organization’s competitiveness, achieve lowest total costs, improve product margins, and drive effective responses on strategic bids, drive sales process improvement, ensure on-time delivery of high quality and competitive proposals. This position requires solid communication skills and experience in cross-functional team collaboration. This position will also assist in providing a variety of reports and analysis for Executive Management. On a frequent basis, this position will interact with a wide variety of departments including Sales, Marketing, Project Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Cost Accounting, and Sourcing.

Requirements

B.S. degree with emphasis in Accounting, Finance, Economics or related
2-10 years’ experience in Pricing, Cost Accounting, or Financial Analysis
Excellent overall system skills required.
Excel: Superior excel skills required including working knowledge of pivot tables, advanced formulas, and VBA to be able to create useful financial analyses. Previous experience with creating and manipulating large amounts of data.
Strong analytical abilities and research skills
Must have an understanding of cost accounting (product costing)
Self-starter and team oriented
Ability to work independently and adhere to fluctuating deadlines
Ability to communicate effectively and work well with various other departments within the company
Strong organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities/projects
Strong attention to detail

Nice To Haves

SAP experience preferred; relevant experience in manufacturing accounting environment experience a plus
Experience in IBM Systems preferred such as TM1 or BPCS/Lxi

Responsibilities

Provide detailed analytical support for company initiatives such as pricing, commodity (raw material) impacts and cost savings.
Prepare, analyze and publish accurate margin analyses scenarios for Sales, Marketing and Executive Management.
Prepare price comparison analyses including pricing of similar products, previous prices, prices of lost business, etc.
Monitor current commodity market conditions and identify pricing trends and supply/demand challenges.
Calculate customer item level price increases and communicate with internal Sales team.
Work with Project Management team on cost development of potential new items to provide insights into cost drivers for purposes of price setting and margin determination.
Assist in preparation of company annual budgeting and periodic forecasting process.
Assist tracking key assumptions versus budget and analyzing variances from budget and prior year, including preparing financial bridges.
Provide analytical support for various departments as requested: Sales, Marketing, Project Management, Operations, Customer Service, Cost Accounting, Sourcing and Accounts Receivable.
Build and maintain financial models for EBITDA, cash flow and various customer and category P&L’s.
Complete various month-end closing responsibilities.
Other ad hoc tasks which could include preparing a variety of reports, various Key Performance Indicators, etc.