FP&A Analyst - Pricing

World Centric•Atlanta, GA

14h•Remote

About The Position

World Centric is a mission-driven company focused on creating compostable products and donating 25% of profits to vulnerable populations. The FP&A Analyst is a crucial analytical role supporting financial planning, pricing strategy, business intelligence, and regulatory compliance, particularly Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). This position involves quantitative analysis, business partnership, and operational finance to foster data-driven decisions and enhance business efficiency. The analyst will be the go-to expert for pricing analytics and EPR compliance, while also contributing to broader FP&A and business intelligence efforts.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, or related quantitative field.
Minimum: 2-3 years of experience in pricing analysis, FP&A, corporate finance, consulting, or related analytical role.
Ideal: 3-5 years with demonstrated progression in analytical complexity.
Experience with pricing analysis or revenue management (strongly preferred).
Experience with regulatory reporting or compliance (helpful but not required).
Experience in manufacturing, distribution, or consumer products industry (helpful for EPR understanding).
Market research and competitive intelligence experience.
Experience with BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc.).
Understanding of product development lifecycles.
Advanced Excel proficiency (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, complex formulas, data modeling).
Strong analytical and quantitative skills with attention to detail.
Ability to work with large datasets and extract meaningful insights.
Clear written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency with financial reporting and analysis.

Nice To Haves

Experience with BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker) for data visualization.
SQL or database query skills for data extraction.
Experience with ERP systems (NetSuite, SAP, Dynamics, etc.).
Python or R for advanced analytics (nice to have, not required).
Experience with financial planning software (Adaptive Insights, Anaplan, etc.).
PowerPoint/presentation skills for executive reporting.

Responsibilities

Pricing Analysis & Strategy: Analyze historical pricing trends, identify patterns in pricing effectiveness and customer price sensitivity, track price realization versus list prices and discount trends, perform win/loss analysis correlated with pricing decisions, monitor competitive pricing and market positioning, calculate price elasticity and volume-price trade-offs, build pricing models to evaluate scenarios and recommend optimal pricing strategies, analyze margin impact of pricing changes, support new product pricing decisions, develop pricing segmentation strategies, identify opportunities for pricing optimization and margin improvement, and create dashboards and reports for pricing performance tracking.
Pricing Support & Collaboration: Partner with Sales leadership on pricing strategy and deal approval processes, provide pricing intelligence for new product development, support contract negotiations with financial analysis and pricing guidance, provide pricing recommendations for RFPs and large deals, educate the sales team on pricing strategy and approved discount structures, and analyze promotional pricing effectiveness and ROI.
New Product Development & Market Analysis: Conduct market opportunity analysis for potential new product lines, research and profile target channels for business expansion, perform competitive landscape analysis, assess product-market fit, evaluate material cost competitiveness for proposed new products, build financial models comparing potential ROI across product development opportunities, and create market intelligence reports.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Reporting: Own the end-to-end EPR reporting process for all applicable jurisdictions, track and stay current on EPR regulations, ensure timely and accurate filing of EPR reports, maintain documentation and audit trails for EPR compliance, calculate EPR fees and costs for financial planning, and serve as the primary point of contact with EPR compliance agencies and third-party administrators.
Data Management & Analysis: Collect and validate product packaging data for EPR reporting, coordinate with Operations, Procurement, and Product teams on packaging specifications, build and maintain systems to track packaging materials, reconcile sales data with packaging data, analyze EPR cost trends and identify opportunities for cost reduction, and model the financial impact of proposed packaging changes.
Strategic EPR Planning: Monitor emerging EPR legislation and assess financial impact, recommend packaging strategy changes to minimize EPR costs, provide EPR cost forecasts for budgeting and planning, and support sustainability initiatives with EPR data and analysis.
Monthly Financial Reporting & Analysis: Support the preparation of monthly financial reporting packages, prepare variance analysis, create executive-level dashboards and visualizations, analyze key business metrics and KPIs, prepare commentary explaining financial results and trends, and identify and investigate anomalies or unexpected results.
Business Performance Analysis: Analyze revenue trends by product, customer, channel, and region, identify trends and correlations across datasets, track and report on gross margin and contribution margin by segment, monitor operating expense trends and headcount costs, analyze customer acquisition costs, retention, and lifetime value, and support the executive team with ad hoc analysis.
Data Quality & Process: Ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data, develop and maintain self-service BI dashboards, build and maintain financial models and reporting templates, automate repetitive reporting tasks, document reporting processes and assumptions, and coordinate data collection from cross-functional teams.
Budgeting & Forecasting Support: Assist in the annual budgeting process, support quarterly re-forecasting, build financial models for scenario planning, analyze historical trends to inform forward-looking assumptions, coordinate with department heads on budget submissions, and track and report budget performance.
Ad Hoc Analysis & Special Projects: Respond to ad hoc analytical requests, support strategic initiatives with financial modeling and analysis, participate in cross-functional projects, conduct competitive analysis and market research, and assist with due diligence or M&A activities if applicable.