Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance

Suntory Global Spirits•Chicago, IL

62d•$74,000 - $94,000

About The Position

The Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance is part of Suntory Global Spirits’ US Commercial FP&A team, which works with North America Leadership to help achieve strategic and financial objectives. The role provides decision support through business acumen and financial analysis, helping commercial and finance leadership receive the insights needed to meet objectives for the US business. Key focus areas include annual planning, monthly forecasting, strategic commercial decision-making, and analysis of forecast risk, inventory health, and business performance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 3 years of experience.
Strong Excel skills.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to develop and maintain working relationships across accounting, operations, and commercial finance.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Anaplan cloud-based planning software.
Knowledge of SAP financial applications and systems.

Responsibilities

Provide rigorous analytical support to leadership.
Support annual planning, monthly forecast cycles, and strategic commercial decision-making.
Assist in developing the annual budget and forecasting process within Anaplan, using financial analysis to provide insights that help influence business decisions.
Become a knowledge expert in tools and reporting suites, including Anaplan, EDW, Power BI, and SAP, to shape strategic budgets and forecasts through data insights.
Coordinate, develop, maintain, and distribute monthly standard reporting for internal and external reporting purposes.
Partner cross-functionally to balance supply, demand, and commercial objectives.
Deliver executive-level insights on forecast risk, inventory health, and business performance.
Drive continual improvement of reporting and processes to provide consistent, timely, and value-added analysis of management results.
Complete ad hoc projects and analysis as needed and appropriate.