Senior Financial Analyst

Quality Bicycle Products•Bloomington, MN

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst is the lead operating role for corporate financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and financial decision support at Quality Bicycle Products (QBP). The role connects strategy, operating plans, and financial outcomes by establishing decision economics, leading planning and forecasting, administering the financial planning environment, and measuring whether approved investments and actions produce expected returns. It partners with the Director of Financial Planning & Analysis and leaders across Finance and Accounting, Category Management, Purchasing, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Proprietary Brands, HR, IT, and the Data Analyst team. The position leads companywide annual planning and quarterly forecasting, develops long-range three-statement projections, and serves as product owner of the financial planning and reporting platform. It guides leaders through budget decisions and analyzes scenarios involving major investments and external exposures. It also leads profitability and ROI analysis, maintains management reporting and an enterprise investment register, and supports capital expenditure business cases and post-investment measurement. The analyst partners with business functions on operating and investment decisions, category financial performance, and decisions involving demand, inventory, pricing, promotions, assortment, suppliers, and service levels. The role translates analysis into clear recommendations and provides independent financial challenge. It may directly manage analysts as the team evolves and will help build tools, processes, and analytical capabilities. The role may be based in the Twin Cities metro area, with onsite work at the Bloomington, Minnesota office as needed; remote work may be available to eligible candidates in certain locations, subject to business needs and employment requirements. Domestic travel one or more times per year is required.

Requirements

BA or BS in Finance, Business, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
5+ years of progressive experience in financial analysis, planning, forecasting, and variance analysis.
Demonstrated experience building business cases, profitability models, scenario analyses, and management reporting.
Proficiency with financial planning software such as Prophix, Adaptive, or Anaplan, including model, cube, workflow, or system administration.
Experience with three-statement modeling, cash-flow forecasting, working-capital analysis, and business unit or category-level financial reporting.
Experience with cost accounting, cost allocations, and variance analysis in an ERP environment.
Strong business partnership, communication, presentation, organization, and prioritization skills.
Ability to maintain accuracy under deadline pressure and work effectively without close supervision.
Ability to travel domestically one or more times per year, including air travel and driving.
Valid US driver’s license and ability to meet QBP Approved Driver requirements.
Ability to perform work on a computer extensively.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CMA, CPA, or another advanced finance or accounting credential.
Experience with SAP, Power BI, Python, SQL, or comparable analytical and reporting tools.
Experience in wholesale distribution, retail, merchandise or category finance, inventory-intensive businesses, or supply-chain economics.
Experience with vendor management, software contract negotiation, or financial systems implementation.
Experience directly managing, hiring, mentoring, or providing work direction to analysts.

Responsibilities

Lead the annual companywide financial planning process and coordinate quarterly forecasts, including assumptions, workflows, variance analysis, and recommendations to course-correct.
Help develop and maintain long-range three-statement financial projections covering the Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
Serve as Product Owner for the financial planning and reporting platform, handling cube and workflow administration, security, roadmap development, vendor and consultant engagement, testing, documentation, and user training.
Lead SG&A planning kick-offs and coach VP- and Director-level budget owners on financial assumptions, tradeoffs, and accountability.
Develop scenario and sensitivity analyses for major investments and external exposures, including foreign exchange, tariffs and duties, freight, demand changes, and cost inflation.
Present plan, actual, forecast, and long-range outlook updates to leadership and the broader company.
Lead profitability and ROI analysis across business units, categories, brands, customer segments, programs, capital requests, strategic initiatives, and long-term plans.
Establish financial baselines, expected benefits, cash impact, risk, payback, and performance measures for material decisions, and recommend whether to proceed, revise, defer, or stop.
Develop, maintain, and distribute Business Unit Income Statements and other management reports with direct and allocated cost views.
Partner with Accounting to improve management accounting, cost allocation, and ERP-based cost capture to support reliable profitability reporting.
Maintain an enterprise investment and performance register for significant initiatives, including approved value, accountable owner, milestones, forecast impact, and realized results.
Support capital expenditure and business-case processes through standardized templates, independent financial review, and post-investment measurement.
Establish KPIs and benchmarks with business leaders and integrate material performance gaps and corrective actions into forecasts.
Partner with Category Management, Purchasing, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Proprietary Brands, HR, and IT on material operating and investment decisions.
Set and track sales, margin, inventory, working-capital, and return targets for product categories, supporting category contribution statements and category-level P&Ls.
Connect financial targets to demand, inventory, pricing, promotion, assortment, supplier, and service-level decisions.
Provide independent financial challenge while holding business leaders accountable for operating strategy, execution, and results.
Translate complex financial analysis into clear recommendations, tradeoffs, and action-oriented communication for leadership.
May directly manage analysts, including participating in hiring, onboarding, goal setting, coaching, work direction, development planning, and performance management.
Build the operating model, tools, documentation, and work portfolio needed to support future expansion of commercial and category finance capabilities.
Coordinate work across financial and data analysts so recurring business needs are supported through durable models and analytical products rather than one-off reporting.
Prioritize work based on materiality, strategic value, urgency, and expected return; decline or redirect low-value requests as appropriate.
Use AI-assisted and analytics tools to accelerate modeling, reporting, and analysis, applying sound judgment and validation before outputs inform decisions.
Travel domestically one or more times per year, including by air and by driving.
Perform extensive work on a computer.
Model QBP Core Values: act with integrity, be a true partner, create something special, deliver greatness, and keep the customer first.