About The Position
The Senior Finance Analyst will partner with the Merchandising team to deliver actionable financial insights that drive growth, optimize margins, and enhance overall business performance. Leveraging Volume, Sales, COGS, and Gross Profit data across product categories, this role will streamline reporting, uncover key trends, and support data-driven decision-making. The analyst will collaborate closely with the US Broadline Finance team to provide insights into Gross Profit performance and margin drivers resulting from merchandising initiatives.
Requirements
- BA or, an equivalent combination of education and experience (5+ years) sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job
- Minimum at least 5 years of work experience in a corporate setting, with emphasis on areas such as reporting development, financial planning and analysis, business analytics, and financial modeling
- Strong Commercial focus, with exposure to multiple business/functions and excellent business partnering skills.
Nice To Haves
- Visual Basic (VB) experience in Excel
- Experience with data visualization software (Tableau)
Responsibilities
- Financial Insights & Analysis Partner with Merchandising leaders to provide detailed financial analysis across product categories, focusing on Volume, Sales, COGS, and Gross Profit.
- Conduct ad-hoc analyses of product volume and gross profit, including year-over-year performance comparisons.
- Develop and maintain reporting dashboards and KPIs to measure performance and identify trends.
- Translate large datasets (using data modeling and analytics) into clear, concise insights and communicate findings effectively to stakeholders.
- Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting Support the Merchandising team in the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), budgeting, and monthly/quarterly business review processes.
- Identify and quantify growth, margin, and efficiency opportunities.
- Analyze key drivers of variances versus budget, forecast, and prior year results.
- Ensure the financial impact of key initiatives is accurately reflected in forecasts and the annual profit plan.
- Business Partnership Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure departmental understanding of financial forecasts and the drivers behind them.
- Work with Merchandising and Commercial leaders to identify margin improvement opportunities and support decision-making with robust financial modeling.
- Provide guidance on the financial implications of strategic and operational initiatives.
Benefits
- For information on Sysco’s Benefits, please visit https://SyscoBenefits.com
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
