Supply Chain Financial Analyst

Inspire • Atlanta, GA

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Supply Chain Financial Analyst acts as a finance partner to U.S. and international Supply Chain teams across all brands in the Inspire portfolio. The role supports monthly close activities, provides financial analysis and recommendations, maintains financial models, and identifies and implements process improvements for the Supply Chain organization.

The position is based at Inspire’s Global Support Center in Atlanta, with an expectation to work onsite four days per week. It has no direct reports.

Requirements

• Four-year degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
• 0–2 years of experience in finance or accounting; 1–2 years of experience is preferred.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Strong business partnership, solution-generating, and collaboration abilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
• Ability to handle competing priorities, often under considerable time constraints.
• Willingness to meet changing departmental and customer needs and thrive in a cross-functional capacity.
• Positive attitude and flexibility as a team player committed to completing the work.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with supply chain and/or scaled purchasing analysis.
• Experience with Smartview and other Oracle applications.
• Experience supporting a widespread field environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close process, including reconciling actual financial results against projections and budgets, preparing appropriate journal entries, and reforecasting through year-end.
• Prepare monthly financial results summaries for Supply Chain leadership, explaining key variance drivers, including commodity fluctuations and obsolescence.
• Participate in annual budgeting and long-range planning for various business segments.
• Provide analytical support to maintain and improve Inspire and licensee/franchisee profitability, including product margin analysis, production expense analysis, and business risk assessments.
• Model and analyze product pricing, product mix, manufacturing variances, and related data to produce actionable information.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, capabilities, and tools supporting Supply Chain and relevant stakeholders.
• Work with business partners to develop, implement, and automate reporting for critical decision-making.
• Support existing and new Supply Chain initiatives with financial analysis and serve as a business partner to Global Supply Chain colleagues.
• Manage supplier relationships concerning pricing accuracy, obsolescence exposure, and other financial impacts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level