Sales Analyst - Entry Level

Spectrum Brands; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Spectrum Brands is seeking an entry-level Commercial Finance professional to support customer forecasting, profitability analysis, pricing, accrual management, and reporting within the Home & Personal Care division. The role influences upper management decisions through timely, accurate sales reporting and profitability analyses.

The position emphasizes collaboration with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain to build P&Ls, forecast for assigned customers, and manage inventories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Accounting or Finance preferred.
• Strong MS Excel proficiency.
• Role not eligible for sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Prepare customer-level variance reporting and explain variances for leadership review.
• Reconcile accruals and ensure accuracy of quarter-end balances.
• Analyze deductions and coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues.
• Update daily sales reports and month-end close reporting for the commercial org.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Problem solving

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Division Information

Spectrum Brands' Home & Personal Care (HPC) Appliances business participates on a global basis in small electric appliances, shave/groom appliances and beauty appliances. Our well- known brands include George Foreman, Black+Decker, Farberware, Breadman, Juiceman, Russell Hobbs and Remington. Our products appeal to consumer trends for healthy eating, stay-at-home cooking, creating today's new hair style and much more. We distinguish our product offerings from the competition by employing forward thinking, innovative technologies matched with a strong understanding of consumer needs to bring to market high quality, superior products that delight the end user.

Job Summary

An entry-level commercial finance position that supports customer forecasting, profitability analysis, pricing, accrual management, and business reporting within the Home and Personal Care division. Position will impact upper sales and marketing management decision-making based upon timely and accurate customer and product sales reporting and profitability analysis.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Analytical (50%)

• Prepare customer level variance reporting monthly; analyze and explain variances for a subset of customers for leadership review
• Responsible for reconciling all relevant accruals within the assigned customer base and ensuring accuracy of accrual set up and quarter-end balances
• Plays a key role in the resolution of customer deductions, including review and approval of cases and working with cross-functional teams to address incorrect claims
• Build and update daily sales reports and month-end close reporting that are utilized across the commercial organization
• Perform assigned controls and maintain documentation in support of SOX and GAAP requirements

Marketing/Sales/Relationship (40%)

• Work closely with Sales and Marketing teams to build P&Ls for new pitches, gathering all relevant information and providing recommendations on pricing to achieve profitability benchmarks
• Responsible for monthly forecasting for assigned customer base, building strong communication with sales team partners and exhibiting attention to detail to ensure forecasts are accurate
• Assist in analysis and partner in problem-solving of excess and obsolete inventory, working alongside sales, marketing, and supply chain teams to maintain healthy inventory levels
• Support new product development through P&L analysis
• Key financial point of contact and owner for assigned customer base

Other (10%)

• Various ad-hoc reporting as requested by finance leadership or the retail sales team to support the analysis of business operations and profitability

Education and Experience Profile

• Bachelor's degree required. Accounting or Finance degree preferred
• Strong proficiency in MS Excel
• Role not eligible for sponsorship

Required Skills

• Requires highly refined organizational and time management skills
• Ability to multi-task effectively in a deadline driven role
• Requires creativity in problem solving
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with PowerPoint and Word
• SAP experience preferred, but not required

Work Environment

This hybrid position offers flexibility to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays, with in-office collaboration required Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Working conditions are normal for an office environment

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/c

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer