Senior Analyst, Finance

Sysco Northeast Rdc; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco Northeast RDC in Houston is seeking a corporate FP&A professional to drive reporting, analyses and business insights. The role supports the operating plan, monthly/quarterly reviews, and KPI development to explain performance and guide P&L decisions.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience in financial modeling, cross-functional partnering and a strong commercial orientation to improve costs and profitability. Hybrid work arrangement is available.

Qualifications

• BA or equivalent with 5+ years in FP&A, finance or business analytics.
• 5+ years in a corporate setting focusing on reporting development, planning, analytics and modeling.
• Strong commercial focus with cross-functional partnering experience.

Responsibilities

• Create reporting suites that enable insights for Finance and Business teams and KPIs for P&L management.
• Provide business insights to corporate FP&A on results vs plan and forecast.
• Support US Foodservice AOP and monthly/quarterly business reviews.
• Identify margin, cost and efficiency opportunities.
• Perform ad-hoc analytics and financial modeling.
• Use data analytics to present financial and operational insights for exec decisions.
• Develop Excel-based reports using VBA for multi-dimensional use.

Skills

Excel VBA

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Excel

Job description

This is a Hybrid position requiring an on-site presence 3-4 days per week in Houston, TX. Please note that the number of days on-site can increase based on business needs.

SUMMARY:

Support strategies to help drive increased profitability, process efficiency, reduced costs and overall business improvement. Partner with Operations leadership to deliver financial and strategic results through utilization of Financial Planning & Analysis best practices. Support corporate FP&A processes, initiatives and reporting within the Operations organization.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create reporting suites that enable insights for Finance and Business team. Partner with field finance teams to develop KPIs that help explain performance and drive proactive P&L management
• Provide business insights to corporate FP&A on the monthly and quarterly results versus plan and forecast
• Support Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the US Foodservice organization
• Support monthly/quarterly business review process
• Identify margin, cost and efficiency opportunities
• Perform ad-hoc analytics and financial modeling
• Support the business transformation metrics and tracking; tie to P&L results
• Use VBA and other tools to create excel based standardized reporting with flexibility for multi-dimensional use
• Use data analytics to draw conclusions and present financial and operational insights in an effort to support timely executive level decision-making
• Make strategic recommendations for solutions to business problems and opportunities using data analytics and predictive modeling

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• 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.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Visual Basic (VB) experience in Excel
• Experience with data visualization software SQL

ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

• High business acumen with strong finance background
• Self-starter, high motivated to improve business processes
• Works productively across the enterprise and partners with others to achieve shared goals
• Speaks and acts with complete honesty and trustworthiness

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• This position can be performed from the corporate facility.
• Must be able to do limited travel to Sysco facilities or operating companies.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

NOTICE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and level of work being performed by this job. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only tasks to be performed by the employee in this job. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job related duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. This job description supersedes prior job descriptions.