Senior Financial Analyst

Randstad Enterprise; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Enterprise is seeking a Finance FP&A professional in New York with hybrid work arrangement. You will own planning, analysis and reporting of operating expenses across North America, partnering with Marketing and Sales to optimize spend.

The role emphasizes month-end close, budget accuracy, and clear executive presentations. Strong Excel and data skills are essential, along with experience in FMCG or consumer goods environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; MBA is a plus but not required.
• 3–5 years of experience in FP&A/finance, ideally in FMCG.
• Strong Excel skills with budgeting and reporting experience.
• Excellent communication, presentation and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning, analysis and reporting of Operating Expenses across NA channels.
• Support Plan, Estimate and Analysis of cost of goods and gross margin improvements.
• Support analysis of brand P&Ls with focus on Advertising & Promotions.
• Prepare monthly marketing deck reconciliation and assist close/estimate process.
• Act as main contact for Marketing on budget coding and spend reviews.
• Collaborate with NA controller team for month-end closing and journal entries.

Skills

Reconciliations

Data analysis

Month end close

Excel

Budgeting

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance

MBA (optional)

Tools

SAP

Hyperion

Job description

Location: New York, NY / Open to remote but ideally local and in office 3 days per week.

*If remote MUST work EST hours*

Pay Rate: $48.00 per hour

Must have:

• Strong technical finance/accounting skills.
• Must have strong experience with reconciliations, working with data, month close, etc.
• Strong excel skills, budget and reports mostly in excel.

Ideally:

• Experience with working with marketing teams.

Responsibilities:

Financial Planning and Forecasting

• Manage the planning, analysis and reporting of Operating Expenses across all distribution NA channels.
• Support the Finance Director in the Plan, Estimate and Analysis of cost of goods and provide recommendations for continued improvement in gross margin.

Strategic Analysis

• Support in the planning, analysis and reporting of critical lines of the brand P&Ls with a focus on Advertising & Promotions investment. Additionally, help monitor other OPEX lines, and work with various teams to understand variances.

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Support preparation of North America Regional projects and Ad Hoc analyses.
• Manage and prepare the monthly marketing deck reconciliation for the brand and support as part of the monthly close and estimate process.

Collaboration & Business Partnership

• Act as the main contact for the Marketing teams to address concerns or answer questions from the team (i.e. budget coding, budget confirmation, detailed actual spend, etc).
• Take ownership of the entire Advertising & Promotions line, and conduct monthly meetings to review spend with the Marketing teams, and develop balance of year estimates.
• Support the director in ensuring the A&P budget remains in line with expectations and keep open communication with the Marketing teams for full transparency and support to the Brand.
• Collaborating with the NA controller team, perform the month end closing process, preparation of journal entries and account summaries when appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree – Accounting or Finance, MBA a plus but not required.
• 3-5 years of experience.
• Experience in fast moving consumer products industry.
• Ability to collaborate and drive cross-functional consensus and strong communication and presentation skills necessary.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure of tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, including high-quality slide presentations, clear and concise written communication, and engaging and compelling verbal communication.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to research, identify and resolve and perform value added FP&A functions, detail oriented and accurate.
• Has experience using the following systems, SAP and Hyperion.