Senior Financial Analyst - Product and Innovation

Wahl Clipper Corporation; Des Plaines (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays

Casual work environment

Job summary

Wahl Clipper Corporation seeks a Senior Financial Analyst, Product & Innovation, to partner with Product Management and Innovation leadership. You’ll enable data-driven decisions by analyzing margins, lifecycle profitability, pricing, and investment scenarios across a global portfolio.

You will guide core product reviews, support go/no-go decisions, and drive cost-to-serve optimization while upholding brand integrity and long-term value creation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline.
• 5-8+ years of experience in consumer goods, durable goods, or innovation-driven environments is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success supporting NPD, pricing, and portfolio management decisions.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; ERP and BI experience required.

Responsibilities

• Own and enhance product-level financial analysis across the global portfolio, including gross margin, contribution margin, and lifecycle profitability.
• Lead financial reviews of core products, line extensions, renovations, and end-of-life decisions.
• Identify margin expansion, mix optimization, and cost-to-serve opportunities while preserving brand integrity.
• Serve as the finance lead for NPD initiatives, partnering closely with Product Management, R&D, Operations, and Marketing.
• Build and challenge business cases, investment models, and financial assumptions for new product launches and innovation pipelines.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

ERP experience

BI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA or CPA/CMA (preferred)

Tools

ERP systems

BI tools

Job description

Wahl Empowers People To Be Their Best!

Wahl Empowers People To Be Their Best!Where Strategy, Innovation, and Finance Converge.

At Wahl Clipper, innovation is more than creating new products. It's about making thoughtful, strategic investments that fuel long-term growth while honoring a legacy built over more than a century. As the Senior Financial Analyst, Product & Innovation, you will serve as a trusted advisor to Product Management and Innovation leadership, helping guide critical decisions that shape our future portfolio. This highly visible role sits at the intersection of finance, innovation, marketing, and operations, providing the financial insight and business partnership needed to transform ideas into successful products and sustainable growth. This is an opportunity for a strategic thinker who thrives on solving complex business challenges, influencing decisions, and helping leaders balance innovation, profitability, and long-term value creation.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Financial Analyst, your day to day will include:

• Own and enhance product-level financial analysis across the global portfolio, including gross margin, contribution margin, and lifecycle profitability.
• Lead financial reviews of core products, line extensions, renovations, and end-of-life decisions.
• Identify margin expansion, mix optimization, and cost-to-serve opportunities while preserving brand integrity.
• Serve as the finance lead for NPD initiatives, partnering closely with Product Management, R&D, Operations, and Marketing.
• Build and challenge business cases, investment models, and financial assumptions for new product launches and innovation pipelines.
• Evaluate capitalized and expanded innovation investments, including tooling, mold, sourcing, and launch spend.
• Track post-launch performance versus approval cases and recommend course corrections where needed.
• Supporting pricing strategy and governance for new and existing products across regions and channels.
• Analyze pricing actions, promotional strategy, and elasticity to inform decision making.
• Partner with Sales and Trade marketing to assess customer and channel profitability, especially for NPD indications.
• Lead product-level inputs into the annual operating plan, long-range plan, and rolling forecasts.
• Develop scenario and sensitivity analyses related to innovation capacity, launch timing, cost volatility, and volume uptake.
• Support strategic roadmap discussions by quantifying trade-offs between growth, margin, and investment risk.
• Act as a finance thought partner to product management and Innovation leadership.
• Communication complex financial insights clearly and pragmatically to non-finance stakeholders.
• Support executive and board-level discussions related to product strategy, innovation investment, and portfolio performance.
• Continuously improve product costing, performance tracking, and NPD financial governance processes.
• Leverage Erp systems, BI tools, and advanced Excel models to improve transparency and decision quality.
• Establish consistent financial standards for innovation investments across regions and product categories.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline- MBA or CPA/CMA plus
• 5-8+ years of experience in consumer goods, durable goods, or innovation-driven environments is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated success supporting NPD, pricing, and portfolio management decisions
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; ERP and BI experience required
• Ability to balance long-term value creation with near-term financial discipline
• Sound judgement and comfort operating in a family-owned business environment
• Strong influencing skills without reliance on formal authority
• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to challenge assumptions respectfully
• High integrity, discretion, and ownership mindset.

Why You’ll Love Wahl Clipper

We offer a competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being and growth, including:

• Low-cost BCBSIL medical, dental, and vision plans
• A generous company-matched 401(k) and profit sharing
• Tuition support to fuel your learning
• Paid holidays and a vibrant, casual work environment

But that’s just the beginning. At Wahl, you’ll also enjoy:

• A legacy of quality and innovation.
• A team that values your expertise and ideas.
• Opportunities to grow and contribute to meaningful projects.
• A culture built on respect, precision, and progress.

Applicant must be legally authorized to work in the United States on date of hire without action by company. US immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.