Senior Financial Analyst, Shared Services

Kendra Scott, LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kendra Scott, LLC is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to partner with Marketing and Supply Chain across FP&A activities in Austin, TX. The role drives budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning, delivering insights to senior leadership.

The ideal candidate will build driver-based models, support month-end close, and provide decision-winning analyses with clear storytelling and actionable recommendations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 5-7 years FP&A or corporate finance experience.
• Experience supporting G&A/shared services in a fast-paced consumer/retail environment preferred.
• Exposure to marketing finance and/or supply-chain/operations finance preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to build robust financial models.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budget, forecasts, and long-range plans for operating expense and capex.
• Build driver-based models linking spend to business activity (marketing, supply chain, labor, etc.).
• Support month-end close with variance explanations and accruals.
• Deliver timely forecast updates with risks, opportunities, and actions.
• Create dashboards and standardized reporting to improve speed and accuracy.
• Develop business cases, ROI, breakeven, payback analyses for investments.
• Provide ad hoc analyses and translate data into actionable insights.

Skills

FP&A experience

Excel modeling

Cross-functional partnering

Financial planning & analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics/Business

Tools

Adaptive Insights

ERP systems

BI tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

We are a fashion-lifestyle brand of big dreams, colorful confidence, and inspired design. Founded on Family, Fashion and Philanthropy, we believe that our employees and customers are the heart and soul of our brand, and that giving back is the truest form of success. Fashion meets innovation in the design of our two state-of-the-art facilities based in the heart of Austin, Texas, and overflows into the design of our growing retail environment across the country.

About Kendra Scott

We are a fashion-lifestyle brand of big dreams, colorful confidence, and inspired design. Founded on Family, Fashion and Philanthropy, we believe that our employees and customers are the heart and soul of our brand, and that giving back is the truest form of success. Fashion meets innovation in the design of our two state-of-the-art facilities based in the heart of Austin, Texas, and overflows into the design of our growing retail environment across the country.

Position Overview

This role serves as a strategic finance partner to the support teams and operational functions with primary support for Marketing and Supply Chain. The Senior Financial Analyst will lead planning, forecasting, performance reporting and decision support across operating expense and capital investments. The role will translate business activity into clear financial drivers, surface risks and opportunities, and help leaders make disciplined resource allocation decisions. This position will partner closely with Accounting and cross-functional stakeholders during month-end close and throughout planning cycles. The Senior Financial Analyst is a member of the Financial Planning and Analysis team and reports directly to the Sr. Director of FP&A. The position is an exempt, salaried position.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Marketing, Supply Chain and other Shared Services leaders to lead the annual budget, forecast and long-range planning processes for operating expense and capital investment.
• Build driver-based financial models that connect spend to business activity, including marketing channel and campaign plans as well as supply-chain volume, freight, warehousing, labor, vendor and productivity drivers.
• Partner with Accounting and business leaders during month-end close to validate results, support accruals and reclasses, and explain material variances and business drivers.
• Deliver timely forecast updates and performance reporting versus budget, forecast and prior year, with clear identification of risks, opportunities and recommended actions.
• Evaluate marketing investment efficiency and incremental returns using agreed-upon performance measures; provide scenario analysis on timing, mix and funding allocation.
• Analyze supply-chain cost, service and productivity trends and identify opportunities across freight, distribution and fulfillment, labor, packaging and third-party services.
• Develop business cases for operating and capital investments, including ROI, breakeven, payback and sensitivity analysis, and support post-investment performance measurement.
• Create and maintain dashboards, standardized reporting and automated models that improve data accuracy, transparency and speed to insight.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly business review materials and translate complex data into concise, decision-oriented narratives for senior leaders.
• Provide ad hoc analysis for strategic initiatives and continuously improve planning, reporting and decision-support processes.

Our Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in FP&A, corporate finance, business analysis or strategic consulting.
• Experience supporting G&A or Shared Services functions in a fast-paced consumer, retail or omnichannel business is preferred.
• Exposure to marketing finance and/or supply-chain or operations finance is strongly preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including the ability to build and navigate robust financial models and large data sets.
• Experience with planning and budgeting systems, business intelligence tools and ERP platforms; Adaptive Insights experience is a plus.
• Strong financial modeling skills, including driver-based forecasting, scenario analysis, ROI, breakeven and payback analysis.
• Solid understanding of P&L management, operating expense, capital expense, and the month-end close process.
• Ability to synthesize disparate data into practical recommendations and communicate clearly with senior leaders in written, verbal and visual formats.
• Strong cross-functional partnership and influencing skills, with the ability to challenge assumptions constructively and build trust with business leaders.
• Proven ability to deliver recurring and ad hoc analysis accurately while prioritizing competing demands as business needs change.
• Independent, curious and adaptable, with a continuous-improvement mindset and strong attention to detail.
• A shared appreciation for our three core values of Family, Fashion and Philanthropy.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.