Company: Breakthru Beverage Group
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Overview
This position supports the financial planning and analysis in the local market by performing key financial analysis and providing budget support. You will lead the efforts around the Supplier Chargeback process, including the EO/VI processes. You will also lead the testing on Vistex system upgrades and improvement. Coordinate with Market Trade Development and suppliers to resolve GP issues, aged and disputed AR issues. Accounts Receivable reconciliation activity, which consists of compiling, reviewing and analyzing the data.
Responsibilities
- Assist in activities like market monthly forecasting and the annual expense budgeting process or other financial processes.
- Conduct business case and financial modeling.
- Lead monthly financial reviews for their market vice presidents and department managers.
- Support all sales managers and/or brand managers in the preparation, reporting, analysis and understanding of their spending of internal banks (actual vs. committed) and other financial related activities.
- Perform variance analysis across the market including critical analysis of trends, variances and key metrics with an eye towards improvement.
- Partner with corporate accounting team and provide regular feedback to ensure proper classification of financials.
- Compile and analyze various detailed trackers for finance area.
- Lead financial review for monthly and year-end close activities by coordinating workflow and meeting deadlines. Final review with the Director of Finance required.
- Prepare technical documentation such as user manuals for new and revised accounting transactions.
- Generate and submit state gallonage tax reports. Analyze and correct gallonage tax issues as needed in preparation of report.
- Clear variances in goods receipts and invoice receipts in SAP. Work with purchasing team and corporate AP to resolve vendor invoice issues.
- Assist in training and mentoring financial analyst on best financial practices.
- Maintain confidentiality of financial information or any other tasks assigned.
- Oversee monthly chargebacks, contributions, Samples, EO s, Volume Incentives and act as validation checkpoint: trouble shooting any problems with those processes.
- Compile, review and analyze data to produce reports and results in an organized and insightful way. Validate and verify information to ensure information is accurate.
- Develop reports and trend analysis for use with varying levels of finance organization and other functions. Present findings to upper management.
- Liaise with IT to ensure data integrity among system and to add business requirements to systems for creation of reports needed to provide analysis at a more detailed or more detailed level.
- Recap, evaluate and communicate monthly Brand Muscle POS printing and miscellaneous incentives and miscellaneous billings. Generate reports and review for accuracy.
- Partner with other functions to evaluate and analyze current plans and use data to make business recommendations.
- Other duties, as assigned by the jobholder’s supervisor, may also be required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in related field and/or equivalent training and work experience.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in finance or accounting.
- Proficient PC skills using MS Office and other various computer programs including presentation software.
- Must be a results-oriented professional with verbal/written communication skills using diplomacy and discretion as well as customer service skills.
- Ability to multi-task, work independently and/or within a team, pay attention to detail and meet deadlines.
- Analytic and reporting skills.
- Utilize sound judgement, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in fast-paced, high-volume, team environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree in finance or accounting.
- Financial modeling experience.
- Experience with ERP accounting system such as SAP.
- Past professional accounting experience a plus, CPA preferred.
- Skills in using advanced financial reporting and budgeting tool such as Oracle.
