Financial Analyst
The NPD Group

Port Washington North, New York

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Combining consumer surveys, retail point-of-sale data, and cutting-edge analytics, The NPD Group delivers trusted retail industry research to the world's most successful brands and retailers. We also offer careers that reward innovation and provide growth opportunities for forward-thinking problem-solvers who join our team. Speed your career growth, while working with the best and brightest in the market research industry.

Position Overview

The Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst is an integral part of the FP&A team. She/he will provide financial support and extensive analytics to the Commercial Team. This position requires an energetic and ambitious individual willing to drive efficiencies and improvements. Strong financial, analytical, and communication (verbal and written) skills are essential.

Location

This position can be located in the following area(s): Port Washington

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate the financial performance of the businesses.
  • In depth understanding of variances, requiring the combination of cross-platform information: including SalesForce, NetSuite, and Adaptive
  • Weekly revenue reporting and analysis, understanding client performance & revenue pipeline. Identify opportunities to achieve revenue targets
  • Create and institutionalize key business metrics to improve efficiency within the FP&A team and enable more client facing time for the Commercial team
  • Develop in-depth analyses by manipulating, aggregating and analyzing data to identify revenue opportunities, cost drivers, and key levers to improve business performance i.e. ROI, benchmarking of expenses, trend analysis
  • Provide supporting documentation for the forecast, business reviews, and annual budget process ensuring accurate, timely, and efficient execution. Produce business review package
  • Monthly, year-to-date, and annual variance analysis
  • Develop best practices to standardize and automate our current reports and analysis with FP&A team
  • Deliver effective and timely ad hoc business analysis at the direction or request of others on the management team
  • Build and maintain financial models to support internal decision making for a variety business initiatives
  • Ability to design new reports from Business Intelligence tools (ex. Netsuite, Adaptive, etc) as well as a CRM application (ex. Salesforce)

Qualifications
  • Associate or Bachelor's degree in Finance or Business
  • 2-3 years of experience in Finance, Planning & Analysis, Strategic Planning or Consulting
  • Strong and proven analytical skills
  • Intermediate or advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, including charting & modeling
  • Salesforce experience is preferred
  • Experience with different currencies and impact of Foreign Exchange movements
  • Excellent communication skills with an ability to synthesize information into a clear, concise and compelling message
  • Must be able to proactively engage financial data to make recommendations
  • Ready to back up their assertions with facts
  • Detail oriented with a strong work ethic: accuracy in their work as well as their colleagues
  • Independent and positive thinker, self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility
  • Candidates should be able to manipulate large data sets
  • Must be able to thrive in an ad hoc environment

The NPD Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.


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