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$100,000.00/yr - $125,000.00/yr
The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for supporting the financial health and strategic planning efforts of the organization through budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and performance reporting. This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insights. The analyst works closely with cross-functional teams, including Sales, Operations, and Supply Chain, to align financial plans with organizational objectives and help drive data-informed decision-making
Location: West Haven
Salary: $100-125k commensurate with experience
What Makes This Role Stand Out?
- Newly created due to significant internal growth
- Fast-paced, private equity-backed environment with strong upward mobility
- Exposure across multiple operating companies
- Real opportunity to make an impacthelp define analytics and decision-making processes from the ground up
- Competitive benefits and significant employee discount on products
- 401k with a 4% match
- Discounts on gyms & wellness programs
- 17 days of time off including vacation, sick, and personal days.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models to support annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and multi-year planning efforts.
- Analyze monthly and quarterly financial results, comparing actuals to budget and forecast, and identifying key variances and underlying business drivers.
- Perform sales and category mix analyses, recurring and ad hoc, to identify changes in profit trends and understand underlying causes.
- Support scenario planning and sensitivity analysis for operational and strategic decisions4 Partner with department leads to develop and manage operating budgets, monitor financial performance, and prepare variance explanations.
- Provide financial modeling and scenario
- Help to prioritize analytic requests that tie into the overall strategic direction of the
- Produce and distribute regular financial and operational reports, dashboards, and ad hoc analyses for senior
- Ensure data integrity and consistency across reporting systems and collaborate with IT and Finance Systems teams on system enhancements or issue resolution.
- Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and financial models to track key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership in a clear and actionable
- Ensure data integrity and accuracy in financial reporting and
- Bachelors degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Finance, Analytics, Economics, Math, or similar) MBA a plus but not required. Demonstrated success in a similar role is an acceptable replacement for a formal degree.
- 5+ years of experience in financial analysis or corporate finance role or a comparable field within food distribution, CPG, or wholesale Experience working cross-functionally with executive levels in sales, procurement, and operations teams.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI and data visualizations, ERP systems, and general data modeling techniques. Familiarity with DAX, SQL a plus.
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