Financial Analyst Operations

Financial Planning & Analysis | Naperville | Full Time | Permanent

Wilton is a US heritage brand with a 95-year history in baking and decorating. Now fully integrated into the Dr. Oetker family, Wilton aspires to be the most influential and successful cake decorating brand. Learn more about Wilton at www.wilton.com.

  

Reports to:  Sr. Finance Manager - Operations
Location: Naperville/Hybrid    

LinkedIn Level:    Associate
 

Job Summary
In this role, you will develop and create annual, monthly and ad hoc reporting and analytics or the global supply chain including research, analytic modeling, recommendation and communication to support and achieve the company’s business goals.

Essential Responsibilities

• Manage the compilation of monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc reporting on cost savings, commodities inflation, inventory/working capital, transportation and logistics, and other key measurement factors for the global supply chain organization.  Presents information, findings and recommendations to senior leadership. 
• Drive supply chain cost improvement and performance through analytical methods, tools, tactical reporting and process improvement initiatives.  
• Manages the supply chain’s cost center information including budgets, forecasts and actuals. 
• Manage and consolidate the working capital forecasts and actuals monthly, quarterly and ad hoc as necessary to drive improvement.

• Build new cost savings tracking reports and models for the supply chain as necessary. 
• Develops appropriate dashboard and tools in a user-friendly format.  Assist with identifying, deploying and communicating key supply chain metrics throughout the organization.
• Work directly with the PMO office to provide analytic support to supply chain corporate projects.
• Participate and prepare materials for supply chain and operations meetings and where supply chain analytics are required as necessary.
• Conducts root cause analysis to understand supply chain business problems; identifies and partners with business stakeholders to overcome obstacles with data and systems inefficiencies.
• Act as a liaison and advocate for the supply chain with key internal partners such as Finance and Accounting.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 1-3 years of progressive experience in operations finance.
• Experience in Consumer Packaged Goods is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent communication, organization and PC/systems skills are required.
• Prior experience with SAP. Knowledge of SD, MM, COPA, and FICO modules preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel (e.g. Power Query, XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Arrays, etc.).
• Experience utilizing Power Bi for data importation, integrating information from diverse sources and ability to create visually insightful reports/dashboards using Power BI.

Physical Demands

• Professional office environment, sedentary in nature.
• Routinely use standard office equipment such as (laptop computers, monitors/keyboards, printers, and telephones).
• Processes information and communicate effectively with others.