Sr. Financial Analyst - Supply Chain

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Sr. Financial Analyst- Supply Chain

The Sr. Financial Analyst- Supply Chain is responsible for managing data and providing core insights into supply chain costs, specifically related to transportation and warehousing. This position interfaces daily with Finance and Supply Chain to ensure proper allocations and financial impacts are captured to reflect business strategies. This position will ensure timely and accurate data is available to support teams in financial analytics as relation to supply chain costs, month end analysis, as well as provide insights on trend and scenario modeling. This position will also require strong communication in presenting findings and proposing enhanced allocation and data logic methodology.

Essential Functions

• Maintain large data sets for supply chain costs and allocations; primarily leveraged for month end close and financial analysis
• Design, develop, implement, and maintain weekly and monthly financial reports that provide management with information used in decision-making.
• Prepare and coordinate monthly variance analysis of actuals, plan and forecast.
• Develop financial and data models to aid in better understanding overall financial performance and value creation.
• Maintain various management reporting models to assist leadership in analyzing results of operations for all supply chain metrics as well as impact to the business.
• Support the supply chain team with regular financial reporting and metrics, as well as ad-hoc financial analysis as needed.
• Monitor direct and indirect spend to ensure it is consistent with current company strategy
• Participate in Continuous Improvement (CI) reviews focusing on (i) validating assumptions for identified cost-savings opportunities (ii) monitoring implementation progress of agreed-upon actions and (iii) tracking impact
• Work with financial and data analysts to drive automation and data accuracy
• Work with accounting teams on accruals and analysis of cost exposures
• Assist in annual budget process including budget modeling and actual vs forecast analysis
• Investigate and explain variances or unexpected results.
• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice

Collaboration

• Develops relationships cross functionally with key stakeholders- Manufacturing, Finance and Accounting, Supply Chain, Engineering, IT
• Work closely with other financial cost bucket teams in standardization of data sets and inputs required to maintain data accuracy and timely delivery
• Present findings and proposals for cost saving and business opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:

• 4 Years- Experience working in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Finance

• 4 Years- Experience in Position

• experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Preferred Qualifications:

• 6 Years- Experience working in Supply Chain, Logistics, or Finance

• 6 Years- Experience working in Position

• experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

• Experienced MS Excel skills (Pivot tables, Vlookup, Sumif, etc.)
• Communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly interpret and convey complex financial data to cross-functional teams and senior leaders
• Written Communication - writes clearly and informatively; presents numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information from a variety of levels and technical proficiencies.
• Time & Project Management- Comfortable working within tight and changing deadlines, able to work independently and set priorities. Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks
• Insightful- Skilled at identifying opportunities for increasing business efficiency.
• Detail oriented and accurate - minimizes mistakes, follows every step in a process and follows through with all tasks
• Strong problem solving and analytics - performs root cause analysis to resolve issues. Understands cause and effect. Takes initiative to resolve problems
• Judgement- Shows ability to intake, weigh, and determine correct procedures with minimal oversight. Understands what falls outside of the range of acceptable decisions and seeks supervisory consultation and approval in those cases.
• Previous experience with month end closing and budget planning preferred
• Understanding of Supply Chain cost structures, variance analysis, and cost drivers preferred
• Understanding of Financial statements, revenue, cost and margin preferred
• Experience with data visualization tools- Power BI or comparable preferred

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner

• Makes safety the number one priority

• Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately

• Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals

• Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly

• Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively

• Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers

• InnovACT

• Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products

• Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances

• Increases performance through greater efficiency

• Find a Way

• Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts

• Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions

• Seeks solutions rather than placing blame

• Empowered to be Great

• Consistently looks for ways to improve one's self through growth and development opportunities

• Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across

• Communicates effectively to manage expectations

Education

• Minimum Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Data Science, or related field

• Preferred:

• MBA in Business, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Data Science or related field

• CPA (inactive or active)

Certification/License:

• Required: None Required
• Preferred: CPA, APICS CPIM/CSCP, PMP PMI

Technical Skills:

• Required: Excel, Coding language (R)/Python
• Preferred: Knowledge with Alteryx, PowerBI, Tableau, other data visualization tools

Typical Compensation Range

Pay Rate Type: Salary

$100,464.14 - $145,673.02 / Yearly

Benefits

Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

Regular full-time team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package, while part-time, intern, and seasonal team members are offered a limited benefits package.

• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves
• Medical, including virtual care options
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members
• Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements
• Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan
• Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities
• And more!

https://careers.niagarawater.com/us/en/benefits

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