Financial Analyst I

Andrews Distributing Of North Texas - Dallas, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Dallas, TX

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Financial Analyst at Andrews Distributing plays a crucial role in financial research and analysis to support business strategies aimed at customer revenue growth. This data-intensive position focuses on top-line sales and margin growth, competitive pricing strategies, and market share analysis, contributing to the overall financial health of the company.

Responsibilities

• Develop analytical business solutions using transactional and syndicated data to drive projects across Brand, Sales, and Planning teams.
• Lead analysis to provide business recommendations focused on competitive pricing strategies and market share growth.
• Foster strategic partnerships with Brand Leaders to guide portfolio profitability decisions.
• Collaborate with financial planning and analyses in forecasting, pricing, and market share discussions.
• Ensure continuous improvement in pricing projects and share insights from price changes with relevant teams.
• Develop, maintain, and report on KPIs that measure price changes in the marketplace.
• Collaborate with the Customer Centric Planning team on customer-focused projects considering customer demographics.
• Provide analysis and reports for business planning meetings to support the quarterly Brand Plan.
• Contribute financial modeling input into business cases to support customer growth revenue.
• Apply understanding of business strategies to develop and implement solutions.
• Collaborate with Financial, Brand, Sales, and HR teams on ad-hoc financial analyses related to revenue growth and market share.
• Analyze data across the company using financial and supplier data.
• Maintain data sharing policy and confidentiality across suppliers.
• Conduct research using various data sources for customer revenue growth analysis.
• Partner with Market Intelligence and Pricing Optimization teams to deliver fact-based selling stories for sales calls.
• Attend meetings to gather and analyze data on consumer buying behavior.
• Produce data, reports, and presentations to support sales processes and goals.
• Provide financial analytics and reporting based on best practices and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain customer KPIs and provide technical guidance on data trends and reports.
• Evaluate growth opportunities by supporting Brand leadership with market insights in collaboration with the PMO team.
• Partner with the PMO team to execute projects company-wide.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
• Three to five years of financial/business analysis and/or modeling experience.
• Strong analytical and analysis skills, including financial and accounting analysis.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience in business statistical analysis and data-based decision-making models.
• Proven technical skills with the ability to learn new systems and processes independently.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's Degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
• Financial acumen and experience using data query tools.
• Experience with financial, statistical, and/or programming tools (e.g., MS Office, R, SAS, Alteryx).

Benefits

• Free beer throughout the year (root beer for those under 21).
• Opportunity to work with a respected beverage distributor.
• Being part of a family-oriented company culture.