Financial Analyst II

About the position

The Bradford Group family of brands is a world leader in new product development, selling joy for the last 50 years. Our global organization consists of 8 business divisions ranging from jewelry, apparel, collectible coins, home decor to holiday and more. We concept, create, design, and market our creative products directly to our customers, leveraging licenses with the biggest names in entertainment and sports to bring unique and curated products to customers across the globe. We are currently seeking a Financial Analyst II responsible for the Workday Adaptive database administration, which is the primary tool used for the preparation and coordination of the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and monthly financial reporting. This role provides senior management, GMs, officers, and executives with the analysis, KPIs, and information they need to make major operational, financial, and strategic decisions. Additionally, the role will provide variance analysis, respond directly to management inquiries, and make process improvement recommendations. The position will work on various financial planning and analysis tasks of greater complexity and occasionally directed in aspects of work.

Responsibilities

• Primary Workday Adaptive Database Administrator including system configuration, maintenance, data loads, integrations, and user security.
• Responsible for annual budget, quarterly forecasting, and multi-year planning processes for North American and International Operations.
• Help drive the budget and forecast process by partnering with key business functions to understand the activities driving financial performance and coordinate related inputs.
• Prepare and analyze financial reports, management reporting packages, and variance analyses when comparing actual results against budget, forecast, and prior years.
• Responsible for budget communications, developing and projecting centralized assumptions, report development, and user training.
• Perform monthly uploads and validation of actual data to the Adaptive Insights platform to facilitate accurate reporting, providing a complete global view of the company.
• Support monthly financial reporting by providing analysis of operational, performance, and financial metrics, KPIs, and trends in comparison with expectations and past performance.
• Collaborate with teams across the organization to support the preparation and consolidation of the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and other financial and strategic reporting.
• Write up and visualize the key takeaways or findings in a non-financial voice for understanding across the organization.
• Respond directly to management inquiries and data requests.
• Provide ad hoc financial support to functional teams across the business to drive strategic decision making and support business activities.
• Challenge the status quo, proactively make process improvement recommendations, and apply technology to reduce cycle time.
• Analyze performance and work with teams across the Global organization to assess variances, performance issues, determine impact on current and future results and resolve independently.
• Provide leadership on special projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required.
• 3+ years of relevant financial experience in a financial analysis role.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting and analysis.
• Prior experience being an administrator of forecasting/budgeting system a plus.
• Experience with HFM, Essbase, Workday Adaptive Insights.
• Experience with ERP/SAP system implementation a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically with Microsoft Excel, including functions such as Pivot Tables, graphs, charts, VLOOKUP, and comfortable with macros.
• Understands not only how to produce reports but analyze them.
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to solve problems, work with minimum supervision, and is detail-oriented.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Cross-functional teamwork experience.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and assignments simultaneously.
• Self-motivated in achieving goals and completing routine tasks.
• Ability to work in an organized, detailed manner under tight deadlines.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation plan and great benefits, with some benefits starting from day 1.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) allowing employees to gain benefits of being an owner.
• Professional Development Program, Mentor Program, and LinkedIn Learning.
• Continuous performance management and development structure for feedback.
• Quarterly meetings to focus on the future.
• Business Casual Work Environment.
• Health and Dental Insurance, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.
• Paid Time Off (PTO), Direct Deposit, Credit Union, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts.
• Employee Assistance Program, Employee Referral Bonus Program, 401(k), Profit Sharing, Tuition Reimbursement.
• Toastmaster's memberships, Peer Recognition Program, Product Discounts.