Supply Chain Financial Analyst

About the Role

Act as a finance partner to the Supply Chain organization, supporting U.S. and International Supply Chain teams across all brands in the Inspire portfolio. This role will provide technical support to maintain financial models, identify and implement broader process improvements, and offer recommendations concerning financial matters. The position is based at the Atlanta Global Support Center, with an expectation to be onsite 4 days per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close process, including reconciling financial results vs. projection and budget, making appropriate journal entries, and reforecasting through the end of the year.
• Create monthly summaries of financial results for Supply Chain Leadership, detailing main variance drivers (commodity fluctuations, obsolescence).
• Participate in the annual budgeting process and long-range planning for various business segments.
• Provide analytical support to maintain and improve Inspire and licensee/franchisee profitability, including analysis of product margins, production expense, and risk assessments.
• Perform data-driven modeling and analysis on product pricing, product mix data, and manufacturing variances.
• Continuously find opportunities to improve processes, capabilities, and tools supporting Supply Chain and relevant stakeholders.
• Proactively develop, implement, and automate reporting to assist in critical decision-making.
• Support existing and new supply chain initiatives with financial analysis, acting as a business partner to Global Supply Chain colleagues.
• Manage supplier relationships concerning pricing accuracy, obsolescence exposure, and other financial impacts.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Strongly preferred: Experience with Smartview and other Oracle applications.
• Strongly preferred: Experience supporting widespread field environments.

Qualifications

• 4-Year degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related field.
• 0 - 2 years of experience in finance or accounting.
• Experience with supply chain and/or scaled purchasing analysis preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills, or Abilities

• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Strong business partnership, solution-generating, and collaboration abilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
• Ability to handle competing priorities under considerable time constraints.
• Willingness to do whatever it takes to meet departmental and customer needs.
• Thrive in a cross-functional capacity.
• Positive attitude and flexible team player committed to getting the job done.

Direct Reports

• None.