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Sr. Financial Analyst, Marketing
Red Bull Media
Santa Monica, CA, United States
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#Planning, Reporting and Analysis
Support the Sr. Director, Finance, Controlling Marketing with the coordination of administration, maintenance and input into the financial planning applications (SAP BI, SAP ERP and Hyperion Planning).
Work with Marketing Team and Business Units to validate accuracy and reasonableness of forecasts.
Create SAP BI input forms and reports.
Collaborate with marketing team and business units in their annual planning, quarterly revisions and monthly estimated final cost updates using SAP BI reporting, planning and excel.
Analyze monthly marketing variances against plan and prior year (i.e. project level, GL account level, profit center level detail) using SAP BI Reporting.
Summarize monthly marketing variances, generate a monthly management summary and discuss with the Sr. Director, Finance, Controlling Marketing.
#Manage Administration of Controlling Applications & Compliance Documentation
Manage the administration of SAP CO reporting, SAP BI reporting and planning infrastructures (i.e. creation of internal orders, cost elements, update hierarchies / decision trees, user access, etc.).
Ensure all Finance and Accounting criteria are in accordance with global and local applicable policies and procedures including internal control compliance.
Manage the documentation and dissemination of global and local reporting requirements to Red Bull North America, Inc.
#Perform Month End Close Process
Complete SAP CO financial month end close process: global and local coding reconciliations for projects and GL accounts, prepare journal entries when necessary.
Generate analysis of marketing related expenditures, plan vs. actual, to determine what needs to be accrued and prepare journal entries when necessary.
Perform account reconciliations including research, documentation and preparation of any necessary adjustments.
Consolidate and prepare monthly marketing accruals
#Ad-hoc Analysis
Support the Sr. Director, Finance, Controlling Marketing, Finance Department, and Marketing Department as a business partner to help improve financial transparency and accountability.
Perform analysis in collaboration with Sr. Director of Finance and the marketing team to support strategic and operational decision making.
Prepare ad-hoc analysis and insights to drive performance within the business.
Qualifications
-5 years of relevant work experience, preferably in the consumer packaged goods industry or with a Fortune 500 company.
Track record in working with cross-functional teams.
Must be proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
Must be proficient with pivot tables, table arrays, decision trees and / or hierarchies.
Strong familiarity with SAP R/3, SAP BI, and Hyperion preferred.
Experience independently managing projects and delivering results on-time, accurately and successfully.
Strong communication skills; ability to interact with all levels of management and persuasively present financial issues to non finance personnel.
Strongly analytical skills and adept at identifying trends and variances.
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
Strong organizational and financial skills.
Ability to operate well in a matrix environment.