Job Description

• This position will provide critical financial analysis and support for the Garden, Watering, School Office & Craft business areas.
• Individual will participate as a key team member in the profitable development and growth of across all businesses.
• Individual will impact upper sales and marketing management decision-making based upon timely and accurate customer and product sales profitability analysis.
• The position assists with the sales forecast, helps build the sales budget, analyzes actual results, manages pricing and customer programs, and assists management in the strategic development of these business groups.
  

Responsibilities:

• Participates along with sales management and marketing to develop and analyze customer programs that increase sales, share, and profits.
  
• Help divisional heads forecast their business and monitor results against that forecast.
  
• Maintains records that back up current customer programs, ensures that the appropriate rebates are set up, accruing properly and reconciles these fund balances on a periodic basis.
  
• Assist divisional leaders in establishing the respective sales and financial plan (including budgets), and then monitoring results against that plan. Provides in-depth analysis and explanations of variances from that plan.
  
• Various ad-hoc reporting as requested by management to support the analysis of business trends.
  
• Works with customer service to administer price plans, clear sales orders on hold, perform account reconciliations and other projects.
  
• Monthly results reporting formal business reviews presented to sales and financial management.
  

Qualifications:

• 4 year Degree in Finance, Accounting or other relevant field; CPA or MBA desire able but not required
  
• Advanced Excel
  
• Software experience in JD Edwards or Cognos desire able but not required.