Imagine working for a company with a mission you can truly believe in, a playful and energetic culture, a talented team of coworkers, and a bright future!

Melissa & Doug, the toy company committed to nurturing childhood wonder, is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst, Sales. In this role, you'll be an essential part of our mission to inspire creativity and imagination in children throughout the world with thoughtfully designed toys that spark free play.

ROLE OVERVIEW

As a Senior Financial Analyst, you will partner with the Sales & Customer Development teams to provide all aspects of analysis across customers & channels to ensure profitable growth and strategic decision making; additionally, you will develop financial models, transform data into actionable insights, and identify paths to improve the overall planning and forecasting process.

Responsibilities:

• Provide actionable insights to the Sales & Customer Development teams and deliver financial commitments, ensure accurate forecasts, identify risks/opportunities, and evaluate customer profitability
• Advance customer P&L's and associated reporting needed to communicate customer results against plan
• Responsible for monthly and quarterly reporting of actuals and variance analysis for the management team
• Develop financial models and analysis to support strategic initiatives
• Support overall customer investment, including trade investment, deductions, returns and other customer driven allowances
• Partner with customer teams to improve periodic sales and trade estimates, through insightful questions and analysis
• Support Finance leadership in delivering Profitable Revenue Growth Management and capabilities by driving new processes, tools, and insights
• Collaborate with Finance leadership and Sales leadership to highlight customer investment opportunities and efficiencies
• Assist with pre-spend and post-spend promotional analytics to drive higher ROI and margin delivery
• Provide timely and accurate analytics to support actionable and strategic business decisions
• Develop presentations on relevant operating and financial metrics in an easy-to-understand format for the business to use in driving well informed decision making
• Ad hoc financial analysis (Business case evaluation, pricing reviews, etc.)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with an emphasis or major in the field of accounting or finance; MBA preferred
• 4+ years in a Finance position in a mid to large consumer goods business
• Experience working within a customer/sales finance team; understanding of go-to-market trade strategies in a CPG organization
• Exceptional financial acumen: analytical, financial modeling and reporting skills required
• High proficiency with MS Excel & PowerPoint or GSuite tools
• Team player, upbeat, and focused, with a strong passion to learn and succeed
• High bias for action and results focused
• Proven track record of meeting deadlines and taking initiative to make confident and well-informed decisions
• Excellent communication skills across all levels in an organization
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
• Knowledge of and enthusiasm for the toy industry is a plus
• Experience using BI tools, Tableau preferred

OUR STORY

Melissa and Doug began working out of a garage in 1988 making toys that ignite imagination and inspire our children. While the company has grown to include thousands of products and more than 600 employees, it still has the heart of a start-up! Today our toys are distributed in more than 100 countries, enjoyed by more than 60m families and we are the #1 parent recommended toy brand for creativity and learning. We are approaching $1BB at retail annually yet the quality of every toy, the experience of every child, and the trust of every parent remains at the center of everything we do. To learn even more about our mission, our history and our movement to Take Back Childhood, go to www.MelissaAndDoug.com

Melissa & Doug proudly goes beyond being an equal opportunity employer, we work hard to sustain and enhance the natural and organic inclusivity that is fostered every day, by every employee. We don't do this because anyone tells us this is important, we do it because we genuinely want every person who comes to work here to be treated with respect and dignity and to be comfortable being their most authentic, genuine selves.

We hire for character, kindness, humanity, moral fiber and experience...therefore, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. We look forward to meeting you!