Company Description

NielsenIQ is the leader in providing the most complete, unbiased view of consumer behavior, globally. Powered by a ground-breaking consumer data platform and fueled by rich analytic capabilities, NielsenIQ enables bold, confident decision-making for the world’s leading consumer goods companies and retailers. 

Job Description

About the job

The Senior Financial Analyst is a member of the Finance team. In this role, the Senior Financial Analyst will play an integral part in the forecasting, planning, and reporting process. You will partner with teams across the entire Specialty Sales and Select organization to develop and improve reporting packages, planning processes, financial models and analytics. You will have direct responsibility for revenue budgets and be a business partner to senior leaders including head of Select vertical and various Specialty Sales product leaders. This role will also provide ad-hoc analysis as needed to support and influence senior leadership. Strong financial acumen including experience with forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis is a requirement. This role will provide exposure across clients and products in high growth areas driving development opportunities and a path to career advancement.

Responsibilities

• Lead revenue touchpoints with business partners to understand revenue drivers and help sales team follow sales cycle processes
• Support Select CPG & Specialty Sales Finance Director by ensuring clean revenue and pipeline data is reconciled biweekly
• Partner with pricing team to understand upcoming contract changes and opportunities
• Lead weekly forecasting submissions: Identify and highlight business risks and opportunities, revenue focus
• Manage monthly reporting for the business including ROH, pipeline, black hole and pacing
• Drive analysis for variances to plan across multiple product lines with a focus on actionable recommendations
• Assist in coordinating key planning cycles – Strat Plan, Operating Plan
• Work closely with other members of the finance team to create dashboards, drive efficiencies and simplification, and automate tracking and reporting through systems like Salesforce, SAP, NEA and PowerBI
• Assist with preparation of key pitches for senior management, including quarterly operational reviews, monthly financial results, estimates and planning
• Manage in coordination with Sales, Sales Operations, and HR the preparation and administration of the Sales Incentive Plans
• Responsible for coordinating month-end close activities including journal entry preparation
• Responsible for aligning system data to lines of business and functional areas
• Ensure proper controls, procedures, and policies are followed and communicated
• Perform various ad hoc analysis for finance and leadership

About you

You have successfully contributed to several budget cycles and fiscal year ends. You have the foundational financial background and the ability to translate it all into insightful discussions with non finance stakeholders. You have a passion to learn about the business you support and help it grow.You have the focus and attention to detail to ensure data integrity, while also being able to step back to see the big picture.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years’ experience in a Finance Role
• Must have a strong work ethic, self-motivated work style and a good attention to detail and enjoy a dynamic environment with new challenges and changing work priorities
• Individual contributor and team player with great communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills, close attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to adapt quickly and learn new tasks independently
• Strong quantitative and analytical competency
• Experience manipulating large data sets and turning them into usable information
• Comfortable working cross-functionally and with senior leadership
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Google Suite 
• Prior experience with SAP Financial systems, Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) experience, Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics is a plus, must be comfortable with learning new systems quickly

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About NielsenIQ 

NielsenIQ is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. We provide consumer packaged goods manufacturers/fast-moving consumer goods and retailers with accurate, actionable information and insights and a complete picture of the complex and changing marketplace that companies need to innovate and grow. Our approach marries proprietary NielsenIQ data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge. We like to be in the middle of the action. That’s why you can find us at work in over 90 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.niq.com.

NielsenIQ is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class.