Associate, Finance Business Partner

Newell Brands is a leading consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands like Graco®, Coleman®, Oster®, Rubbermaid®, Sharpie®, and Yankee Candle®. Our culture is built on values of integrity, teamwork, passion for winning, ownership, and leadership. We are seeking a Financial Analyst to support our Outdoor & Recreation brands (Coleman®, Contigo®, and Marmot®) in Atlanta, Georgia.

About the role

The Financial Analyst will work cross-functionally with Brand Management, Customer Strategy & Planning, and Sales teams on innovation, activation, and commercialization activities to drive profitable growth. This role supports an omni-channel business competing across diverse product categories, including active lifestyle products for outdoor activities, technical apparel, and on-the-go beverageware, sold through mass merchandisers, eCommerce, wholesale clubs, outdoor specialists, and direct-to-consumer sites.

This position reports to the Senior Finance Manager of Technical Apparel and provides critical finance and commercial support, including P&L analysis, innovation support, working capital management, planning & forecasting, advertising & promotion effectiveness, and pricing and gross margin optimization.

Responsibilities

• Analyze financial results by providing explanations on key P&L drivers for the period vs. forecast, budget, and prior year, including customer and product volume/mix, trade spend, and advertising and promotions.
• Support the preparation of monthly forecasts and annual budgets, working closely with Brand Management, Customer Planning & Strategy, and Sales.
• Analyze proposed advertising, promotional spend, and other activation investments with pre- and post-activity ROI analytics to inform current and future decisions.
• Support commercialization and go-to-market analysis.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to monitor the brand/category marketplace, including Newell POS performance, market share, and category growth trends.
• Support the New Product Development process, including developing forecasts, preparing financials, calculating project return metrics, and analyzing changes vs. previous updates.
• Optimize gross margin based on pricing, mix management, cost improvement, and innovation.
• Liaise with Operations Finance to summarize impacts of standard costs and manufacturing variances for historical, current, and future key material costs.
• Manage and optimize working capital, including inventory.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in finance, accounting, or a related field of study.
• 0-3 years of relevant experience, preferably in consumer-packaged goods (CPG).
• Strong analytical skills and working knowledge of project valuation and volume/price/mix analysis.
• Strong interpersonal skills, both written and verbal communication.
• Ability to operate with a consumer-focused mindset to partner and collaborate with cross-functional business partners.
• Results-driven behavior with a sense of urgency and the ability to recommend and make decisions quickly.
• Experience with Hyperion (HFM), SAP, and Power BI.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a willingness to work with a high degree of autonomy.
• Advanced Excel skills, highly analytical, and detail-oriented.