Manager, Business Insights

About the role

ABRAMS is a company founded in 1949 that specializes in illustrated publishing. We are currently seeking a Manager of Business Insights to join our Sales Team. The Manager, Business Insights will support strategic decision-making across sales, publishing, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Support strategic decision-making across sales, publishing, and operations
• Deliver financial reporting, forecasting, and analysis that improve visibility into performance and help guide investment decisions
• Combine internal sales data with consumer and syndicated market data to identify shifts in demand, format trends, and category performance
• Translate complex datasets into concise findings, recommendations, reports, and dashboards for senior leaders and cross-functional teams
• Partner with Sales, Publishing, Marketing, Operations, IT, and Finance on strategic initiatives and business reviews
• Streamline reporting, improve data quality, and automate recurring financial and analytical processes
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support acquisition planning, inventory decisions, and other high-priority projects

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Data Analytics, or a related quantitative field
• 4–7 years of experience in business analytics, financial planning and analysis, sales analytics, or a related finance role
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup formulas, and financial modeling
• Strong ability to interpret large datasets and communicate clear, actionable insights to financial and non-financial stakeholders
• Excellent analytical, organizational, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Collaborative, business-partner mindset with comfort presenting findings to senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in book publishing, media, consumer products, or another title- and retail-driven industry
• Familiarity with point-of-sale reporting, title-level profitability, inventory, returns, syndicated market data, and consumer analytics tools
• Experience with Power BI or similar reporting and visualization tools

Pay

The base salary range for this position is ($125,000 - $135,000) per year. The final offer will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, and qualifications.

Schedule

This position is in New York, NY and follows a hybrid work schedule, requiring in-office presence three days per week.