Senior Business Analyst D365, Finance

Position Overview

Senior Business Analyst - Finance is key finance partner to senior leadership across Sales, Licensing, Merchandising, Sourcing, Operations, Supply Chain, and M&A. This role will play a critical role in driving profitable growth, commercial analysis, margin expansion initiatives, and investment and acquisition diligence, translating financial insight into practical decisions that improve growth, profitability, and enterprise value.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business in annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning in partnership
• Own commercial finance analysis across revenue, gross margin, operating margin, working capital, and profitability drivers
• Identify, quantify, and track margin expansion opportunities across pricing, customer mix, product mix, royalties, sourcing, freight, and operating expenses
• Develop financial models, business cases, ROI analyses, and scenario plans for strategic initiatives, growth investments, and commercial decisions
• Support investment and acquisition opportunities, including market and target assessment, financial diligence, valuation support, synergy analysis, integration planning, and post-close performance tracking
• Translate financial and operational data into clear recommendations for the CFO, executive team, and cross-functional leaders
• Partner with Sales, Licensing, Merchandising, Sourcing, Operations, and Supply Chain to improve forecast accuracy, decision quality, and profitability outcomes
• Build and maintain executive dashboards, KPI reporting, and performance reviews that highlight risks, opportunities, and required actions
• Drive process improvements in planning, reporting, automation, and analytics to strengthen Finance's decision-support capabilities
• Maintain data integrity, governance, and consistency across planning models, financial reports, and management reporting processes
• Support change management and adoption for planning, reporting, system, and organizational transformation initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance, Strategic Finance, Corporate Development, Transaction Advisory, or a similar finance leadership role
• Strong financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, performance management, and business partnering experience
• Exposure to M&A, financial due diligence, valuation, integration planning, or strategic investment analysis strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, profitability, working capital, and cash-flow drivers
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with ERP, BI, planning, and visualization tools such as Power BI preferred
• Experience building financial models, business cases, scenario analyses, ROI models, and executive-level investment recommendations
• Experience within retail, consumer products, apparel, licensing, wholesale distribution, or e-commerce environments preferred
• Comfort using AI-powered tools and automation technologies to improve planning, reporting, analytics, and productivity
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly to senior leadership
• Commercially minded with the ability to challenge assumptions, influence decisions, and turn analysis into action

Education Requirement

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or related commercial discipline required; MBA, CFA, or relevant advanced finance credential preferred.

Schedule

Four (4) days in office and One (1) day remote. Occasional extended work hours depending on volume and collaboration with India office.