Senior Profit Finance Analyst

The Senior Profit Finance Analyst at Gordon Food Service evaluates customer profitability and analyzes sales and margin results to promote sound decision making amongst leadership. This position builds and supports standard reports, templates, and other tools, providing valuable insights to enhance customer profitability.

Responsibilities

• Support sales and business leadership with customer profitability insights and value-add analysis.
• Create profitability and predictive models based on sales input and evaluate post-onboarding customer profitability via lookback reviews and implementation of action steps.
• Aid in the LRP/AOP/Forecast processes.
• Identify, track, and drive margin optimization initiatives.
• Perform month-end review process, including:
• Review segment margin results and trends with sales leadership.
• Prepare month-end presentations for senior teams.
• Prepare and input month-end comments Financial Packet and other relevant documents.
• Review sales and margin KPIs and provide insights to sales leadership.
• Maintain Anaplan in collaboration with Home Office.
• Support scorecard setup and development plan objectives.
• Participate in action teams, key strategic initiatives, and special projects.
• Prepare sales and margin input for the reforecast process.
• Analyze and provide insights on the behavior of various sales price and margin components, including, but not limited to, sales credits, rebates, PO-/vendor-related transactions discounts, freight rebates, etc.
• Assist in the development of financial acumen.
• Collaborate with the Revenue Management team to ensure the Profit team is complementing that team’s endeavors while avoiding redundancy in efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus four or more years of experience that includes a strong mathematical and analytical background, basic accounting, and an understanding of general business operations.
• The proven ability to analyze performance, create an ROI, and translate that to business recommendations (examples include business operations, finance, insurance, banking/loans, etc).
• Knowledge of general ledger accounting, cost accounting and analysis, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and internal control analysis and implementation.
• Experience in manipulating large amounts of data.
• Knowledge of the general accounting cycle, with the ability to journalize and reconcile activity that flows through the trial balance.
• Ability to recognize inaccurate coding, and the ability to understand AP, AR, Payroll, and inventory processes.
• Great problem-solving skills with accuracy and thoroughness.
• Strong mathematical skills, including arithmetic, measures, statistics, and money.
• Excellent self-management skills, including self-direction, distraction, repetition, prioritization, fluctuations in workload, ambiguity, and accepting responsibility for own actions; following through on commitments, maintaining confidentiality.
• Ability to react well under pressure and approach others in a tactful manner, possessing an entrepreneurial attitude, strategic visioning capabilities, strong decision-making skills, and enjoying working in a cross-functional team environment.
• A strong knowledge base of Microsoft Office products.
• Willingness to take on additional tasks and duties when necessary.

Qualifications

• Must have a strong knowledge base of Microsoft Office products.
• Must be willing to take on additional tasks and duties when necessary.

Benefits

• Hybrid Work Schedule: 4 days in office, 1 day from home.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Gordon Food Service, Inc. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to talent@gfs.com and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line. All Gordon Food Service locations are tobacco-free. Gordon Food Service is a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment drug tests.