The Sr. Financial Analyst will help Sales and Brand teams make faster, better-informed decisions by delivering accurate financial planning, reporting, and analysis. You will own key reporting and forecasting activities, translate financial results into actionable recommendations, and partner across the business to improve performance.
A Hybrid position at Boston Beer requires that our coworkers reside within commuting distance to be onsite according to their teams' weekly schedule.
What You'll Brew:
- Lead assigned components of the annual operating plan and monthly and quarterly forecasts.
- Build driver-based financial models and scenario analyses that quantify the profit and loss impact of short- and long-term business strategies.
- Produce monthly financial reporting packages, standardized variance commentary, performance presentations, and clear assessments of budgets, risks, and opportunities.
- Partner with Accounting during the monthly close to analyze actual results against forecasts and plans, validate accruals, and confirm accurate expense allocation.
- Guide Sales and Brand partners through planning, budget management, quarterly business reviews, and financial performance analysis.
- Manage selling expense forecasts and division budgets across brands and wholesalers, including Local Marketing, travel and entertainment, and Point of Sale expenses.
- Develop return on investment and key performance indicator frameworks, evaluate major investments, and recommend budget reallocations.
- Analyze shipment and depletion trends to improve forecast accuracy and support inventory and spending decisions.
- Improve recurring processes by automating reports, maintaining auditable documentation, supporting the Anaplan planning system, and developing self-service Power BI dashboards.
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