Senior Analyst, Finance - Corporate

This is a Hybrid position requiring an on-site presence 3-4 days per week in Houston, TX. Please note that the number of days on-site can increase based on business needs.

SUMMARY:

Support strategies to help drive increased profitability, process efficiency, reduced costs and overall business improvement. Partner with Operations leadership to deliver financial and strategic results through utilization of Financial Planning & Analysis best practices. Support corporate FP&A processes, initiatives and reporting within the Operations organization.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Create reporting suites that enable insights for Finance and Business team. Partner with field finance teams to develop KPIs that help explain performance and drive proactive P&L management

Provide business insights to corporate FP&A on the monthly and quarterly results versus plan and forecast

Support Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the US Foodservice organization

Support monthly/quarterly business review process

Identify margin, cost and efficiency opportunities

Perform ad-hoc analytics and financial modeling

Support the business transformation metrics and tracking; tie to P&L results

Use VBA and other tools to create excel based standardized reporting with flexibility for multi-dimensional use

Use data analytics to draw conclusions and present financial and operational insights in an effort to support timely executive level decision-making

Make strategic recommendations for solutions to business problems and opportunities using data analytics and predictive modeling

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

BA or, an equivalent combination of education and experience (5+ years) sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job

Minimum at least 5 years of work experience in a corporate setting, with emphasis on areas such as reporting development, financial planning and analysis, business analytics, and financial modeling

Strong Commercial focus, with exposure to multiple business/functions and excellent business partnering skills.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

Visual Basic (VB) experience in Excel

Experience with data visualization software SQL

ABILITIES AND SKILLS:

High business acumen with strong finance background

Self-starter, high motivated to improve business processes

Works productively across the enterprise and partners with others to achieve shared goals

Speaks and acts with complete honesty and trustworthiness

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

This position can be performed from the corporate facility.

Must be able to do limited travel to Sysco facilities or operating companies.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

NOTICE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the environment and level of work being performed by this job. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only tasks to be performed by the employee in this job. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other job related duties requested by his or her supervisor.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description supersedes prior job descriptions.