Sr. Financial Analyst

Job Requirements

Sweetwater, the nation’s #1 online retailer of pro audio gear and musical instruments is seeking a Sr. Financial Analyst to join our growing Accounting & Finance team. In this role, you will assist in the analysis of past and present financial data and estimate future revenues and expenditures by working closely with Sweetwater’s finance team and other internal stakeholders, including senior management. Our Sr. Financial Analyst will help drive process excellence and continuous improvement as well as support the monthly financial planning & analysis activities and reporting.

Responsibilities:

Assist with the preparation of the financial budgets, forecast with primary focus on providing financial analysis and insights. Support the continual improvement in budget and forecasting processes to expend data-driven decision-making

Preparation timely and accurate weekly / monthly / quarterly financial results presentations that provide important insights to the senior leadership team

Development, maintenance, and management of advanced reporting and KPIs that provides actionable insight into the department

Review actual performance relative to budgets and forecasts and prepare supporting variance analysis

Support the monthly close process as needed and partner with the accounting team

Assist in development of long-term financial projections and models

Performing ad-hoc research and analysis

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

8 – 10 years of experience in accounting / finance, 5 – 7 years in FP&A preferred

P&L experience along with knowledge of financial systems and accounting concepts.

CPA or CFA is preferred

Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel required, including v-lookups and pivot tables

Experienced with Alteryx, Looker or similar software/Excel modeling and Tableau or similar software visualization processes preferred

Knowledge of Workday or other financial systems preferred

Demonstrates strong communication (oral and written) skills

Understands accounting concepts and processes as well as financial modeling concepts

Exhibits a high level of attention to details

Experienced with building quality relationships with internal stakeholders

Demonstrated strong analytical skills, with an aptitude for logical analysis and problem solving

Ability to work in a fast-paced team-oriented work environment and handle competing tasks

Must be able to work with large quantities of data in Microsoft Excel to drive business decisions

Must be able to identify and take ownership of significant issues as they arise

Must be able to make concise, effective, and professional presentations to senior management

Must be able to quickly analyze issues, determine what other persons or groups are needed to address the issue, and take necessary steps to assemble the group to drive resolution

Sweetwater “Ideal” Team-Player:

WOWs The Customer – You possess a deep passion and desire for creating amazing customer & colleague experiences

Gets Things Done – You have a great work ethic and move through tasks with a sense of urgency

Obsesses over the Details – You are committed to paying attention to the details

Drives Continuous Improvement – You are always focusing on effective and efficient work and ways to get better

Develops the Future – You are committed to the pursuit of growing personally & professionally and have a focus on bringing your colleagues along in that journey

We function best as a unified team, so relocation to our state-of-the-art campus in Fort Wayne, IN is required. Interested and qualified candidates, please apply. We look forward to exploring your #FullTimeDream with Sweetwater!

Sweetwater’s culture is one that is built on the creation and celebration of music, which unifies people from all walks of life. Our individual differences make Sweetwater stronger as a company and a better place to work. Having a truly diverse workforce allows us the opportunity to collectively respect, learn and grow from each unique perspective and experience. We have welcomed thousands of employees and families who have joined the Sweetwater team from all over the nation and the world, and we welcome you, too, to find out why we consider a career at Sweetwater the full-time dream.