Sports Merchandiser

Job Title: Sports Merchandiser - Corporate FPA Financial Analyst
Location: Baltimore, MD
JobID: 453173539

Job#453173539

The Corporate FPA Analyst will be a key member of this team and will report directly to the Sr. Manager of FPA. This position will work closely with the executive and management teams, and therefore demands a commitment to develop an understanding of business that is both broad and deep.

Specific Responsibilities
• Support the executive decision-making process by leading in-depth financial/strategic analyses, interpreting results, and articulating actionable recommendations that maximize shareholder value
• Lead the corporate cost areas in their financial planning, forecasting, and analysis processes (quarterly, annual, and long-range)
• Perform monthly budget to actual reviews with business partners
• Provide visibility to the financial impact of various risks and/or opportunities arising between quarterly updates to the quarterly and annual financial plans.
• Provide leadership during the company's semi-annual long-range strategic planning process
• Update the 5-Yr. financial plan to accurately reflect the impact of any strategy changes and communicate results back to executive team
• Assist in the continued implementation of SAP's Business Planning Consolidation tool (“BPC”), a financial and strategic planning/reporting system
• Lead the development and implementation of a capital budgeting/allocation process that ensures strategic prioritization, financial return hurdles are achieved, and business owners are held accountable for delivering expected results.
• Manage the professional development of technical, cognitive, and analytical skills of other FPA analysts
• Identify expense reduction opportunities through detailed analysis of discretionary spend pool

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree – finance or accounting
• 5+ years of progressive experience in Finance, Business Analysis, Strategy, or Corporate Development
• Demonstrated expertise in Financial concepts and applications
• Solid understanding of Accounting rules and regulations
• Strategic thinker with excellent analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, interpersonal, and relationship building skills
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels (including executive team) and articulate ideas, analysis results, and actionable recommendations
• Demonstrated leadership skills, willingness to “do what it takes” to get the job done, and commitment to challenging the status-quo to make things better
• Ability to work independently and identify information and/or resources needed to complete assignments
• Expertise in Excel, financial modeling, cash flow valuation, scenario/sensitivity analysis, and ROI, NPV, and IRR analyses