Position Title: Senior Finance AnalystPosition Location: New York, NYPosition SummaryThe position of Senior Finance Analyst Business Planning & Analysis is a crucial role within the finance team at Pernod Ricard USA. As a part of the brand unit finance team the role helps drive fact based commercial insights to facilitate and influence strategic decisions on specific brands.Major Duties & Responsibilities: Brand Performance: Tracking of internal and external trends (including depletions, Nielsen, and NABCA data) and interactions with various departments to explain and/or forecast brand performance and drive decisions. Assistance in the preparation of business cases to support brand-related commercial decisions (e.g. price changes, product/range extensions, etc) Preparation of commercial and strategic reviews relating to the brand as well as other ad hoc senior management/stakeholder presentations Optimize Resource allocation: Support governance of brand pricing strategy and identification and implementation of revenue optimization opportunities Maintain tracking and tools for monitoring spend Support in evaluations of marketing program effectiveness (ROI) Provide analytics to drive fact based reasoning for advertising spend changes Strategic Thought Partner Work within finance team to deliver insights Facilitate strategic alignment between marketing, field finance and other areas of the business Play integral role in PR USA change management Ad Hoc analysis and reportingNature & Scope:This position reports to the BP&A Finance Manager. This position will interact directly with Pernod Ricard USA Sales & Marketing, Field Finance, Revenue Management, and Pernod Ricard brand companies in support of commercial plans and reporting & analyzing actual results.Key Skillset Required: Highly analytical, with ability to use the power of facts to bring insight make clear finance recommendations and commercial decisions; Ability to confidently interact with non-finance departments, understanding their key requirements and tailoring financial data to satisfy these requirements; Ability to understand market dynamics and be able to clearly articulate strategic priorities for the business from both a finance & commercial perspective; Ability to work under pressure and capable of managing numerous work streams simultaneously; Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels; Strong accounting & reporting skills; Detail oriented with high level of accuracy; Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint... VBA is a plus), internal information system for reporting (Hyperion / Oracle Financial Management + EssbaseNature & Scope:This position reports to the BP&A Finance Manager. This position will interact directly with Pernod Ricard USA Sales & Marketing, Field Finance, Revenue Management, and Pernod Ricard brand companies in support of commercial plans and reporting & analyzing actual results.Key Skillset Required: Highly analytical, with ability to use the power of facts to bring insight make clear finance recommendations and commercial decisions; Ability to confidently interact with non-finance departments, understanding their key requirements and tailoring financial data to satisfy these requirements; Ability to understand market dynamics and be able to clearly articulate strategic priorities for the business from both a finance & commercial perspective; Ability to work under pressure and capable of managing numerous work streams simultaneously; Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels; Strong accounting & reporting skills; Detail oriented with high level of accuracy; Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint... VBA is a plus), internal information system for reporting (Hyperion / Oracle Financial Management + EssbaseEducat

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Senior Finance Analyst