Financial Analyst Customer Programs

Position Description

Job Summary

In this role you'll be the owner of customer program activities related to rebates, co-operative spend, sales allowance, and cost sharing. You'll have direct interaction with sales team, commercial finance manager, and upper management to clearly convey a structured, proactive, and unbiased view of current and proposed customer programs. Drives financial and accounting aspects of customer programs to ensure strategic and profitable long term growth. The role is a mix of transactional processing and analysis with the potential to grow into a business partner.

Your day would look like:

• Managing Customer Program activities associated with the Automotive Aftermarket and Do-It-Yourself markets totaling approx. 1,300 agreements

• Creating agreements in the Vistex database and validation of payout calculations

• Profit and Loss scenario analysis for current and proposed programs

• Creating and maintaining reporting associated with area of responsibility using MicroStrategy & Power BI

• Assisting in the annual budget process

• Leading ad hoc analysis for sales team and mgmt.

• Ensuring adherence of internal controls

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics/Marketing or equivalent broad based finance/marketing experience.

• 3-5 years' minimum experience in varied areas of accounting/finance/sales & marketing

• Advanced Excel skills required including V-Lookup and Pivot tables.

• Must be able to work, and communicate, with all professional levels.

• Work in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to prioritize and pivot as necessary.

Preferred

• Experience in manufacturing or related industry.

• Experience working directly with upper management for strategic decisions.

• Some knowledge of ERP systems (preferably SAP)

• Experience with financial reporting software tools (Power BI)

Company Summary

Saint-Gobain Abrasives offers powerful, precise, user-friendly solutions, which enable customers to cut, shape and finish all materials in the most complex and challenging applications. By working closely with end-users and grinding expert partners, Saint-Gobain Abrasives designs and provides customized solutions to secure the best option for performance, cost and safety. Leveraging its global manufacturing presence, Saint-Gobain Abrasives serves its customers locally through its structured sales operations in more than 27 countries while employing more than 10,000 people.

Legal Statement

Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.