Financial Analyst II - The Bradford Exchange

Impassioned…Emboldened…Infinitely Curious: The Bradford Group family of brands is a world leader in new product development. We have been selling joy for the last 50 years! Our global organization consists of 8 business divisions ranging from jewelry, apparel, collectible coins, home decor to holiday and so much more. We concept, create, design and market our creative products directly to our customers, and leverage licenses with the biggest names in entertainment and sports to bring unique and curated products to our customers across the globe.

We're currently seeking a Financial Analyst II who is responsible for the Workday Adaptive database administration that is the primary tool used for the preparation and coordination of the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and monthly financial reporting. Provides senior management, GMs and officers and executives with the analysis, KPI’s, and information they need to make major operational, financial, and strategic decisions. Additionally, the role will provide variance analysis, responds directly to management inquiries, and make process improvement recommendations. The position will work on various financial planning and analysis tasks of greater complexity and occasionally directed in aspects or work.

How you will contribute: 

• Primary Workday Adaptive Database Administrator which includes system configuration, maintenance, data loads, integrations, and user security.·Responsible for annual budget, quarterly forecasting and multi-year planning processes for North American and International Operations.
• Help drive the budget and forecast process by partnering with key business functions to understand the activities driving financial performance and coordinate related inputs.
• Prepare and analyze financial reports, management reporting packages, and variance analyses when comparing actual results against budget, forecast, and prior years.
• Responsible for budget communications, developing and projecting centralized assumptions, report development and user training.
• Perform monthly uploads and validation of actual data to the Adaptive Insights platform to facilitate accurate reporting, providing a complete global view of the company.
• Support monthly financial reporting by providing analysis of operational, performance and financial metrics, KPIs and trends in comparison with expectations and past performance.
• Collaborate with teams across the organization to support the preparation and consolidation of the annual budget, quarterly forecasts and other financial and strategic reporting.
• Write up and visualize the key takeaways or findings in a non-financial voice for understanding across the organization.
• Responds directly to management inquiries and data requests.
• Provide ad hoc financial support to functional teams across the business to drive strategic decision making and support business activities.
• Challenges the status quo, proactively make process improvement recommendations, and applies technology to reduce cycle time.
• Analyze performance and work with teams across the Global organization to assess variances, performance issues, determine impact on current and future results and resolve independently.
• Provides leadership on special projects

What you will bring and skills that excite us:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting required.
• 3+ year experience of relevant financial experience in a financial analysis role.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and monthly reporting and analysis.
• Prior experience being an administrator of forecasting/budgeting system a plus.
• Experience with HFM, Essbase, Workday Adaptive Insights.
• Experience with ERP/SAP system implementation a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office: specifically with Microsoft Excel required, including functions such as Pivot Tables, graphs, charts, VLOOKUP, comfortable with macros.
• Understands not only how to produce reports but analyze them.
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to solve problems, work with minimum of supervision and is detailed oriented.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, ambiguous environment.
• Cross-functional teamwork experience.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and assignments simultaneously.
• Self-motivated in achieving goals and completing routine tasks.
• Ability to work in an organized, detailed manner under tight deadlines.

Bradford at a glance:

• Our scale: We have over 400 employees based out of our global headquarters right outside of Chicago, we have marketing operations in over 10 countries worldwide, and have over 32 million customers served.
• Compensation and benefits: We offer a competitive compensation plan and great benefits, with some benefits starting from day 1!
• We own the company: Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) which allows you to not only derive the benefits of working as an employee at The Bradford Group, but also gain the benefits of being an owner.
• Professional Development: There is always room to learn! We offer a Professional Development Program, a Mentor Program, and LinkedIn Learning to our teams as well as additional hands-on training and development. Our teams utilize a continuous performance management and development structure for feedback, no dreaded annual reviews. We meet quarterly to focus on the future!
• Our values: Honesty. Innovation. Respect. Teamwork. Giving back. These are just some of the core values that drive our team members. Our team strives to build a culture of continuous feedback where anyone can share and create our “next big idea,” among diverse and inclusive teams.
• Flexibility and wellness: Whether it’s offering hybrid environment (onsite/remote) for our corporate staff, to a generous, front-loaded PTO and holiday package to all staff and corporate wellness initiatives like WW, an annual health fair and an onsite gym, we are committed to our team members well-being. New hires start with 16 days of PTO and 8 paid holidays per year.
• Perks and more: We have a Business Casual Work Environment, Health and Dental Insurance, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO) Program, Direct Deposit, Credit Union, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program, Employee Referral Bonus Program, 401(k), Profit Sharing, Tuition Reimbursement, Onsite Cafeteria, Onsite Fitness Center, Corporate WW and Toastmaster’s memberships, a Peer Recognition Program, Product Discounts and more! 

The Bradford Exchange is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

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