Sr Pricing Analyst - Inmar, Inc.

Position Summary:

Under the general supervision of a manager, the Sr. Pricing Analyst performs tasks of an analytical nature as an integral member of the Inmar Finance Team.  The primary focus of the position is to perform financial analysis and metric based reporting that provides actionable analysis to drive higher returns. 

This role partners with Sales, Client Services, Accounting and other operational groups to support pricing decisions for prospective clients and renewals of existing services and new products.  As a result of established processes and business knowledge, this individual is expected to provide meaningful suggestions to enhance business performance and process efficiencies.

If new to the organization, expectations must be met around learning about Inmar as an organization:

• Learn Inmar’s product offerings and services to our customers across the major operational divisions
• Understand Inmar activities triggering the ability to earn revenue and invoice customers
• Become familiar with leadership structure, including C-suite executives, Divisional and BU leadership and Finance leadership and alignment with each business
• Understand and recreate the Inmar P&L, noting major revenue, expense and margin types across individual and multiple BUs and divisions, including consolidated performance

Primary Accountabilities:

Analytical (100%)

• Provide insightful metric-based reporting and analysis while maintaining transactional processes and records to ensure validity of complex transactions
  • Provide analysis to compare actual results with plans and forecasts
  • Improve financial results by monitoring variances, identifying trends, and recommending actions to management
  • Develop dashboards with KPI’s
  • Provide client or target profitability analysis, pricing scenarios, and trend information to help the group
• Assist with preparing annual budgets and forecasts
  • Perform data pulls, modeling, detailed calculations, and loading of quarterly and annual budget numbers into financial systems in time to meet deadlines
  • Prepare budget presentations to communicate key assumptions and forecasts with Business Unit leaders and Corporate Accounting
  • Provide weekly forecasts for applicable lines of businesses

• Participate in monthly financial close
  • Create client level revenue and cost of delivery analysis to support client profitability
  • Partner with accounting team on month-end close processes including reconciling transactional data and correcting as applicable
  • Provides analysis to compare actual results with plans and forecasts

• Demonstrate increasing levels of competence and autonomy, becoming the expert in certain processes and reports
• Demonstrate improvement of created and inherited processes and reports

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors’ Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field of study
• 3-5 years of work experience; or any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to complete the major responsibilities/essential functions of the position
• Intermediate level proficiency using Microsoft suite of products including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
• Advanced level proficiency using Microsoft Excel
• Experience with financial/accounting systems, Oracle ERP system and Hyperion Essbase experience a plus
• Demonstrated knowledge of US GAAP, Finance and accounting at an advanced level
• Understanding of financial model creation and scenario assumption techniques

Individual Competencies:

• Adaptable:  Responds to change with a willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work objectives with a positive attitude.
• Innovative: Ability to develop, sponsor, or support the introduction of new and improved methods, products, procedures or technologies.
• Curious: A desire to inquire and learn, to seek new knowledge and wisdom, and to listen to the contributions of others with a genuine interest to better self, the team, and the organization.
• Establish Focus: The ability to develop and communicate goals in support of the business' mission.
• Analytical and Critical Thinking: Ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach.
• Problem Solving: Gathers and analyzes information to generate and evaluate potential solutions to problems, issues and challenges while weighing the accuracy and relevance of the facts, data and information.
• Collaboration: Works collaboratively with others to achieve group goals and objectives.
• Effective Execution: Gathers and analyzes information to generate and evaluate potential solutions to problems, issues and challenges while weighing the accuracy and relevance of the facts, data and information.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the major job responsibilities (essential functions) of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the major job responsibilities. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is: 

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls, and reach with hands or arms.
• Regularly required to talk or hear and read instructions on a computer monitor and/or printed on paper.
• Occasionally required to stand, kneel or stoop, and lift and/or move up to ## pounds.
• Regularly required to view items at an extremely close range and must be able to adjust and readjust focus.

As an Inmar Associate, you:

• Put clients first and consistently display a positive attitude and behaviors that demonstrate an awareness and willingness to listen and respond to clients in order to meet their short-term and long-term needs, requirements and exceed their expectations.
• Treat clients and teammates with courtesy, consideration and tact; you also have the ability to perceive the needs of internal and external clients and communicate effectively with the objective of delighting and retaining the client.
• Build collaborative relationships and work cooperatively with others, inside and outside the organization, to accomplish objectives, develop and maintain mutually beneficial partnerships, leverage information and achieve results.
• Set and attain achievable, yet aggressive, goals with a sense of urgency and accountability.
• Understand that results are important and focus on turning mission into action to achieve results following the principles of Flawless Execution while consistently complying with quality, service and productivity standards to meet deadlines and exceed expectations by giving our clients the best possible outcome.
• Support a safe work environment by following safety rules and regulations and reporting all safety hazards.

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