Financial Analyst

Company: Way Forward Consulting
Location: Ridgefield Park
Posted on: May 11, 2025

Job Description:

W2 job to a staffing company

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Top skills:
- Advanced Excel Skills
- SAP experience
- Financial modeling
- Data Research & Analysis
- Forecasting

Schedule: Fully onsite

Summary:
The main functions of a financial analyst are to gather and analyze financial information; will typically conduct quantitative analyses of information affecting investment programs of public or private institutions. A typical financial analyst is responsible for analyzing and communicating financial information for clients.

Job Responsibilities:
Assemble spreadsheets and draw charts and graphs used to illustrate technical reports.
Analyze financial information to produce forecast of business, industry and economic conditions for use in making investment decisions.
Interpret data affecting investment programs, such as price, yield, stability and future trends in investment risks.

Skills:
Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, and critical thinking.
Basic ability to work independently and manage one's time.
Basic ability to analyze business trends and project future revenues and expenses.
Basic knowledge of economic and accounting principles, the financial markets, and reporting of financial data.
Basic knowledge of federal, state, and company policies, procedures and regulations as related to accounting.
Previous experience with computer applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and any other related financial software.

Education/Experience:
Bachelor's degree in accounting or related financial discipline required. An advanced degree in a financial discipline is preferred.
2-4 years financial and/or accounting experience required.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES/REQUIREMENTS:

Job Description
- Manages SCM PSI activities including selling, sellout, inventory, WOS
- Ensures planning numbers are aligned with target planning process monthly
- Communicates professional emails to account team, SEA teams, and headquarters and articulates complex updates in simplified way
- Communicates face to face with account team, company teams, and RPM teams
- Reports on product PSI status, understands and executes decisions based on two sets of numbers: internal set of numbers and customer corresponding set of numbers
- Strong awareness of sales activities, promotions in market, promotional performance and costs
- Works closely with sales team and hold sales counterparts accountable, engages sales to drive improved sellout performance; deep understanding of numbers and ability to interpret sales results, drives actions and results
- Desire to take personal ownership of business, accountable for PSI results in operating domain
- Conducts Product Sales Inventory (PSI) meetings to identify sales target status and product requirements to ensure fulfillment of product development and delivery to achieve sales plans.
- Develops and manages product inventory numbers to maximize selling / revenue while balancing weeks of sales (WOS)
- Carefully aligns Product Inventory and Sales Inventory between SEA and Global HQ
- Initiates, develops, coordinates, and implements strategic product launch plans while planning for risks and opportunities for Samsung's operational model

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required; Advanced degree preferred
- 4+ years' of experience in a telecommunications, CPG and/or retail industry supply chain, business, finance and sales operations management
- Advanced Excel skills
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in building a function responsible for developing, compiling, and presenting product plans, delivery, and logistics schedules
- Strong analytical and excel skills a must
- High energy and ability to learn quickly
- Can work under varying work pressures, flexible
- Fluent in reading, writing, and verbal communications in English and Global HQ and in the translation of documents and information to and from each language
- Experience researching and resolving customer product development, launch, delivery, and logistics issues
- Experience developing presentations using a variety of Global HQ and English PC applications methods, including word-processing and spreadsheet software.
Strong desire to work in highly collaborative environment, walks around the office and does not become chained to desk.

Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to influence strategies and make decisions using a data driven approach
- Ability to use a structured problem-solving approach in an ambiguous situation
- Plan, organize and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to synthesize complex business information and make professional business presentations. Excellent oral and written communication.
- Ability to establish and develop data models, scenario-based analysis and other deep analytical approaches to solve business and sales problems
- Ability to work in a team environment, working against individual and shared objectives
- Ability to accept tasks and work to resolve problems, when only broad and general guidelines exist

Necessary Skills & Attributes
- Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with all assigned levels within and outside the company.
- Plan, organize, and prioritize multiple assignments and projects.
- Review detailed product development, marketing documents and media materials as needed.
- Demonstrated competency in both oral and written communication modes for both internal and external personnel at various levels.
- Work independently and in a team environment in order to achieve customer business objectives, personal and team goals and complete assignments within established time frames and specifications.
- The ability to develop tasks and work assignments, based on sometime vaguely defined objectives.

Physical/Mental Demands and Working Conditions
- The position requires the ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities in the following environment:
- Work is generally performed in an office environment.
- Operate a computer keyboard and view a video display terminal 50% of work time, including prolonged periods of time.
- The movement and transportation of equipment, most of the time under 25 pounds.
- Performs work under time schedules and stresses which are normally periodic or cyclical, including time sensitive job stress, fatigue, unpaid over-time, intellectual challenge, constant technical data feedback, language barriers, and business management stress.
- Machines, tools, equipment, and work aids representative and commonly associated with PCs, printers, and office work areas.
- Frequently works additional hours beyond normal schedule.
- Under very little direct supervision with a high level of responsibility to apply general policies and guidelines where decisions are seldom monitored and consequences of decisions adversely affect operating results and management decisions. Complete access to confidential company data where disclosure may jeopardize the company's competitive position.

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