Commercial Finance Manager

Join to apply for the Commercial Finance Manager role at Palm Bay International This newly created position reports to the VP, Commercial Finance and will execute best practices for promotional and marketing budgets utilization. If interested in this opportunity, please complete our culture index survey at the link below: https://surveys.cultureindex.com/s/SZp28aojTX/95988 Location: Port Washington, NY (Hybrid 4 days in office) Major Responsibilities / Accountabilities Key thought-partner and advisor to the regional sales teams and VP Finance Maintain accountability for regional spend accuracy within budget Provide business performance tracking and insights to key stakeholders Build ad-hoc “what-if” type analysis to support leadership decision making and conduct program post-analysis to evaluate ROI Present financial business reviews to division leadership and distributor partners Period end close analysis of actual results versus budget/forecast Coach market teams to make profitable decisions Management and oversight of distributor investment Forecasting support Improve net sales performance by actively identifying strategic and tactical pricing optimization opportunities Plan and execute annual pricing plan including price increases driven by COGS, gap to comp sets etc Conduct analysis of competitive activity in the market and recommend pricing counter tactics to commercial teams Ensure market compliance with brand pricing strategy through periodic market surveys/syndicated data analysis KPI Operating income improvement at the regional level Optimization of brand plans execution vs budgets Deployment of best practices and effective workflows Competencies Strong analytical skills (Excel a must) Effective communication, verbal and in writing A clear understanding of financial principles and ratios Experience in the W&S industry with understanding of the three-tier system Experience with dashboarding in BI tools and ability to create dynamic analytic tools leveraging a variety of data sources Benefits Overview Palm Bay International offers a competitive compensation package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(K), paid vacation, personal time off and 11 paid company holidays. Palm Bay International is an equal opportunity employer. #J-18808-Ljbffr