Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UNFI is North America’s premier grocery wholesaler, delivering a wide variety of fresh, branded, and owned brand products to community grocers and retail chains. The Finance Operational Analyst provides financial support for budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, reporting, modeling, and business analysis while identifying improvement opportunities and supporting cross-functional projects.
Responsibilities
- Prepares accurate and timely financial and business-related analyses, research and forecasts as directed
- Compiles and prepares accurate and timely reports. Able to convey information in a meaningful way utilizing tables, graphs and charts
- Contributes to the analysis of alternatives, recommendations and research from multiple sources
- Develops and prepares various analytical and statistical reports in support of the business activities
- Provides support to the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting of the assigned business area including variance analysis and sensitivity testing
- Contributes to critical planning and analysis processes
- Partners with other departments in the preparation of analyses and to identify improvement opportunities that can provide positive results to the bottom line
- Supports functional and cross functional projects and implements process improvements within functional area
- Able to articulate impact of analysis, modeling, business decision support on key financial measures (i.e. Gross Profit, Operating Margin, DOH, DSO, etc.)
- Conceptualizes, develops and presents business cases to department financial leadership
- Acts as an informed team member providing analysis of information and some project direction input
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting or related field
- 0-2 years FP&A experience required
- Solid oral and written forms with ability to express ideas and ask relevant questions. Active listening. Able to listen closely and ask pertinent questions so the speaker knows the message is being understood
- Novice to Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access and related software applications
- Ability to be a team member and demonstrate skills to contribute to team dynamics
- Capability to work independently when needed
- Outstanding analytical skills (numerical, verbal)
- Strong Strategic Planning, Financial and Operations / Business Background. Not purely financial background required
- Strong business acumen
- Good judgment is required for this position as there may be times when direct supervision may not be immediately available
- Remote Role: This position is classified as remote where the associate will perform remote work from their primary residence
- Travel (minor): This position may require the associate to travel to company offices, distribution centers, or other locations for specific meetings or other business reasons
- Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
- Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephones, and other office equipment in the course of a normal workday
- Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in the completion of job duties
Benefits
- Competitive 401k
- Flexible PTO plan
- Remote
- Health benefits – first of the month following 30 days of employment
- Mentorship program/developmental opportunities
- Paid Time Off
- Sick Time
- Paid holidays and parental leave
- 401K Program
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and accidental death/dismemberment insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance program
- Flexible Spending Account and/or Health Savings Account, subject to meeting the eligibility requirements and the terms and conditions of these programs, and subject to any requirements under applicable collective bargaining agreements.
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