Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. A leading global jewelry retailer is seeking a Senior Data Analyst, Finance to support financial planning, analysis, and reporting across its diamond sourcing business. The role focuses on inventory accounting, cost of goods sold, financial performance, data-driven decision-making, and cross-functional process improvement.
Responsibilities
- Analyze financial metrics including inventory balances, inventory reserves, gross margin, and cost of goods sold (COGS), identifying trends, risks, and opportunities
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc financial reports to support management decision-making
- Support month-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analysis
- Contribute to forecasting, budgeting, and financial performance analysis
- Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools to improve visibility into financial and operational results
- Analyze inventory transactions, cost variances, inventory roll-forwards, obsolescence reserves, turnover, and shrinkage
- Partner with supply chain and operations teams to support accurate inventory valuation and COGS reporting
- Manage pricing and costing data, ensuring information is accurately maintained and integrated across relevant systems
- Develop advanced SQL queries and data pipelines to consolidate data from multiple sources and enable scalable analysis
- Build analytical models and improve automation, standardization, and reporting processes
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, data quality, and operational efficiency
- Serve as a financial business partner to cross-functional teams, providing insights and recommendations
- Support internal and external audits and ensure compliance with relevant financial controls
- Collaborate with IT and ERP teams to optimize systems supporting financial and inventory reporting
Skills
- • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field
- • 3–5 years of experience in financial analysis and accounting, preferably involving inventory, COGS, or a related area
- • Strong knowledge of US GAAP, particularly inventory and COGS accounting
- • Experience with ERP systems; SAP experience is preferred
- • Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capabilities
- • Experience with data visualization and analytics platforms such as Tableau, Alteryx, and/or Power BI
- • Advanced SQL and experience working with data pipelines and multiple data sources
- • Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate financial insights to senior stakeholders
- • Strong attention to detail and commitment to reporting accuracy
- • Ability to build effective relationships across finance, operations, supply chain, accounting, and technology teams
- • Experience in retail, wholesale, e-commerce, or a similarly data-intensive environment is highly desirable
- • CPA or CMA certification is an advantage
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare, dental, and vision coverage beginning on the first day of employment
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off and company holidays
- Employee merchandise discounts
- Learning and development opportunities
- Additional employee benefits
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