This individual will contribute by working across financial and operational planning and analysis projects ensuring our forecasts are updated and accurate for use across the organization.
What you will do…
- Collaborate cross-functionally to forecast and anticipate inventory and demand planning requirements for membership, books, paper, non-book inventory, and new product launches
- Update financial forecasts including monitoring the assumptions that go into the broader financial models across the company.
- Work with the Controller and Manager, FP&A to close the month and update the monthly financial reports
- Update and monitor our daily demand forecast across multiple monthly cycles to optimize stock levels, reduce obsolescence, inform labor planning, and support service level goals
- Work with the SVP and Manager, FP&A to do research, modeling and analysis associated with corporate and business development opportunities
- Provide support for ad-hoc analysis across the company
- At least 1 - 3 years of professional experience in finance, accounting, financial planning, investment banking, consulting, data or analytics, or another role requiring quantitative analysis and problem solving
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, operations, data, or math strongly preferred
- Can read, interpret and analyze data well
- Proactive and resourceful, thrives working in a fast-paced environment and highly organized with great attention to detail
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written and a proven ability to work in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment
- Interested in commercial fiction and/or ecommerce
- Strong technical skills
- Proficiency in Excel and / or Google Sheets required
- Experience building reports and dashboards in a BI tool is a plus