Senior Analyst - Financial, Planning and Analysis

Overview

Based in the former warehouse district of Fulton Market, Chicago’s lively West Loop area, which is now a hip corporate and entertainment area known for creative global and modern American restaurants, we have easy access to public transport, great restaurants, and an awesome office roof deck. You will join a highly effective, caring team in an office full of natural light, bikes, and donuts! Meet your teammates for a lakefront ride, yoga on the rooftop, or lunch on the balcony in between all the fun. Not all SRAM employees are cyclists, but we all have a passion for creating our world class products. Enjoy a work environment focused on peer collaboration, continuous improvement, and hands-on creation of high-quality, robust bike components. As a Senior Analyst within our FP&A team you will provide the organization with financial analysis and financial insight that is robust, timely and accurate to allow for better decisions for SRAM.

Responsibilities

• Support the annual financial planning process focused on operating expenses and capital expenses.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reporting and analysis for key areas including operating expense, capital expense, inventory, and working capital.
• Support operational finance and accounting activities including cost center and GL maintenance and financial consolidations.
• Support the development and help drive additional use of a centralized reporting warehouse.
• Support of digital strategy, including investment rationalization, business model, etc.
• Support development of return on investment (ROI) analysis for new and existing Operating Expense activities.
• Instilling a payback mentality across Operating Expense budget owners; improving ROI of Operating Expense spend.
• Ad-hoc analysis supporting Selling, General & Administrative (SG&A) functions while always seeking new opportunities for quality and productivity improvements.
• Prepare operating packages for various lines of business.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in Finance/Accounting, or related field required.
• Five or more years’ experience in an analyst role in a large or mid-sized company.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal partners.
• Dynamic, initiative-taker individual who can work independently.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience with visualization tools such as Power BI and Tableau
• Experience with business intelligence tools a plus
• Experience with SAP a plus
• Experience with Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service a plus
• Must be willing and able to travel up to 5% of the time

About SRAM

SRAM LLC is one of the world's largest suppliers of components to the bike industry. Established in Chicago in 1987, SRAM continues to promote cycling through its products, its advocacy, and its employees who are dedicated to improving the cycling experience. Today, SRAM employs more than 5,000+ employees, in 20+ locations, across 10+ countries. SRAM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.