Posted 1mo ago

Financial Analyst

@ Mueller Sports Medicine
Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Responsibilities:developing forecasts, analyzing profitability, maintaining dashboards
Requirements Summary:Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business or related field; three+ years accounting or related experience; ERP experience (SAP preferred).
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POSITION OVERVIEW: Supports strategic financial planning, performance monitoring, process improvement, and data-driven reporting that enables informed decision-making and helps improve company financial performance. Evaluates profitability, pricing, promotional effectiveness, and ROI, and develops and maintains databases and dashboards that visualize key performance metrics. Develops financial models; supports budgeting and forecasting; manages and optimizes consignment inventory held in customer-facilities; and prepares appropriate accounting entries related to cost, sales, and marketing activity



POSITION FUNCTIONS*



















Percentage



Position Functions



50%



Financial Planning & Analysis




  • Develop and maintain financial models for forecasting, budgeting, and strategic planning.

  • Contributes to the annual budgeting process, including data preparation and distribution.

  • Assist in the development of business cases for new initiatives, product launches, or market expansions.

  • Support the company’s sales & operations planning (S&OP) process by aligning financial forecasts with operational plans and contributing to cross-functional planning discussions.

  • Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to assess pricing strategies and promotional effectiveness.

  • Perform pricing analysis to evaluate profitability, competitive positioning, and margin impact, including the creation and ongoing updates of company-wide price lists.

  • Prepare and post journal entries related to sales and marketing activities, ensuring accurate financial representation of trade spend, promotions, and accruals.

  • Partner cross-functionally with sales, customer service, and operations to help analyze and resolve sales, royalties, fines/deductions, and other customer-related issues.

  • Lead ad-hoc analysis and special projects to support strategic initiatives and respond to executive inquiries.



25%



Financial and Sales Reporting




  • Prepare daily, monthly, and annual financial and sales reports for internal stakeholders.

  • Prepare and analyze data for sales and marketing departments with comparisons of actual versus budget and prior year.

  • Create and maintain dashboards to visualize key performance indicators (KPIs) and business metrics.

  • Manage and optimize databases used for financial and sales reporting, ensuring data integrity and consistency.

  • Continuously improve reporting processes and tools to enhance usability and impact.




 














25%



Customer Consignment Inventory Management




  • Track and monitor on-hand inventory balances at customer locations, with an emphasis on consigned inventory programs.

  • Identify and proactively manage the aging and stock levels of consignment inventories at customer sites and reconcile between Mueller and customer systems/records.

  • Coordinate with operations & logistics for timely product deliveries and returns, maintain inventory targets, and ensuring strong replenishment strategies.



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Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the organization.




*Position Functions for this position consist of all items listed under any category that make up 5% or more of the position duties. This position description is subject to change without notice.