Sr. Finance Analyst

Sr. Finance Analyst

Work Mode: Hybrid

Opportunity

• Join the Commercial Operations Finance Team:
• Be at the forefront of financial strategy and decision-making.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business performance.
• Utilize your analytical skills to make a tangible impact.
• Work in a dynamic and supportive environment that values innovation.
• If you’re ready to leverage your finance expertise in a challenging and rewarding role, we want to hear from you! Apply now to join our team and help shape the future of Kohler Co.

Basic Objective

Under the direction of the Senior Manager, Finance, Commercial Operations, the Senior Finance Analyst will lead the finance support for the Selling Expense budget. This provides finance support to budget owners across the Sales and Customer Service teams. The Senior Finance Analyst will champion bottom-up budgeting of discretionary spending for effective control and prioritization of investments to support key strategies and drive sales growth.

This role will oversee and optimize all aspects of forecasting Kitchen & Bath North America’s Selling Expense. Responsibilities include developing and monitoring KPIs and metrics, reporting on trends, explaining key variances.

The Senior Finance Analyst will find innovative ways to deliver one source of truth (dashboarding, etc.) to measure financial performance against Plan and use these insights to inform Kohler’s Leadership Team’s and drive agile business decisions.

Specific Responsibilities

• Lead the Finance Support for Selling Expense budget management:
• Partner with Senior Manager – FP&A on timelines and deliverables
• Collaborate with budget owners to understand and control spend within approved budgets.
• Effectively forecast commissions, sales incentive, sales promotions, monitor co-op advertising and promotional funds.
• Communicate results vs Plan/Forecast and Identify Risks & Opportunities to Senior Vice President – Sales and Business Units.
• Improve and simplify reporting to support decision making, adding self-service reporting tools for the organization.
• Consolidate Close/Forecast Activity and Credit Requests establishing Commercial Operations as a center of excellence supporting the Sales and Marketing Finance team
• Centralize accounting for Selling Expenses, customer programs, and promotional activities.
• Collaborate with Accounts Receivable and FP&A on payments, credits, etc.
• Continuous Improvement:
• Evaluate existing processes for opportunities and redesign for higher levels of efficiency and accuracy while supporting business partners with high quality reporting and insights.
• Support the creation and implementation of Top of Waterfall / Price Margin Realization reporting for more effective management of Trade Programs (Rebates, Builder, Co-Op, etc.), Promotional Spend, and price realization.