Retail Business Analyst

H&C Animal Health is seeking an experienced, full-time Business Analyst to mine data and create actionable insights that drive growth for the company. This position is responsible for analyzing large amounts of data, accurately projecting sales trends, identifying category and product opportunities, creating sales forecasts, and making recommendations to optimize sales and marketing activities to increase market share. This is a highly influential role that directly impacts the company’s long-term strategic growth initiatives. This position requires a high level of analytical skill, attention to detail, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to juggle multiple responsibilities and projects at once while meeting deadlines. The Business Analyst reports to the Senior Brand Finance Manager.
Essential Duties and include the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Regularly assess and evaluate data to analyze and uncover opportunities and trends at the category and product level; compile and analyze data over time to develop forecasts and anticipate sales trends
• Provide accurate and consistent daily, weekly, and monthly reports on sales, consumption, shipments, and business performance; support on-going processes, including monthly forecasting and reporting variance analysis
• Support annual operating planning process
• Perform promotional analysis and reports on the effectiveness of promotional activities
• Analyze financial information (P&L and margins) & reports to provide accurate and timely analysis to assist management for decision making purpose
• Build automated and repeatable analysis approaches to improve accuracy of reporting/analysis along with team efficiency
• Collaborate and build strong relationships with cross-functional team and external partners
• Ensure data integrity and troubleshoot any data issues by working closely with our internal IT team
• Contribute to the system and operational improvement initiatives related to reporting. Work with IT Team to test and validate new systems for reporting
• Special Projects as needed

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or marketing
• Experience as a business analyst or similar role on a finance or marketing team at a CPG company
• Ability to transform data into insightful and actionable information
• Experience
• Previous experience and proficiency presenting analytical findings and recommendations
• Knowledge in advanced spreadsheet modeling, advanced analytics techniques, tools, data capabilities and report creation
• Familiar with both POS and Syndicated data (e.g., IRI, Nielsen, etc.)
• Understanding of retail concepts, terminology, Key Performance Indicators, and metrics
• Understanding of pet channel corporate practices/politics a plus
• Knowledge of economic and accounting principles a plus
• Knowledge of category management best practices a plus
• Familiar with EDI processes and formats a plus
• Understanding of databases/data warehouses and analytical processing systems – OLAP, ROLAP etc. a plus
• Ability to move between strategic thinking and tactical execution; problem-solver
• Excellent attention to detail and drive for continual process improvement
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit; ability to work collaboratively in groups and individually
• Ability to handle multiple projects at once and meet tight deadlines
• Up to 25% of overnight travel
• Location: Parker, CO

Salary Range $55,000-$75,000 annually

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 – $75,000.00 per year