Senior Finance Analyst

Position Title: Senior Finance AnalystPosition Location: New York, NYPosition SummaryThe position of Senior Finance Analyst Business Planning & Analysis is a crucial role within the finance team at Pernod Ricard USA. As a part of the brand unit finance team the role helps drive fact based commercial insights to facilitate and influence strategic decisions on specific brands.Major Duties & Responsibilities: * Brand Performance: * Tracking of internal and external trends (including depletions, Nielsen, and NABCA data) and interactions with various departments to explain and/or forecast brand performance and drive decisions. * Assistance in the preparation of business cases to support brand-related commercial decisions (e.g. price changes, product/range extensions, etc) * Preparation of commercial and strategic reviews relating to the brand as well as other ad hoc senior management/stakeholder presentations * Optimize Resource allocation: * Support governance of brand pricing strategy and identification and implementation of revenue optimization opportunities * Maintain tracking and tools for monitoring spend * Support in evaluations of marketing program effectiveness (ROI) * Provide analytics to drive fact based reasoning for advertising spend changes * Strategic Thought Partner * Work within finance team to deliver insights * Facilitate strategic alignment between marketing, field finance and other areas of the business * Play integral role in PR USA change management * Ad Hoc analysis and reportingNature & Scope:This position reports to the BP&A Finance Manager. This position will interact directly with Pernod Ricard USA Sales & Marketing, Field Finance, Revenue Management, and Pernod Ricard brand companies in support of commercial plans and reporting & analyzing actual results.Key Skillset Required: * Highly analytical, with ability to use the power of facts to bring insight make clear finance recommendations and commercial decisions; * Ability to confidently interact with non-finance departments, understanding their key requirements and tailoring financial data to satisfy these requirements; * Ability to understand market dynamics and be able to clearly articulate strategic priorities for the business from both a finance & commercial perspective; * Ability to work under pressure and capable of managing numerous work streams simultaneously; * Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels; * Strong accounting & reporting skills; * Detail oriented with high level of accuracy; * Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint... VBA is a plus), internal information system for reporting (Hyperion / Oracle Financial Management + EssbaseNature & Scope:This position reports to the BP&A Finance Manager. This position will interact directly with Pernod Ricard USA Sales & Marketing, Field Finance, Revenue Management, and Pernod Ricard brand companies in support of commercial plans and reporting & analyzing actual results.Key Skillset Required: * Highly analytical, with ability to use the power of facts to bring insight make clear finance recommendations and commercial decisions; * Ability to confidently interact with non-finance departments, understanding their key requirements and tailoring financial data to satisfy these requirements; * Ability to understand market dynamics and be able to clearly articulate strategic priorities for the business from both a finance & commercial perspective; * Ability to work under pressure and capable of managing numerous work streams simultaneously; * Excellent communication skills with ability to communicate at all levels; * Strong accounting & reporting skills; * Detail oriented with high level of accuracy; * Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint... VBA is a plus), internal information system for reporting (Hyperion / Oracle Financial Management + EssbaseEducat