Sr FP&A Analyst

Job Type: Full time PetSafe Brands, formerly known as Radio Systems Corporation, is headquartered in Knoxville, TN. It has been named “The Marble City” and "Scruffy City", names we have embraced for our unique charm. We are the home of the 1982 World’s Fair and we boast of 21 craft breweries around the city (click here for the Ale Trail). If you like to hike or camp, visit the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. Take your pick of outdoor activities from walking, tubing, running, or biking in our Urban Wilderness. Knox County has an amazing public‑school system, no state income tax, low property taxes and cost of living. We host Music and Shakespeare on the Square as well as Family Movie Nights on the Square during the summer months in downtown Knoxville. Our Company: PetSafe Brands is the world leader in pet products through our family of brands: PetSafe® Brand, SportDOG® Brand, Invisible Fence® Brand, Kurgo and Premier Pet. Pet Safe® Brand makes every product from leashes and harnesses to water fountains and litter boxes. We have an ambitious goal of touching over 21 million pets, people, and communities around the world each year. We serve a broad range of pet owners from providing the hunter the best gear for a successful hunt to accommodating the “Not-So-Crazy Cat Lady” with all the entertaining toys and effective solutions she could ever imagine. We do this by creating a culture of enthusiasm, resilience, adaptability, and teamwork every day in the office. We work hard to be our community’s employer of choice as we all live our purpose: We exist to unleash freedom for pet parents by keeping their pets happy, healthy and safe. Position Summary This Financial Planning & Analysis Senior Analyst role is an integral part of the planning and analysis function. Reporting to the VP of FP&A, this role supports financial insights used to forecast revenues and expenses, analyze business performance, and maintains the reporting infrastructure and processes that underpin the team's budget and forecast cycles and stakeholder presentations. Responsibilities Support the implementation and ongoing maintenance of FP&A tools and systems. Build and maintain financial models and reporting tools to support meaningful insights and recommendations, helping to highlight risks and opportunities. Analyze data and trends to help identify revenue opportunities and risks. Support the preparation of presentations summarizing performance for leadership and other stakeholders. Prepare and validate internal financial reports, primarily business-unit-level reporting. Support various teams through the annual planning and budget process, coordinating timelines and inputs across stakeholders. Track and reconcile approved budget changes and amounts, and reconcile forecast to budget by approved programs, headcounts, and associated spending, as well as various other types of expenses. Partner directly with managers, directors, and business leaders, including VPs and members of the executive team, during forecasting and budgeting cycles to review department budgets and expense trends. Engage with cross-functional teams to support and improve company planning processes and systems. Support special projects as requested, such as ad hoc analysis and assistance with preparation of management materials. Functional Variations Retail Products – Sales Team Business Partner: Support financial models to evaluate the impact of sales strategies and promotions. Partner with Sales and Demand Planning teams to improve demand forecasting and inventory management. Assist contract negotiations by providing financial analysis and scenario planning for pricing, terms, and profitability. Monitor and assess channel inventory levels at retailers to ensure optimal stock availability. Retail Products – Product Team Business Partner: Provide financial analysis and insights to category teams on product performance across the full lifecycle: launch, sustaining, and end-of-life. Support the development of financial models and business cases for new product launches, including investment requirements and expected payback. Track profitability and margin trends by category, sub-category, or SKU to help identify products to fund, sustain, or wind down. Support end-of-life and harvest planning, including discontinuation costs, inventory run‑out, and replacement or cannibalization impacts. Recommend adjustments to category or product‑level investment based on lifecycle stage, performance metrics, and business priorities. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting, or equivalent combination of education and experience 3+ years of FP&A-related experience Ability to think creatively and analytically with general guidance and direction Strong relationship‑building, collaboration, and communication skills Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem‑solving abilities, with a data‑oriented and detail‑focused mindset Strong finance and accounting skills, with a high degree of attention to detail Advanced Microsoft Excel required Expertise in presentation tools such as PowerPoint Experience in CPG and corporate FP&A Familiarity with ERP, financial planning systems, SQL or Python, and data visualization tools such as Oracle, Cube, or Tableau Accountabilities Supports Balance Scorecard goals for forecast accuracy, budget-cycle timeliness, and reporting quality. Maintains accurate financial models and reporting tools used across the FP&A team. Regular and predictable attendance required. Relationships: Reports to the VP of FP&A. Partners with managers, directors, and business leaders, including VPs and members of the executive team, during forecasting and budgeting cycles. Engages cross‑functionally to support and improve company planning processes and systems. For Retail Products variants, partners with Sales, Demand Planning, and Category/Product teams as applicable. No direct reports (individual contributor role). Benefits Working for PetSafe Brands definitely has its benefits. We offer a collaborative and creative team-oriented work environment where we encourage you to take risks to learn and grow! We offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401K match. In addition we offer a rich wellness program which includes an onsite health clinic, workout facility and of course, we encourage you to bring your dog to work, which is our whole reason for what we do! PetSafe Brands is dedicated to offering equal employment opportunity for all teammates and fostering a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. At PetSafe Brand, our teammates are our greatest strength. We strive to build a workforce as diverse as the customers we serve by hiring great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, life experiences, knowledge, self‑expression and talent. We recruit and reward teammates based on capability and performance and together we are building a culture that welcomes all dimensions of an individual’s identity including race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, educational background, national origin or ancestry, religion, veteran status, or physical ability. We embrace these differences and the unique contributions each teammate brings not just because it is the right thing to do but because it makes our company stronger. #J-18808-Ljbffr