Team Lead, FP&A Sales Analyst

Why WWT?**

World Wide Technology (WWT) strives to make a new world happen. WWT's work benefits clients and partners as much as it does its people and community across the globe. Founded in 1990, WWT brings together strategy, deep technical expertise and world-class partnerships to help public and private sector organizations design, build and scale intelligent AI, digital, cybersecurity, cloud and infrastructure solutions. Through its Advanced Technology Center (ATC)—a collaborative ecosystem featuring state-of-the-art hardware and software—WWT enables clients and partners to conceptualize, test and validate innovative technology and then deploy solutions at scale using its global integration and distribution on capabilities.

With more than 14,000 team members and over 60 locations globally, WWT's culture—grounded in core values and leadership philosophies—has been recognized by Fortune® and Great Place to Work for its commitment to innovation, trust and creating a great place to work for all. WWT provides products and services to large enterprise, global service provider and public sector clients in up to 130 countries across six continents. Softchoice, a World Wide Technology company, supports commercial and SMB markets in the U.S. and Canada. Want to work with highly motivated individuals on high-performance teams? Join WWT today!

What you will be doing:

Reporting to the FP&A Sales Analyst Manager, the Team Lead is a key contributor to the overall success of the Sales FP&A team, providing a high degree of proficiency in analyzing accounting data, identifying and communicating financial risk, and working cross functionally with accounting and finance departments to resolve issues affecting the line of business P&L. This role is focused on reconciling backlog and assessing inventory position to mitigate risk and project the near-term forecast and annual budget, delivering value-added business analysis and meaningful financial and operational metrics that inform insightful and accurate business decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Financial Analysts, including performance reviews, development plans, onboarding, and workload and backup coverage, to build a high-performing, engaged team.
• Establish and maintain standardized processes, documentation, and review standards to ensure consistent, accurate, and on-time analyst deliverables.
• Champion AI and automation adoption across the analyst team to improve team efficiency and analysts’ quality.
• Provide leadership-level oversight of the team’s deliverables by rolling up and reviewing outputs across direct reports.
• Establish and run a structured review process that holds team members accountable to expectations, and deliver timely coaching when work falls short
• Follow through beyond setting direction to confirm outputs meet standards, driving the team’s continued growth and elevated performance.
• Responsible for reviewing and presenting the weekly forecast to key stakeholders
• Analyzing detailed monthly and quarterly reporting packages including variance analysis against budget and forecast and review results with FP&A, and Senior P&L Owners
• Provide recommendations for enhanced P&L profitability
• Escalate and present preliminary order and service deferral resolution, and reconcile backlog, communicating and coordinating with finance and business partners to mitigate risks.
• Assist in escalation of AR related risk
• Periodic review of inventory levels and coordination with operational organization and P&L Owners to minimize inventory levels and cost of capital
• Prepare the annual budget, working cross functionally with business and finance leadership to meet budget targets and timelines.
• Assist the sales organization with complex deal analysis and structure of terms and conditions.
• Support analysis of customer profitability and headcount productivity metrics to facilitate decision support for the line of business.
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in finance, business, or accounting.
• 4-6 years of related work experience.
• Continuous improvement mentality with the ability to embrace change and a commitment to the high performing team management model.
• Experience mentoring, training, or leading analysts, including delegating work, giving constructive feedback, and coaching others through difficult conversations
• Experience in leading projects independently with little supervision and direction.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with strong technical proficiency in the Microsoft product suite.
• Understanding of enterprise resource planning systems, with Hyperion and Oracle e-Business experience
• Willingness to work toward collaborative solutions by building consensus across the team

Business and Personal Attributes:

• Demonstrate problem solving, analytic skills, and innovative thinking skills
• Demonstrates strong presentation skills
• Demonstrate customer focus (internal and external)
• Ability to professionally communicate with all levels of the business
• Ability to interface effectively across multiple company departments with strong diplomacy skills
• Demonstrate project management skills
• Strong attention to detail and work ethic
• Strong listening, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Highly coachable, with a strong desire for professional growth and development
• Personal time management skills and organization
• Receptive to feedback and mentorship from leadership
• A strong team player with evidence of professional maturity and self-confidence
• A doer; someone who is not averse to rolling up his/her sleeves, lending support and becoming involved in the details of the business
• Comfortable working in an open and highly interactive, fast-paced, communicative culture
• Ability to embrace change and support multiple groups at one time
• Ability to work well in a team environment with positive energy
• Continuous improvement mentality with the ability to embrace change and a commitment to the high performing team management model.
• A high level of integrity, strong work ethic, positive energy and a commitment to preserving the company core values and culture.

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Certain states and localities require employers to post a reasonable estimate of salary range. A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range for this position is $96,000 to $120,000 annually. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors, including shift, location, experience, skill set, performance, licensure and certification, and business needs. The range for this position in other geographic locations may differ. Certain positions may also be eligible for variable incentive compensation, such as bonuses or commissions, that is not included in the base pay.

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. When it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Health (Medical & Prescription), Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers (MO & IL), Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive Pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Medical Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement, Day of Caring
• Additional Perks: Family Planning Benefits, Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Voluntary Supplemental Accident/Illness/Hospital, Voluntary ID Theft, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

Note: This is not an all-encompassing list and should not be used as a complete description of the plan’s benefits. For more information, see our US benefits website at wwt.com/us-benefits.

We strive to create an environment where all employees are empowered to succeed based on their skills, performance, and dedication. Our goal is to cultivate a culture of belonging that encourages innovation, collaboration, and respect for all team members, ensuring that WWT remains a great place to work for all!

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World Wide Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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