Financial Analyst II - Dallas, United States - Mary Kay

Description

"Team US" is what we fondly call employees whose work directly supports the Independent Beauty Consultants in our legacy Mary Kay Market. The U.S. market is where Mary Kay Ash's dream became a reality. As a member of Team US, you will find opportunities to directly support the sales force in Sales, Marketing, IT, Finance and HR. Our teams create the magic for the beauty consultants – from spectacular events and world-class education and motivation to packing and distributing our wonderful Mary Kay products – the possibilities for a meaningful career are endless. Job Summary This position is responsible for maintaining data, analyzing and reporting trends, preparing analysis, and implementing computer systems to gather data.

Maintains data to provide Marketing and Sales divisions with pertinent impact analysis of economic and Company factors affecting ongoing and proposed programs.

Analyzes output by evaluating trends, historical relationships and other factors that may have caused variances.

Keeps abreast of Company programs and events such as the car program, the sales force compensation program, contests, promotions, etc., in order to perform effective analyses.

Assists in preparing recommendations to be presented to Marketing, Sales, Brand, and/or Finance management.

Coordinates the timing of and preparation of detail and summary reports for annual budgets and periodic estimate updates for all income and expense categories in the Brand Development & Sales Support, Marketing and Sales divisions.

This process involves communicating with designated planners in each reporting area in order to coordinate assumptions and completion deadlines as well as providing assistance to planners in the mechanics of using the Hyperion planning system.

Summarizes results for each division and uses knowledge of departmental activities to write variance explanations for significant variances.

Assists the department's management team with special projects by gathering and analyzing data from various databases and formatting in either graph or text form as required for presentation purposes.

This requires knowledge of various data available (sales force, financial and product), Company programs, and graphic packages.

Analyzes ongoing income statement activity for the Brand Development & Sales Support, Marketing and Sales divisions and prepares monthly written variance explanations for Semi-Variable and Fixed SG&A financial reports (Blue Book).

Uses knowledge of planned projects and activities for each department to monitor key expense trends and thereby anticipate variance explanations and recognize accounting issues to be addressed.

Uses data mining software to gather historical data from the Company's data warehouse for use in analyzing sales and marketing programs.

Prepares reports of findings in either graph or text form to support information requests from management.

Performs detailed financial analysis of Mary Kay Inc.'s financial results and key financial ratios over time as compared to itself, to competitors and to comparable direct sellers.

Prepares graphs and comparative reporting of income, earnings per share, asset, liability and equity levels and cash flow/EDITDA for senior management.

Researches and determines relevant data from competitors' 10 K's, 10 Q's and other SEC filings as required, in addition to reviewing information in competitor companies' press releases and earnings conference calls in order to determine significant news of interest to management.

Prepares a written report comparing results among competitors and comparable direct sellers and comments on each significant financial metric, which is distributed to executive management.

Supports international markets by assisting with analyses and financial models to quantify the financial impact of existing and proposed changes to compensation, contest or other incentive programs.

Communicates with Finance, Marketing and regional personnel as appropriate in the markets to facilitate the sharing of data and to communicate results of analysis work.

Skills & Experience Experience: 3+ years in Accounting or FinanceEducation: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Accounting or Finance. CPA is preferred. Additional Skills & Abilities

Analytical skills to evaluate trends, historical relationships and other factors that cause variances.
Strong MS Office tool skills with an emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills to write Blue Book variances and to clearly explain results of analysis in written reports.

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