Senior Financial Analyst

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Position Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst is a key member of the Harry and David Finance team whose primary role is to partner and collaborate with functional business partners in support of the overall business strategy. The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for developing and maintaining financial models and business cases to support executive level decision making and the financial planning process. This includes converting complex business plans into functional forecasts, developing and maintaining operating scorecards, and providing proactive analysis, insights, and recommendations to support strategic decisions and optimize business performance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This position is responsible for following analytical best practices, accurately reporting and analyzing business results, identifying insights for decision making, and developing an unbiased, holistic view of the key drivers of business performance. This is achieved by executing diagnostic processes that survey current business performance and determining opportunities for the improvement of financial and business objectives.

To accomplish this, the Senior Financial Analyst must have solid knowledge of finance and/or business analytics. This individual will collaborate with finance peers to ensure that insights are understood and incorporated into work products. Additionally, the Senior Financial Analyst must be able to work effectively within a matrixed organization and demonstrate self-leadership skills and the ability to influence and interact with various levels of the organization.

This position supports the production, assembly, and orchard groups as well as the capital planning process. Key areas of responsibility would include:

• Create and maintain budget, forecast and monthly analysis of financial performance for supported operational teams
• Support cost accounting in the annual standard costing process
• Develop and maintain comprehensive planning tools
• Facilitate the capital expenditures planning and reporting process for the organization, including calculating financial returns and payback analysis
• Lead various ad hoc analytical and reporting projects, as assigned
• Participate in multifunctional project teams that evaluate, recommend and monitor the implementation of new business initiatives.
• Partner with the operations teams to identify and support execution of cost saving initiatives
• Prepare management reports defining and evaluating problems and recommending solutions.
• Provide "overflow" assistance in budgeting and forecasting analysis and preparation
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related field plus 3 years' experience in finance or analytical role OR Advanced Degree OR 6 years' experience in finance or analytical role
• Experience in strategic and financial modeling (2+ years)
• Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Preferred:

• Master's Degree in related field (e.g. MBA, MS Finance, MS Accounting, etc)
• Experience with multi-dimensional databases such as BOARD, Oracle Smartview or Hyperion preferred
• Experience with business intelligence and reporting tools (e.g., Tableau, Business Objects, MicroStrategy, SQL)
• Experience with SAP ,Oracle or other ERP
• Experience with relational database management
• Manufacturing, Wholesale, Direct Response or Retail industry experience
• Demonstrated time-management and multi-tasking skills coupled with a keen ability to prioritize assignments.

About Us

About Harry David®

Since 1934, Harry David has been America's premier choice in gourmet food gifting. Headquartered in Southern Oregon, Harry David owns and operates 20 different orchards, spread over 100 square miles, featuring fresh yearly crops of handpicked delicious fruit, including peaches, Bosc pears and the iconic Royal Riviera® pears. Harry David offers a wide variety of options for everyday sharing and entertaining, including Moose Munch® premium popcorn, Wolferman's Bakery®, Cushman's® and Stock Yards® branded products. Harry David is part of the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. family of brands. Shares in 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, ticker symbol: FLWS.

Our Commitment to Diversity

At 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., we seek to inspire more human expression, connection, and celebration -- for everyone. This means fostering a culture of inclusion where our team members, customers, and partners feel respected, valued, and empowered. We believe that embracing diversity, and celebrating the uniqueness of every individual, makes us a better company.