Marketing Services Analyst

Position Reports to: VP of Marketing Services

Position located in Beverly MA

Position Summary:

Responsible to contribute to the accuracy, timeliness, and efficiency of the marketing services team by performing a variety of tasks to support the flow of financial information, the production of financial reports and various analysis across all companies, following established policies and procedures. 

• Tracking of marketing services costs (print, paper, postage, etc.) across all businesses .
  
• Work closely with marketing services coordinators and entire team to provide cost impacts of marketing changes, and to identify cost spending trends
  
• Update forecasts as appropriate across all companies.
  
• Develop new processes, including reporting tools for tracking marketing services costs by project with supporting detail on a year to date and forecast basis.
  
• Serve as the key financial analyst in support of the budgeting and forecasting for group-wide marketing services costs and consolidation and integration expense.
  
• Ongoing marketing services expense analysis and analytical support. 
  
• Consolidation & integration expense forecasting, budgeting and actual reporting. 
  
• Assist business units and key project managers in evaluating ROI’s on proposed marketing services expenditures.
  
• Preparation of various analytical reports
  
• Design and generate financial and analytical reports.
  
• Prepare monthly forecasts and help analyze variances.
  
• Provide analytical support to all areas of the department.
  
• Assist in developing new analytical tools to measure department profitability.
  
• Analyze and present recommendations on various special projects.
  
• Preparation of various presentations utilizing financial data for executive meetings, business unit meetings, etc.
  
• Serve as key financial & analytical liaison for any Orchard Brands Marketing Services related due diligence responsibility (mergers and acquisition activity, pro forma modeling, cost savings development and tracking).
  
• Develop templates and gather data to provide analysis and support for tracking of key benchmarks across the group of businesses.
  
• Work with business unit personnel on operating assumptions and prepare supporting schedules validating these assumptions

Essential Requirements:

·         Bachelors degree in accounting or finance; MBA preferred.

·         Minimum of 5 – 7 years of business experience, preferably in the planning and analysis field.

·         Strong understanding of financial statements and overall budgeting.

·         Proven efficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint).

·         Strong working knowledge of balance sheets and cash flow statements.

·         Exposure to multi-brand, multi-unit corporate finance.

·         Ability to communicate clearly and work positively with others to reach a common goal.

·         Demonstrated ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize workloads with a high degree of accuracy and minimal supervision in a fast paced environment.

·         Ability to interpret data and provide relevant conclusions and recommendations.

·         Excellent organizational skills.

·         Experience in a direct marketer and retail environment a plus.

·         Experience with marketing services (printing, paper, postage) a plus.

·         Self-starter with a take charge attitude.

Orchard Brands offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and an excellent benefits package including Health/Dental insurance, Life, Long Term and short Term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401K match, EAP, and employee discount.  For consideration, please submit your resume, along with a cover letter and salary requirements to jobs@orchardbrands.com , fax to 800-673-8401.  Orchard Brands is an equal opportunity employer.