Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A (open to remote)

Marley Spoon is a direct-to-consumer manufacturing business with a waste free supply chain. We deliver top quality fresh ingredients in the exact quantities required with chef-designed easy-to-cook recipes, to thousands of households across the globe. Together we build brands customers love. Currently we operate various brands that are serving households in the US, Europe, and Australia: Bezzie, Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon, and Dinnerly.

Marley Spoon simplifies weeknight cooking and helps busy people skip the supermarket. But in the end, it's simple: We started Marley Spoon because we love cooking and we love eating!

The Finance team at Marley Spoon is growing, with a mission to provide business partnership using best-in-class financial data and analysis. Our aim is to help the company make the right, fact-based decisions to move the business forward. As part of this effort, we are now looking for an exceptional Senior Analyst, FP&A US! This can be a hybrid role based out of our NYC office or performed remotely to work within EST hours.

What you will do:

This role serves as a key right hand to the Head of Finance, providing timely and comprehensive analysis of financial performance for Marley Spoon’s largest region. This is a core Financial Planning & Analysis role with activities including working on the monthly/quarterly/year-end close, budgeting, planning and forecasting. This role requires a strong sense of business partnership in order to help the business deliver its objectives and make data-driven decisions. This position also offers the opportunity for growth with line management of the current team of FP&A analysts, and greater managerial responsibilities in the future.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Own the tracking, analysis, and reporting of US performance across sales, variable costs, and base costs, across multiple brands, through mid-month and month-end, ensuring timely, and accurate completion of reporting.
• Deliver timely and comprehensive analyses of drivers of “Contribution Margin” (food, packaging, manufacturing and logistics costs), base costs
• Conduct comparative analyses versus plan and prior periods to identify trends and explain movements in financial performance
• Deliver regular, high-quality KPI reporting to provide transparency on business performance
• Help deliver, and in the future, lead monthly and quarterly business reviews, including visually presenting financial analysis, for review with US leadership team
• Contribute to budget oversight for the region across all functions, including at quarterly and annual forecast periods
• Work with functions outside of finance (e.g., Procurement, Operations, Marketing, Digital, Customer Communications, People Operations) to identify and realize opportunities to lower costs and increase sales
• Work closely with other finance departments, including controlling and accounting, to ensure accurate and complete reporting, improve processes, and comply with accounting regulations
• Contribute to ad hoc finance projects, such as investor presentations and annual audit, as needed
• Work on ad hoc strategic analyses to support and help grow the US business (i.e., pricing strategies, margin improvement, business cases)
• Work across multiple systems for mid-month and month-end closing analyses including ERP systems, BI, management accounting reporting tools and Adaptive planning system
• Participate in systems integrations or enhancements as needed

The US is Marley Spoon’s largest region and as such has a fair amount of complexity:

• ~$150m region
• 500 FTEs
• Three fulfillment centers in California, Texas and New Jersey
• Two brands (Martha Stewart & Marley Spoon, Dinnerly)
• Matrixed functions, including Marketing which oversees Revenue forecasting

Who you will work with:

This role requires heavy interaction with several stakeholders across various levels and functions within the organization:

• Reports to Head of Finance for US
• Future line management of the FP&A analysts
• Interacts with and has occasion to present to US leadership team, including CEO
• Regular interactions with function representatives across Marketing, Culinary, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Procurement and People Operations, among others
• Regular interaction with global Heads of Accounting Operations and Reporting and Audit
• Regular interaction with counterparts in Marley Spoon’s Australia and Europe regions

Who we believe can excel in this role:

Qualifications:

• Degree in finance, accounting or management preferred but not required

Previous Experience:

• Minimum 4 years practical work experience in Financial Analysis & Planning, Business Controllership or other financial analyst roles
• Experience understanding and working with the P&L, the business context and understanding of performance drivers
• Prior experience in Direct-to-Consumer, Ecommerce or FMCG/manufacturing companies highly desirable

Other Skills and Competencies:

• Strong written and verbal English
• Excellent analytical skills, including strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; data analysis tools like Looker or Microsoft Dynamics NAV would be a plus
• Ability to liaise confidently with all levels within the company
• Entrepreneurial mindset, loves identifying opportunities and getting things done
• Assertive, independent and self-sufficient, with the ability to cope effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Able to work with people virtually across time zones and geographies
• Strong problem solving and multi-tasking skills with great attention to detail
• Project management skills
• Solid strategic thinking skills, including ability to review complex data, pulling out key insights & translating into concise communications
• Commercial and financial acumen and an ability to understand the needs of diverse stakeholders
• Ability to work with various stakeholders through the financial planning cycle
• Ability to see the bigger picture while having a solid command of the day-to-day details, including being able to anticipate risk
• Energetic, results driven, team player with well-developed analytical skills and a track record of exceeding expectations

What’s in it for you:

• The opportunity to help shape the vision and direction of Finance at Marley Spoon
• Helping grow an organization committed to solving everyday problems in a sustainable way
• Joining an international and diverse team of high-achieving and fun colleagues
• Growth mindset that encourages learning and development outside of your function or department
• Autonomy, entrepreneurialism and flat hierarchies
• Our meal kit, free and delivered home for you to try
• A comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, vision, transit, 401(k)
• Generous vacation package, including incremental days awarded at employment anniversaries, and learning and development days