Staff Data Analytics

• Serve as the Global Sales finance data expert supporting Global Channel Sales Organization
• Perform month-end and quarter end close activities, support reporting and consolidation activities related to pricing/rebates
• Identify, prioritize, and deliver AI/automation use cases that solve business problems
• drive efficiency by automating, simplifying, or eliminating routine work
• Plan and deliver recurring group training (and office hours) on AI-enabled workflows for finance, including best practices, validation techniques, and reusable examples/templates
• Champion AI adoption across the group by sharing best practices, partnering with stakeholders on process improvements, and measuring impact (time saved, quality improvements, cycle-time reduction)
• Accurately forecast pricing discounts and provide business insights and variance analysis
• Perform scenario analysis & planning to be used for decision making and approvals (e.g. pricing deals, revenue & gross margin analysis, etc.)
• Analyze financial impact of customer deals and communicate impact across functional teams to ensure financial goals are met
• Drive continuous improvements in execution by collaborating with Corporate Financial Planning, Accounting, Regional Finance, Legal, and Business Unit Operations
• Take full ownership of and accountability for ongoing reports providing validation and supporting documentation to business partners as required
• Assist in providing valuable management decision support, driving key business goals, identifying major trends and corresponding business issues

• Advanced Excel skills, including data modeling and process automation
• Strong experience querying and preprocessing data from structured and/or unstructured sources using SQL (or similar query languages)
• Technical skills in one or more scripting languages (such as Python, Java, etc.) for statistical analysis and/or building and scoring AI/ML models
• Preferred knowledge of Power BI or Tableau (or equivalent visualization tools)
• Passion for applying AI to drive process improvements, standardize reporting, and enable broader team productivity (including helping with AI training/enablement)
• Proven experience writing code that is easy to follow and well documented
• Experience in Finance/Accounting related roles such as Corporate FP&A, Sales Finance, Strategy Finance, Marketing Finance, Business Finance, Accounting, and/or related consulting experience
• Strong understanding of US GAAP principles and revenue recognition standards under ASC 606
• Ability to translate between technical and finance stakeholders, turning complex data and tools into actionable business recommendations
• Self-starter with excellent interpersonal communication, teaming, and problem-solving skills
• Robust analytical skills required and the ability to turn sophisticated data and concepts into valuable information to present in a simple/understandable manner
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, MIS, Computer Science, or related field preferred

Power BI or Tableau (or equivalent visualization tools)