The Finance and Accounting function oversees all of the financial operations for Book of the Month, including financial reporting, planning and analysis, as well as accounting and treasury operations. The team is also responsible for certain operational planning including demand forecasting and inventory planning.
This individual will contribute by working across financial and operational planning and analysis projects ensuring our forecasts are updated and accurate for use across the organization.
What you will do…
- Collaborate cross-functionally to forecast and anticipate inventory and demand planning requirements for membership, books, paper, non-book inventory, and new product launches
- Update financial forecasts including monitoring the assumptions that go into the broader financial models across the company.
- Work with the Controller and Manager, FP&A to close the month and update the monthly financial reports
- Update and monitor our daily demand forecast across multiple monthly cycles to optimize stock levels, reduce obsolescence, inform labor planning, and support service level goals
- Work with the SVP and Manager, FP&A to do research, modeling and analysis associated with corporate and business development opportunities
- Provide support for ad-hoc analysis across the company
About You…
- 1 - 3 years of professional experience in finance, accounting, financial planning, investment banking, consulting, data or analytics, or another role requiring quantitative analysis and problem solving
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, operations, data, or math strongly preferred
- Can read, interpret and analyze data well
- Proactive and resourceful, thrives working in a fast-paced environment and highly organized with great attention to detail
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written and a proven ability to work in a highly collaborative and dynamic environment
- Interested in commercial fiction and/or ecommerce
- Strong technical skills
- Proficiency in Excel and / or Google Sheets required
- Experience building reports and dashboards in a BI tool is a plus
Salary range: $75,000 - $115,000
