What You Need To Know

Open your future to incredible career potential. Work for an industry-leader who invests in their people. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. We were named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and are included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you will be eligible for our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and an RRSP plan. We also offer wellness initiatives, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

At Southern Glazer’s, you’ll enjoy an environment where continuous learning and growth are supported and experience a culture where you are respected, and your voice is heard. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

The Finance Analyst will participate in the budgeting, forecasting, and reporting to provide leaders with visibility into the organization’s results to help drive decision making. Additionally this role will also support and manage trade promotional budgets and enhancing planning tools and reporting.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support the financial planning process by assisting with annual budgeting and monthly forecasting
• Prepare monthly internal financial reports to compare actuals to budget, forecast and prior year, and investigate drivers of significant variances
• Analyze and provide insights on financials
• Conduct research to uncover key issues, benchmarks, and best practices and synthesize findings into recommendations for optimal business solutions
• Provide analytical support to corporate and regional teams as required for supplier reviews, quarterly business reviews, and on-going business performance managementSupport the analysis of pricing and promotional activities to drive effective use of trade spend

Additional Primary Responsibilities

• Identify and implement process improvements in area of responsibility, focus on simplicity, accountability and bringing value to the business
• Develop and/or update process manuals / documentation
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver timely results to a high standard
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Two years of financial planning and analysis experience in a corporate environment
• Knowledge of finance and accounting practices, financial analysis, and reporting; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite and software applications related to job function, Intermediate to Advanced Excel/ Visual Basic Analysis (VBA) required
• Technical knowledge of finance methodologies and reporting/business intelligence tools
• Experience in a consumer goods organization involving multiple SKU's
• Excellent interpersonal, customer service, analytical/problem solving, problem management, presentation development, and presentation delivery skills
• Strong planning, organizational, and multi-tasking skills to manage competing priorities
• Strong communication skills – written, verbal, persuasion, motivation, facilitation of strong working relationships
• Attention to detail with a strong desire to deliver value-added support, strong follow-up skills, independent decision-maker

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or mobile device
• Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 56lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.