The Senior Financial Analyst will be responsible for supporting the organization’s financial goals through partnering on financial strategy, detailed reporting, and business analysis. The position will report directly to the Sr. Director of Finance & Strategy. This position will be responsible for driving detailed and comprehensive FP&A strategy that will support the company’s financial goals and objectives.

The ideal candidate is a self-starer that can think creatively and strategically through a financial and analytical lens. The role will be responsible for helping to lead our financial planning, reporting and licensee engagement to ensure we’ve always got our finger on the pulse of the business, providing financial analysis and reporting of the company’s global revenues, streamlining quarterly business reporting, executing business development and financial modeling, maximizing cash management opportunities, forecasting of revenues and expenses, and analyzing licensee business performance and trends.

The Sr. Financial Analyst will work closely with the Licensing and Accounting teams as a conduit between our financial reporting process and business performance tracking with our international partner network.   
Responsibilities

·         Ability to create analytical and tactical revenue forecasts that integrate key business variables, providing a holistic view that aligned with the company’s strategic goals

·         Support the global revenue budgeting process and develop scorecard methods to track KPI’s and budget performance

·         Help develop commercial strategies for various regions in conjunction with the licensing team to achieve revenue targets

·         Create streamlined reporting processes to track and measure financial performance efficiently

·         Ability to compile and synthesize large data sets into concise executive management summaries

·         Ability to think strategically and always strive towards process improvement

·         Create impactful presentations that inform key stakeholders about business trends and detailed performance analysis from a regional and global perspective

·         Partner with our E-Commerce Digital team to develop regular website performance scorecards to share with executive management

·         Review, calculate, analyze, and invoice quarterly Licensee royalty calculations and sales reports

·         Ability to understand various contracts and apply knowledge to reports submitted by Licensees

·         Work with Marketing department to ensure Licensees are complying with advertising spending requirements for promoting the brand per their License agreements

·         Drive quarterly business review (QBR) processes across all partners each quarter

·         Possess knowledge of the overall retail and licensing industry, and how the financial models work

·         Support the gathering, compilation, and reporting out of licensee data on market conditions, competitors, consumer trends, price comparisons and other contributing factors to enhance the brand’s equity and performance

·         Engage with our global partners around the world to better understand their local businesses and help create commercial strategies

·         Create ad-hoc reports as requested

·         Strong ability to prioritize various tasks and honor deadlines as assigned

·         Performs additional responsibilities as requested.
This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all the responsibilities the Senior Financial Analyst may be asked to do.

Qualifications

·         Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, with Finance emphasis

·         Minimum of 5 years performing financial reporting and analysis and budget preparation and tracking

·         Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel

·         Experience with QuickBooks, Microsoft Office (Excel is required), Access, Internet, etc.

·         Excellent interpersonal skills, attention to detail and organizational skills

·         Excellent written/oral skills 

·         Must be comfortable working in a team environment with changing priorities and deadlines

·         Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently with little supervision

·         Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage change, and be flexible.

U.S. Polo Assn. is the official brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), the largest association of polo clubs and polo players in North America, founded in 1890. With a multi-billion-dollar global footprint and worldwide distribution through more than 1,100 U.S. Polo Assn. retail stores as well as thousands of additional points of distribution, U.S. Polo Assn. offers apparel, accessories, and footwear for men, women, and children in more than 190 countries worldwide. Historic deals with ESPN in the United States and Star Sports in India now broadcast several of the premier polo championships in the world, sponsored by U.S. Polo Assn., making the thrilling sport accessible to millions of sports fans globally for the very first time.

U.S. Polo Assn. has consistently been named one of the top global sports licensors in the world alongside the NFL, NBA, and MLB, according to License Global. In addition, the sport-inspired brand is being recognized internationally with awards for global and digital growth. Due to its tremendous success as a global brand, U.S. Polo Assn. has been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Modern Retail, and GQ as well as on Yahoo Finance and Bloomberg, among many other noteworthy media sources around the world.

 For more information, visit uspoloassnglobal.com and follow @uspoloassn.

USPA Global is a subsidiary of the USPA and manages the global, multi-billion-dollar U.S. Polo Assn. brand. Through its subsidiary, Global Polo Entertainment (GPE), USPA Global also manages Global Polo TV, which provides sports and lifestyle content. For more sports content, visit globalpolo.com.