Senior Financial Analyst

Grainger is a business-to-business distributor of products used to maintain, repair or operate facilities. Millions of businesses and institutions worldwide rely on Grainger for pumps, motors, hand tools, janitorial supplies, fasteners and much more. These customers represent a broad collection of industries including healthcare, manufacturing, government and hospitality.

Provide financial and decision support to the VP of Medium Sales as it relates to financial analysis, expense and capital management for medium contract customers. Focusing on supporting a team responsible for building and deploying the medium sales organization. Providing actionable analysis and metrics to help drive incremental growth with medium customers. Understand the business drivers and impact of decisions in order to provide proactive business counsel. Understand and communicate the drivers of deviations from budget. Consult and influence (check and challenge/apply professional skepticism/pushback) during budgeting process with business partners. Lead goal setting process for medium customer sales team.

* Strong analytical capabilities, ability to work through complex business issues, and provide actionable reporting in order to meet financial and strategic commitments. * Lead the completion of the annual operating plan and short-term and long-term forecasts. Assess risks and opportunities against the business plan. Update the business based on current performance. * Develop standard analysis around the transitioning account performance, sales and profitability by segment. Provide the right metrics to help support the medium sales team. Drive and consult on business decisions based on the results of this analysis. * Lead cross functional project team related to operating issues or improvement opportunities providing financial expertise as needed. * Continually improve analytical techniques, forecast accuracy, and automate, refine and improve reporting reducing data gathering time and provide actionable analysis and commentary. * Customer profitability modeling and analysis * Liaison between medium sales team, coverage, and financial reporting business partners * Perform ad hoc analysis as required

* Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or Supply Chain required. MBA a plus * 3-6 years’ experience in financial roles * Strong competency in relevant financial analysis and modeling. * Broad business knowledge and organizational awareness as well as an understanding of business profitability drivers. * Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to interface effectively with management, specifically Director and VP levels. * Should be comfortable operating within a dynamic and complex organizational structure, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and be effective in a team-oriented environment. * Technologically savvy in order to drive effective means of processing and reporting critical business information. * Strong work ethic and results orientation required for fast paced, customer-focused environment. * Able to work autonomously, with minimal supervision.