Finance Analyst, FP&A

Position Summary:

The FP&A Analyst is an integral member of the Financial Planning & Analysis team and serves as a business partner to Finance teams across the organization. Reporting to the Senior Director of FP&A, this role supports financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and performance analysis across Conair's global business units.

The FP&A Analyst is responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and meaningful financial reporting and analysis that helps business leaders understand performance and make informed decisions. The role partners cross-functionally with Divisional Finance, Accounting, IT, and other business teams to analyze financial results, identify key performance drivers, risks, and opportunities, and improve financial visibility.

This role is well suited for an analytical, curious, and hands-on finance professional who enjoys working with data, solving problems, improving processes, and leveraging technology to enhance reporting and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Support the annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes, ensuring assumptions and projections are accurate and current.
• Analyze actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods, identifying key variances and underlying business drivers.
• Partner with Divisional Finance teams to understand monthly performance and identify risks and opportunities.
• Support KPI tracking and financial analysis to inform business decisions.
• Assist with ad hoc financial analysis and projects as business priorities evolve.

Reporting & Performance Management

• Support the monthly reporting and performance management cycle.
• Consolidate financial results, forecasts, and key business metrics across business units.
• Prepare accurate and timely management reporting using Workday Adaptive Planning and other financial systems.
• Assist in preparing financial materials and analysis for monthly operating reviews, leadership discussions, and quarterly Board meetings.
• Gather, consolidate, and analyze financial and operational data from multiple sources.
• Investigate discrepancies and inconsistencies to ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial reporting.

Business & Commercial Analysis

• Analyze revenue, costs, margins, profitability, and other key financial and operational metrics.
• Identify trends, risks, opportunities, and performance drivers across products, customers, categories, and business units.
• Translate financial and operational data into clear, actionable insights for Finance and business stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Finance and cross-functional partners to support business performance and critical decision-making.

Systems, Automation & Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to simplify financial processes, eliminate non-value-added work, and reduce manual reporting.
• Support the standardization and continuous improvement of financial reporting, data, and ways of working.
• Leverage technology, including advanced analytics, data visualization, process automation, and planning tools, to improve financial insights and reporting efficiency.
• Support the integration and connection of Excel-based reporting with Workday Adaptive Planning, including OfficeConnect.
• Assist with enhancements to financial models, planning tools, and reporting capabilities.
• Follow established internal controls, financial policies, and company procedures.
• Support additional projects and initiatives as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 1-2 years of corporate finance experience, preferably within FP&A, financial analysis, commercial finance, or a similar analytical role.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, financial statements, variance analysis, and management reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to work with large datasets, financial models, and complex reporting.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to identify trends, investigate issues, and translate data into meaningful insights.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and levels of the organization.
• Proactive, curious, and solutions-oriented, with the ability to take ownership of deliverables.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment and manage multiple priorities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning/Adaptive Insights, including model building and OfficeConnect.
• Experience with SAP, Power BI, or other financial planning, reporting, or data visualization tools.
• Experience supporting or implementing an enterprise planning system.
• Experience with process automation, advanced analytics, or data visualization.
• Experience within consumer products, CPG, retail, or manufacturing.

Compensation:

Conair has established a good faith salary range for this position. The salary range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation for the role at the time of posting and is based on a variety of factors including business needs, market conditions, candidate qualifications, experience, skills, and internal equity. The anticipated base salary range for this position is $65,000 to $91,000 annually.

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible to participate in Conair's annual bonus program. Conair also offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage; short- and long-term disability insurance; paid parental leave; paid time off; 11 paid holidays; two paid volunteer days; employee product discounts; and a 401(k) plan with employer contributions. Eligibility for certain benefits may vary based on employment status and plan terms.

Environmental Factors:  

This role is performed in a professional office environment and requires prolonged periods of sitting, working on a computer, and using standard office equipment. The position follows Conair's hybrid work model, requiring on-site presence at the Stamford, CT office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.

About Conair: 

Conair is a leading international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded personal care and small kitchen appliances, cookware, hairbrushes & accessories, cosmetic bags, and travel accessories. 

Conair has always been driven by a passion for innovation; it’s part of the Company’s DNA. Trendsetting products have been invented by Conair since its inception in 1959, keeping the Company always a step ahead of the competition. The company's domestic and international divisions offer a diversified mix of consumer and professional products sold in over 120 countries. The Family of Conair brands includes CONAIR, Cuisinart, BabylissPRO, Scünci , TRAVELSMART by CONAIR, and Waring. 

Conair’s passion for innovation gets stronger with each decade, as evidenced by the over 1,000 patents the Company has obtained worldwide. Today, Conair and its brands are names known throughout the world. Conair continues to introduce its brands to new and emerging markets, year after year. By the 1990s, most households in America owned at least one Conair product. Today many have more than one, and the Company’s goal is to ensure that every household in the world eventually owns one of our products. 

Conair creates confidence and connection

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