As a Senior Accounting Financial Analyst, you will prepare, coordinate, and document forward-looking financial projects, including forecasts and reports, while providing analytical support to drive strategic decision-making. You will also manage the calculation and documentation of variable pay programs, such as sales commissions, by extracting and organizing data from various systems. This role combines financial analysis and compensation processing to ensure accurate reporting and impactful business insights.
Responsibilities:
- Gather and prepare data from multiple sources to support a complex and dynamic variable pay program for the assigned BU, while also assisting in developing a strategic plan to optimize and enhance program effectiveness.
- Respond to complex inquiries from Finance, sales leaders, or managers regarding the data used to calculate commissions, assessing whether the calculations align with the intent of the plan. Adjust information if discrepancies are identified to ensure sales compensation is accurate and effectively track results.
- Interact with sales managers and sales employees to help them understand the reports they are receiving and regarding transactions and variable pay programs.
- Develop and manage profitability analysis across multiple lines of business.
- Enhance and maintain standardized approaches in analyzing, evaluating, and obtaining approvals for financial support of RFP’s, bids, and proposed contracts.
- Evaluate actual performance on contracts vs. proposed.
- Coordinate across functions and business units to obtain information and garner input on key assumptions and variables.
- Support development of unit’s annual budget, and tracks and analyzes variances throughout year.
- Monitor progress toward objectives.
- Identify issues and suggests courses of action, makes recommendations for improving operations, and resource allocation.
- Perform additional strategic analytical functions.
- Conduct detail end of period review of financials to ensure proper reporting.
- Monitor sales and margins to ensure appropriate billing margin is earned.
- May provide direction and support to more junior analysts.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors’ Degree - Accounting, Finance, or business related required
- 3 years required of financial analysis experience; including discounted cash flow
- 1 year required of data query extraction and analytics experience
- 1 year required of profit and loss and balance sheet forecasting and management experience
- Experience in managing and analyzing variable compensation programs, including data preparation, validation, and calculation of commissions
- Strong mathematical skills with the ability to analyze numerical data, perform complex calculations, and ensure accuracy in variable compensation structures
- Strong communication and presentation skills with ability to translate complex analytical data into easily understandable format
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite – High proficiency in Excel
- Strong teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
- Managing and organizing large amounts of data
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects and deadlines
- Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections
- Report writing utilizing Hyperion and Oracle
- Short and long-term budgeting and forecasting, rolling budgets, and product-line profitability analysis is preferred
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About UsThis amount is what we reasonably believe we will pay for the position; however, offer amounts may vary based on factors such as geographic location, relevant education, experience, qualifications, skills, shift, or any collective bargaining agreements.In addition, Wesco offers a benefits program for eligible employees, which may include paid time off, medical, dental, and vision coverage, and retirement savings plans. Additional details about benefits are available here.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related business field
- Three years of financial analysis experience, including discounted cash flow
- One year of data query extraction and analytics experience
- One year of profit and loss and balance sheet forecasting and management experience
- Experience managing and analyzing variable compensation programs, including data preparation, validation, and commission calculations
- Strong mathematical skills and ability to perform complex calculations accurately
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including high proficiency in Excel
- Strong teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage and organize large amounts of data
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and deadlines
- Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections
- Report writing experience utilizing Hyperion and Oracle
- Experience with short- and long-term budgeting, forecasting, rolling budgets, and product-line profitability analysis
WESCO International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the 401(k) with company match is a relative strong point and is consistently part of the package. Retirement offerings are frequently cited as a solid element within the total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests PTO policies are favorable, including self‑managed or generous banks in some roles along with paid holidays. Paid parental leave and related time‑off options add to the perceived strength of leave benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Feedback suggests employees have meaningful choice through medical plan options with HSA/FSA alongside ancillary programs like EAP, discounts, and supplemental coverages. The breadth of selectable add‑ons supports tailoring benefits to individual needs.
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At Wesco, we believe life should run smoothly. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on. Harnessing 100 years of ingenuity and expertise, we increase profitability, improve productivity and mitigate risk for approximately 150,000 customers worldwide. With nearly 1.5 million products and locations in more than 50 countries, Wesco is your partner in progress. Our company’s greatest asset is our people. From our corporate and field offices to our distribution sites, Wesco employs over 20,000 professionals around the globe. We’re committed to fostering diversity and inclusion across our workforce by embracing the unique perspectives, authenticity, and individuality our team members contribute to the company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wesco is a publicly traded (NYSE: WCC) FORTUNE 500® company with 2022 net sales of $21.4 billion.






