Company Overview
POOLCORP is the leading business-to-business distributor of swimming pool and landscape supplies, equipment, and related outdoor living products. Through our subsidiaries, SCP Distributors LLC, Superior Pool Products LLC, and Horizon Distributors Inc., we operate in more than 445 wholesale Sales Centers worldwide with nearly 6,000 employees serving the needs of customers by offering a wide array of products and value-added support.
Our Covington, LA headquarters provides exceptional support (i.e., IT, HR, Finance, Marketing, Legal, Purchasing, Sourcing, etc.) to each of our Sales Centers. Our extraordinary company culture encompasses a high work ethic, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a community presence all within a family-oriented work atmosphere. At POOLCORP, we strive to employ only the very best.
Why POOLCORP?
Because it’s a place where you can make an impact and grow! At POOLCORP you’ll find a wealth of opportunities that support your individual and long-term career goals. Our stable work environment is further enhanced by our generous compensation and benefits package. Publicly traded since 1995, POOLCORP is a global organization with a long history of continuous success - clearly making it an industry leader – in so many ways!
So, end your job search here – at POOLCORP – Where Outdoor Living Comes to Life!
You want Benefits? You’ve got it! Our generous benefits package includes:
Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug coverage with Flexible Spending Accounts and Wellness Programs
401 (k) with generous company match
13 days of paid time off (PTO) & 8 Paid Holidays (NOTE: PTO increases with tenure!)
100% employer paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
Fully Funded Tuition Education Programs
Bonus Programs that include Employee Recognition and Referrals, Summer Madness, and Annual Performance
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Employee Discounts and much more!
Location: Corporate Support Office - 109 Northpark Blvd., Covington, LA 70433
Summary:
The Senior Financial Analyst delivers high-impact financial analysis to support company performance, focusing on advanced analytics of sales, margin, operating costs, and capital expenditures. This role serves as a key specialist in supply chain datasets—supporting business strategy by extracting insights and optimizing financial incentives on a by-vendor basis. The analyst will also support accounting for vendor rebates and help ensure accurate financial reporting.
Responsibilities:
Analyze large and complex datasets to provide actionable business insights and clear reporting for business leaders, highlighting opportunities to improve financial performance across the supply chain but also areas impacting sales, margin, operating cost, and capex.
Develop, maintain, and enhance reporting and dashboards focused on vendor performance, rebate programs, and related KPIs.
Forecast and evaluate vendor performance using quantitative models and comprehensive metric analysis; provide recommendations to maximize value from vendor arrangements.
Partner with procurement, vendor management, and business operations on strategies to improve vendor relationships and optimize incentives.
Review and provide strategic financial input on draft vendor agreements; ensure final agreements are tracked and monitored for financial performance and compliance.
Support account reconciliation, budgeting, and analysis for select general ledger accounts—especially related to vendor rebates and incentives.
Work with vendors to reconcile reports and payment discrepancies, ensuring proper financial documentation.
Collaborate with the accounting team to ensure rebates and incentives are properly recorded, accrued, and reported in compliance with company policies.
Assist the Senior Manager with ad hoc financial analysis and research projects as needed.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
3–5 years’ professional experience in finance, FP&A, or accounting.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and data analysis; experience with BI tools (e.g., Power BI) strongly preferred.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; experience with large/complex datasets required.
Ability to collaborate effectively across teams and communicate results to senior leadership.
CPA or MBA a plus.
Public accounting experience is a plus, but finance/analytics orientation is most important.
Bilingual, Military, Military Spouses and Veteran applicants are strongly encouraged to apply! We understand the uniqueness of hiring military personnel and veterans and will support him/her in the time of duty or with the transition into new civilian professions.
All offers to external candidates for employment are contingent upon the successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background verifications before employment is finalized.
POOLCORP, including all its subsidiaries, is a drug-free company and Equal Opportunity Employer – By Choice. The Company understands, respects, and values diversity – unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions – while striving to be inclusive of all people. This commitment is critical to our success as a global company as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Hiring and promotional decisions are based solely on the qualifications required for the job to be filled.
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What We Do
With more than 6,000 employees and over 420 locations worldwide, POOLCORP leads the pack as the world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products. With Sales Centers located across North America (US, Canada, and Mexico), Europe (France, UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and Croatia), and Australia, we distribute a broad range of products to roughly 125,000 customers around the world, serving four principal markets: - Remodelers and builders installing new swimming pools and refurbishing existing pools - Independent specialty retail stores selling outdoor living products to consumers - Service companies performing pool and hot tub maintenance and repair - Contractors serving in the irrigation and landscape maintenance markets POOLCORP’s Sales Center networks distribute non-discretionary pool maintenance products such as chemicals and replacement parts and discretionary products such as packaged pool kits, whole goods, irrigation, and landscape products. The product mix also includes a complete line of commercial and residential irrigation products and parts, power equipment for the professional landscape market, specialty products such as outdoor lighting, grills, and outdoor kitchen components, golf irrigation, and water management products. We recognize our responsibility to contribute to the sustainability of our environment. POOLCORP is taking strides towards reducing our carbon footprint, providing product choices that allow our customers to reduce their environmental impact, and implementing health and wellness programs company-wide to improve the lives of our employees. POOLCORP focuses on exceptional value and promoting growth for our customers' businesses, expanding opportunities for our employees, and increasing returns for our shareholders. We strive to locate products at the lowest possible cost while maximizing supply logistics to deliver the best value to our customers
