What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst position at Fortune Brands?
Company Description
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.
When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.
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Job Description
This Financial Analyst role offers the opportunity to drive innovation through advanced analytics and strategic insights. By leveraging cutting-edge data visualization tools and collaborating cross-functionally, you’ll transform complex sales and market data into actionable strategies that fuel growth and optimize performance. Your work will pioneer enhancements in reporting, financial processes, and help empower leadership with dynamic, forward-thinking decision support.
Position location: North Olmsted, OH or Maumee, OH - Hybrid
RESPONSIBLIITIES
What you will be doing:
- Develop an understanding of the market and customer trends to add value to the business unit through thoughtful and well-communicated analysis.
- Analyze sales trends by sales channel, region and customer to provide insights around performance vs. plan and forecast with detailed variance analysis.
- Own the Fiberon Gross-to-Net process, ensuring balance sheet reconciliations align to expected payouts of contractual agreements.
- Manage and continuously improve down-channel reporting received from external customers, ensuring we fully leverage data to provide proactive actionable insights to sales leadership.
- Track new product financials and assist in the StageGate process by working cross-functionally in developing P&L’s.
- Work closely with the Business Intelligence team to continuously improve reporting and analytics for end users.
- Assist Manager in preparing presentations or ad hoc financial analyses for business leaders.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting required.
- 2-5 years of experience working in Accounting, Finance, or related analysis experience.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Strong Analytical skills & financial acumen.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively cross-functionally.
- Ability to multi-task and manage multiple priorities.
- Ability to work effectively in a team and process-based environment, with the ability to look for areas of continuous improvement.
Additional Information
At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility/adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.
Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.
Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN.
Equal Employment Opportunity
FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Reasonable Accommodations
FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.