Finance Data Analyst

Company Profile

“Enhancing the Lives of Those We Touch by Helping People Reach Their Goals”

Melaleuca has firmly supported this mission statement since our humble beginning in 1985. Everything we accomplish is done with an eye toward promoting the physical, environmental, financial, and personal wellness of those around us. Our focus has always been on wellness. By manufacturing and selling effective, high quality, natural, health oriented products we help people live more vibrant, healthier, and happier lives. When you walk through the doors at Melaleuca, you can feel it immediately. This is The Wellness Company.

We have achieved consistent and profitable growth with our annual revenue hitting over $2 billion dollars. We now have over 3,400 employees and operations in 19 countries around the world. Melaleuca is positioned to grow even more rapidly in upcoming years. To help keep up with this growth we are looking for an outstanding Buyer in our Purchasing department.

Overview

Overview of Finance Data Analyst (SQL) This position plays a vital role in supporting the data, analysis, and reporting needs within our growing finance organization. This person will focus on the identification, creation and maintenance of key metrics, the underlying data elements that create those metrics, and ownership of relevant analytics tools. In addition, this person will be involved in providing accurate and timely data for ad hoc/one-off requests to support and lead data driven decision-making across the organization. This role also plays a part in the recommendation and implementation of profit improvement projects, strategic alignment initiatives, and achievement of sales and income objectives.

Responsibilities

• Work with Finance to create key financial and non-financial metrics to the appropriate reporting platform in an effort to impact the growth, profitability and achievement of strategic objectives as well as better understand, track and improve operational efficiency.• Support all finance data and reporting needs related to ad hoc/management requests.• Partner with Finance team to develop a strategy for reporting best practices; work to streamline our current reporting, eliminate duplication, and explore ways to enhance our reporting capabilities• Be the finance data expert. Own data validation, accuracy and completeness within our reporting tools, understand how changes in the business impact key metrics and actively communicate those impacts to affected parties• Independently analyze proposed projects or initiatives to ascertain if they are financially justified.• Provide analytical and problem solving support for key managers.• Lead out in the identification and implementation of profit improvement projects.• Complete special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Information Systems or Finance related degree• 2-3 years of relevant work experience• Experience in data mining across multiple large data sets with solid understanding of relational database structure• Ability to write and understand SQL using MS SQL; demonstrated knowledge of data visualization tools ( e.g. Power BI)• Strong financial knowledge.• Strong analytical and problem solution skills.• Superior communication skills.• Proficient PC skills including Excel and Word• Effective interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of management.• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously.• Ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities with efficiency and accuracy.

Why Melaleuca

Melaleuca is one of the leading Health and Wellness companies in the world. We manufacture and distribute nutritional, pharmaceutical, personal care, facial care, home hygiene, and other wellness products and distribute them directly to the consumer through a full-service catalog and Internet shopping system. We carefully craft products used every day with the highest standards of safety, health, and wellness in mind.

This revolutionary system is changing the way hundreds of thousands of people shop by eliminating middlemen and reducing marketing and distribution costs. This enables the company to spend more on research and high-quality, ecologically-sensible ingredients, while maintaining reasonable prices.

Great culture—Flexibility is a must in this position; you'll become a part of a fast-paced team dedicated to a feel-good lifestyle brand dedicated to changing lives. Like the rest of Melaleuca, we are proud to be part of a values-driven organization that treats employees with respect. Our employees and their families enjoy company parties and countless discounts around the community. We implement a very real open-door policy, and all employees are on a first name basis—it feels more like a family than a multi-national corporation.

Excellent compensation—in addition to a competitive wage and bonus incentive program, we offer comprehensive benefits for our full-time employees that include all you would expect plus some remarkable surprises, such as a longevity bonus. Right here on-site, we provide childcare, a fitness center, free concierge service, and an employee restaurant.