Financial Analyst, Kensington

At Kensington , we pride ourselves on an entrepreneurial culture that empowers us to think creatively, share our thoughts, collaborate, and voice our opinions. It’s how we’ve innovated, inspired, led, learned, and succeeded for 40 years. Headquartered in Burlingame, California, Kensington is a division of ACCO Brands (NYSE: ACCO), one of the world’s largest designers, marketers, and manufacturers of branded academic, consumer and business products, sold in more than 100 countries across the globe.

Job Summary

Kensington is seeking a Financial Analyst to join our team!

Responsibilities

Collaborate closely with sales and marketing departments to assist in the development of annual sales budget/quarterly forecast, including development of sales programs/promotional strategies and quarterly sales incentive targets by rep with sales leadersPrepare monthly sales performance reporting and analysis across product categories, channels, and verticalsPerform product category analysis through pricing, cost, and standard marginOrganize sales account ownership data to support sales employees’ productivityManage POS reporting systemManage third party sales agency reporting and paymentSupport marketing team in processing third-party POs (track and report)Sales and Marketing OpEx planning, budgeting, management, and monthly reportingSupport month end close from performing necessary JE, analyzing monthly financial results, providing insights on sales, price, volume, margin, and variance driversOffer financial expertise to support organizational goalsDevelop processes and/or improve existing processes, with desire to influence change across our team

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Analytics, Finance, Accounting, or equivalent required3-5 years’ related experienceExperience in Sales, Distribution, and/or Marketing preferred SAP ERP experienceProficient in Microsoft Office products, Advanced spreadsheetDetail oriented, experienced at financial modelingAptitude for analyzing data to identify trends and root cause driversStrong analytical, financial, and business mindsetExcellent organizational, written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal skillsSelf-starting attitude and able to work with minimal direction to achieve resultsStrong teamwork skillsMust be comfortable and/or willing to learn how to present insights to executive management teamsAbility to work a hybrid schedule, working from the local office 2 days per week

About Us

You know our brands. You love our brands. You just may not know they are ours.

If you have touched a PowerA® gaming controller, a Five Star® notebook, a Swingline® stapler, a Quartet® dry erase board, or a Kensington® computer mouse, you have touched part of ACCO Brands Corporation. With annual revenues of over $2 Billion, ACCO Brands (NYSE: ACCO) designs, markets, manufactures and sells branded academic, consumer and business products globally. The power of our brands, our unmatched global customer reach, and our strategic market strengths put us in a position to achieve global leadership and growth. We're proud of our long history of industry leadership and innovation and are focused on delivering exceptional value to our customers by providing unique, cutting-edge, branded products.

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More information about ACCO Brands, the Home of Great Brands Built by Great People, can be found at www.accobrands.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At ACCO Brands, we are committed to providing an environment of fairness and mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and team members without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, physical and mental disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. ACCO Brands believes that a diverse and inclusive work environment is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

AODA

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities will be provided in all parts of the recruiting process as required under the ACCO Brands Canada AODA policy. Applicants are asked to make their needs known in advance.