Financial Analyst

Crayola has inspired children to express their creativity since 1903. Crayolians take pride in fulfilling our mission of helping parents and educators raise creatively alive children around the world. Join our team and be part of an iconic brand that develops quality art products and experiences that are loved by families and preferred by teachers. Our company culture is mission focused, and encourages fun, collaboration, transparency, and helping others. Crayola believes our workforce benefits from a broad spectrum of diverse ideas and perspectives which enables us to understand our consumers better. Financial Analyst, Hybrid, Easton, PA GENERAL SUMMARY: Serves as a finance business partner to Sales, Marketing, Finance and various business partners by providing analysis, reporting, and insights on profitability, spending, and financial performance for an assigned area of the business, such as customers and channels or plants, product lines, and cost centers. The role supports planning, forecasting, and month-end reporting while identifying opportunities to improve margin, control cost, optimize spending effectiveness, and support achievement of sales and profit objectives. This description applies to Financial Analysts. The Senior Financial Analyst performs all Analyst responsibilities at a fully independent level and assumes the additional scope described below. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: Own financial support for an assigned area of the business, including related P&L, cost, margin, and spending activity. Prepare variance analyses and management reports; explain key drivers and recommend actions on risks and opportunities. Analyze customers, channels, products, programs, or operations, focusing on revenue, cost, margin, mix, spending effectiveness, and return on investment. Partner with Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, and other functions to evaluate pricing, promotions, cost changes, sourcing, assortment changes, and business proposals. Maintain financial controls and data integrity through reconciliations, issue resolution, policy compliance, close support, and audit support. Improve financial models, reports, dashboards, and processes to increase accuracy, visibility, and efficiency. Communicate results and recommendations to Finance, business partners, leadership, and external partners as needed. Support scenario modeling, strategic initiatives, and ad hoc analysis. Gross-to-net sales, trade investment, markdowns, and returns for assigned customers. Trade fund trackers, vendor agreements, and customer program performance. Customer deduction review and resolution using SAP, contracts, and supporting documents. Pricing, promotion, assortment, customer profitability, and spending-effectiveness analysis. JOB SPECIFICATIONS: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business, or a related field. Two or more years of experience in financial analysis, accounting, commercial finance, or customer finance; consumer packaged goods or manufacturing experience preferred. Strong financial acumen, including P&L analysis, revenue, cost and margin drivers, controls, and period-end close. Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, including trend analysis, root-cause identification, scenario modeling, and action-oriented recommendations. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis; reporting or business intelligence experience preferred. Experience with SAP or similar financial systems preferred. Clear written and verbal communication, sound judgment, strong organization, and the ability to influence stakeholders and manage competing priorities independently. Commitment to accuracy, accountability, continuous improvement, and cross-functional partnership. PHYSICAL CONDITIONS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, and hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk; use hands and fingers to operate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. DISCLAIMER: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. We recognize that candidates may use AI tools to assist with formatting, proofreading, and organizing application materials. However, all materials submitted must accurately reflect your qualifications and experience. Candidates are expected to generate their own substantive responses to application questions/prompts, interview questions, and other assessments without the use of generative AI tools or other external assistance unless they have received permission from the company. WHY CRAYOLA? Kid Inspired Culture Free Admission to Crayola Experience for Employees Community Volunteerism Opportunities Annual Bonus Potential for all Full-Time Employees Company Matched 401k & Employee Value Sharing Plan Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits for Eligible Employees Education Assistance Program Wellness Programs Employee Resource Groups Generous Product Discounts Onsite & Online Company Sponsored Employee Events Discounts on a wide variety of products and services – automotive, electronics, fitness, travel and entertainment Green is our favorite color! Crayola cares about the environment and responsibly makes the products you love. Learn more about Crayola’s creative solutions for greener tomorrows: https://www.crayola.com/about-us/sustainability Crayola is committed to providing competitive market compensation. Our pay ranges are established using reliable market data and consider factors such as job responsibilities, industry benchmarks, and geographic location. Individual starting pay is determined by a candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications. This role is eligible to participate in an annual incentive plan as per plan guidelines. For a full list of Crayola benefits, please visit https://www.crayola.com/company/employee-benefits . No phone calls please. Search Firm Representatives - Please Read Carefully: Crayola LLC is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Crayola LLC via e-mail, the Internet, or directly to hiring managers at Crayola LLC in any form without valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Crayola LLC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Crayola LLC as a result of the referral or through other means. Search firms are essential to the recruitment and staffing efforts at Crayola LLC, and we value the partnerships we have built with our vendors. For this reason, Crayola LLC has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written search agreement signed by Human Resources at Crayola LLC in place for the specific position in order for a fee to be paid for any candidate referrals.