Senior Financial Analyst – Procurement

Position Summary

Applications will be accepted through 04 October. Please note that submissions may not be reviewed prior to this deadline.

When you work at Daktronics, you’ll be part of something amazing. We design, engineer, manufacture and support bold, eye-catching digital LED display technology and audio systems.

Our products bring excitement to professional, college and high school games. They attract customers for businesses around the world, and even provide direction for people as they travel, work and play.

As part of the Daktronics team, you’ll have interesting, impactful work with flexible opportunities. You can learn and grow at a company that provides competitive compensation and meaningful benefits – and the people are second to none.

The Finance team helps strengthen business performance by providing financial insight, disciplined planning, and cross-functional partnership. This role will work closely with Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Treasury, Accounting, and FP&A leaders to improve profitability, working capital, cash generation, and operational performance.

What will the work look like for me?

We are seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to serve as a finance business partner supporting procurement, working capital, and supply chain performance. This role will create financial visibility into supplier spend, procurement savings, inventory, payment terms, and cash flow; validate that improvement initiatives deliver measurable results; and provide leaders with clear, actionable insights. The ideal candidate combines FP&A discipline, procurement or supply chain finance experience, spend analytics, business partnership, and structured problem solving.

What would I do?

As a Senior Financial Analyst, your work would focus on the following:

• Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Treasury, Accounting, and FP&A leaders to improve margin, cash flow, inventory productivity, working capital, and forecast accuracy.
• Track, validate, and report procurement savings, supplier rebates, cost-reduction initiatives, payment term improvements, productivity gains, and value realization across direct and indirect spend.
• Analyze supplier spend, category and commodity trends, freight and logistics costs, inventory performance, supplier concentration, payment practices, and other working capital drivers to identify risks and opportunities.
• Use spend analytics to prioritize cost-reduction opportunities by supplier, category, business unit, product family, region, and purchasing owner.
• Lead financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting for DPO, supplier payment terms, inventory, cash conversion cycle, free cash flow, and other working capital measures.
• Develop financial models, business cases, sensitivity analyses, and scenario plans to support sourcing, supplier negotiations, contract changes, inventory strategies, logistics decisions, and operational improvements.
• Quantify financial impact on gross margin, operating income, EBITDA, the balance sheet, and cash flow; monitor results against approved business cases and commitments.
• Support annual plans, forecasts, long-range plans, and strategic financial planning by incorporating spend baselines, validated savings, timing, ownership, inventory performance, and working capital initiatives.
• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards, KPI scorecards, supplier reporting, and executive-ready summaries that clearly explain savings, margin, inventory, working capital, cash flow, and forecast-to-actual results.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leaders, challenge assumptions, identify root causes, influence decisions, and support corrective actions.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting, simplify processes, strengthen controls, and…