Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst

ABOUT ALBERT USTER IMPORTS

Albert Uster Imports, Inc. (“AUI”) is a privately held gourmet food company headquartered in the Washington, DC area (Gaithersburg, MD) with warehouse locations in Kansas City, Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Gurnee and Gaithersburg. AUI falls under the Vestar Capital Partners portfolio with affiliate organization, Roland Foods, LLC.

Founded in 1968, the company offers over 1,400 products from around the world. We serve leading hotels, restaurants, casinos, cruise lines, airlines, and manufacturers with innovative, high quality products and solutions to their most demanding culinary challenges. We operate a network of distribution centers across the U.S. and serve select international markets as well. AUI has a national direct selling organization of over 60 sales professionals and a staff of culinary experts (chefs and food scientists) adept at custom product solutions.

The Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis will report to the Manager of FP&A, and partner with ops department leaders as well as finance and accounting peers across the organization. In this crucial role, you will collaborate closely with the Manager of FP&A to empower the AUI leadership team with invaluable financial and operational insights. Your contributions will be instrumental in driving strategic decision-making and highlighting areas of focus for the logistics and supply chain teams.

Responsibilities will include monthly P&L reporting, delivering insightful commentary on variances, and supporting the operations teams through dashboard/report building and ad-hoc analysis. By fostering collaborative relationships with cross-functional business leaders, you'll ensure alignment between financial strategies and operational dynamics, driving impactful evolution across the organization.

As a response to the pandemic, Albert Uster Imports office employees have transitioned to a hybrid working schedule, requiring employees to report in-person Monday through Wednesday, with the option to telework on Thursday and Friday each week. Due to the collaborative, cross-functional nature of the organization, employees at the Gaithersburg office are required to work in-person for the above mentioned days, outside of any People & Culture-approved disability accommodation request.

• Month End Reporting:
  Own the month end close reporting process through partnership with accounting team in understanding key variances vs budget, forecast and prior year and developing internal and external month end reports and presentations
• Financial Analysis and Management Reporting:
  Assist with preparation of high-quality financial reports, presentations, and dashboards for Executive Leadership team, delivered in a timely manner with meaningful analysis, to enable discussion on key financial matters.
• Special Projects / Ad-hoc Support / Analysis:
  Distill abstract business questions into clearly defined, data-backed analysis with action-oriented responses. Be a problem-solver in all areas, constantly focusing on process improvement, operational refinement, and financial excellence. Identify and drive process improvements, including the creation of standard and ad-hoc reports with focus on supporting the ops teams.
• Ops Reporting:
  Provide logistics and supply chain teams with reporting and resources to drive expense reduction and optimization by helping to identify areas of focus and drivers for unexpected variances. Assist in structuring data to obtain quality insights and analytics, measure KPIs, and position the ops teams for optimal results.

• 1-3 years of experience in FP&A, Accounting and/or Corporate Finance
• Strong knowledge of Excel and Power Point
• Critical thinker and self-starter who embraces change and can lead innovation in financial reporting and modeling
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong communicator and great teammate

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Experience with business intelligence tools preferred (e.g. SQL PowerBI)
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work well under tight deadlines
  
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