Boston Print Buyers Job Posting

Marketing Services Analyst

Orchard Brands, Beverly, MA

Reports To: : VP of Marketing Services
Position located in Beverly, MA

Position Summary:
Responsible to contribute to the accuracy, timeliness, and efficiency of the marketing services team by performing a variety of tasks to support the flow of financial information, the production of financial reports and various analysis across all companies, following established policies and procedures.

Tracking of marketing services costs (print, paper, postage, etc.) across all businesses.
Work closely with marketing services coordinators and entire team to provide cost impacts of marketing changes, and to identify cost spending trends.
Update forecasts as appropriate across all companies.
Develop new processes, including reporting tools for tracking marketing services costs by project with supporting detail on a year to date and forecast basis.
Serve as the key financial analyst in support of the budgeting and forecasting for group-wide marketing services costs and consolidation and integration expense.
Ongoing marketing services expense analysis and analytical support.
Consolidation & integration expense forecasting, budgeting and actual reporting.
Assist business units and key project managers in evaluating ROI's on proposed marketing services expenditures.
Preparation of various analytical reports
Design and generate financial and analytical reports.
Prepare monthly forecasts and help analyze variances.
Provide analytical support to all areas of the department.
Assist in developing new analytical tools to measure department profitability.
Analyze and present recommendations on various special projects.
Preparation of various presentations utilizing financial data for executive meetings, business unit meetings, etc.
Serve as key financial & analytical liaison for any Orchard Brands Marketing Services related due diligence responsibility (mergers and acquisition activity, pro forma modeling, cost savings development and tracking).
Develop templates and gather data to provide analysis and support for tracking of key benchmarks across the group of businesses.
Work with business unit personnel on operating assumptions and prepare supporting schedules validating these assumptions

Essential Requirements:

Bachelors degree in accounting or finance; MBA preferred.
Minimum of 5 - 7 years of business experience, preferably in the planning and analysis field.
Strong understanding of financial statements and overall budgeting.
Proven efficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint).
Strong working knowledge of balance sheets and cash flow statements.
Exposure to multi-brand, multi-unit corporate finance.
Ability to communicate clearly and work positively with others to reach a common goal.
Demonstrated ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize workloads with a high degree of accuracy and minimal supervision in a fast paced environment.
Ability to interpret data and provide relevant conclusions and recommendations.
Excellent organizational skills.
Experience in a direct marketer and retail environment a plus.
Experience with marketing services (printing, paper, postage) a plus.
Self-starter with a take charge attitude.

Orchard Brands offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience and an excellent benefits package including Health/Dental insurance, Life, Long Term and short Term disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401K match, EAP, and employee discount.

How to Apply:

For consideration, please submit your resume, along with a cover letter and salary requirements to , fax to 800-673-8401.

Orchard Brands is an equal opportunity employer.