Business Systems Analyst, Fp&A

About e.l.f.

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, pioneering clean beauty brand Well People and Keys Soulcare, a groundbreaking lifestyle beauty brand created with Alicia Keys. We have annual revenues of ~$500 million and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 16 consecutive quarters of net sales growth as we have grown to #4 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last three fiscal years), equity given to every full-time employee as a part of their new hire package, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.

About the role

We are currently looking for an analytical, collaborative and organized Business Systems Analyst, FP&A to join our dynamic, high-growth beauty company. This position is based in our Oakland corporate headquarters which is currently open in a hybrid model and reports to the Director, FP&A.

The FP&A Business Systems Analyst will use analytic and problem-solving skills to maximize business systems productivity, develop business system models and reporting, and make recommendations for system improvements based on business trends and needs. In this role, you will work closely with the FP&A, data, and technology teams to ensure that our Forecasting & Reporting systems robustly support all FP&A needs. You will also be a key contributor in developing and implementing a roadmap for the evolution of Forecasting Reporting and Analysis tools and will be responsible for maintaining forecast process workflows, developing and maintaining forecasting and analysis models, reports, dashboards and to improve our data structure, integrity and availability.

The ideal candidate has 1 to 3 years of hands-on experience with Vena or an equivalent SaaS planning tool (Adaptive, Anaplan, Oracle Cloud), ideally in finance and forecasting. You will need to bring exceptional Excel modeling skills, both in building new models and streamlining existing models along with the ability to perform root cause analyses and propose solutions. We also need someone with a demonstrated success in working cross-functionally, determining priorities and relationship building to translate finance business requirements into working models and the ability to coach other team members and expand their knowledge of how systems can best support business needs. Finally, being a self-starter with strong problem-solving skills is necessary in this role and if you happen to also have a passion for beauty, that is a definite plus!

Detailed Responsibilities and Requirements

Responsibilities

• Use a variety of software tools to analyze system data structures and translate data into efficient reporting and dashboards.
• Manage the day-to-day support for our financial planning models and workflow, including master data management & hierarchies, data ingestion and extraction and version and user management.
• Participate in user training and model documentation to improve expertise and expand the adoption of planning and reporting tools across the organization.
• Work to develop, prioritize and implement our roadmap while optimizing the models for efficiency and user experience.
• Assess current business tools, processes, and business requirements, and make recommendations to enhance our forecasting and reporting processes.

Requirements

• Demonstrated success in working cross-functionally, determining priorities and relationship building to translate finance business requirements into working models.
• Attention to detail, high integrity, self-aware, humble
• Experience with SQL or other data querying languages; data visualization tool experience a plus
• 1-3 years of hands-on experience with Vena development or an equivalent SaaS planning tool (Adaptive, Anaplan, Oracle Cloud), ideally in finance and forecasting.
• The ability to coach other team members and expand their knowledge of how systems can best support business needs.
• 3-6 years of professional working experience
• Experience with NetSuite and/or SAP S/4HANA
• A passion for learning about Financial Planning & Analysis, with a mindset for building consensus while balancing requirements vs. nice to have
• Excellent project management and a process improvement mindset
• The ability to perform root cause analyses and propose solutions.
• A strong working knowledge of financial planning, forecasting, accounting concepts, business intelligence, reporting and analysis processes and tools
• Exceptional Excel modeling skills, both in building new models and streamlining existing models.
• Self-starter who demonstrates high energy and creativity with relentless customer focus
• Experience with data visualization tools (i.e. PowerBI, Tableau or Microstrategy)

This job description is intended to describe the general nature, and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principle functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at supervisors' discretion.