Analyst, Brand Finance

Full Time
Boston, MA, USA
1 week ago

This role reports into our Boston office Monday-Thursday (remote flexibility on Friday).

With Wayfair’s aggressive growth comes the need for strong financial partnership, planning, and support across the business. The Brand Finance team works closely with brand General Managers and cross-functional stakeholders (Marketing, Profit Management, Operations) across all of Wayfair’s brands and sub-entities to translate business initiatives and strategies into expected financial outcomes, plan for future growth and profitability goals, and act as a check and balance for business partner initiatives. In addition to forecasting revenue, Brand Finance leads brand-level P&L creation & analyses , investment modeling, scenario planning, and profitability planning across Wayfair’s businesses.

The Brand Finance team consists of analytical and detail-oriented individuals who enable leadership to make strategic business decisions by providing analysis of business performance and delivering in-depth business forecasting models. We enjoy tackling challenging problems and translating quantitative analyses into business insights and actionable strategies. This is a highly visible role within Wayfair and ideal for someone who wants to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and data-driven environment. 

What you’ll do:

  • Drive Brand Finance forecasting workstreams for some of Wayfair’s highest growth websites and brands both domestically and internationally.
  • Initiate and complete ad hoc analytical requests and special projects.
  • Know the numbers behind the business inside and out, serve as the subject matter expert for all internal stakeholders.
  • Drive thought leadership; supported by data-driven insights, you’ll help leadership inform strategic, financial, and operational decision-making across the company. Your scope will span long-term business strategy and planning to short term orders forecasts.
  • Strengthen existing relationships with cross-functional partners across Operations, Marketing, and Profit Management, serving as the subject matter expert on Revenue and Ad Spend for your brands.

Who you are:

  • Bachelor’s Degree and a record of academic excellence
  • 1-3 years of experience in a combination of investment banking, equity research, investing (PE, VC, hedge fund), financial services, management consulting, or experience at a high-growth tech company in Strategic Finance, FP&A, Business Intelligence or similar role.
  • Experience in building and adapting financial models.
  • Proven ability to collaborate successfully with cross-functional teams; a track-record of being highly sensitive and responsive to stakeholder needs and concerns.
  • Project manager; self-driven motivation with a high degree of organization and efficiency with demonstrated attention to detail.
  • Effective communicator with experience leading senior level communications.
  • Strong Excel skills; proficient with SQL / GBQ (or desire to learn).

 

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