Senior Financial Analyst, Marketing

Description At Bath & Body Works, we believe everybody deserves to feel good. When you join us, you're part of more than an iconic fragrance and personal care brand — you become part of Gingham Nation, where people are at the center of everything we do. We believe great associate experiences create great consumer experiences. When our associates feel supported, inspired and empowered, consumers feel it. Whether you're starting your career or building your next chapter, we invest in your growth so you can learn, lead and help create feel good moments every day. The Sr Financial Analyst (SFA) is responsible for analyzing financial performance, establishing budgetary goals, and developing recommendations on expense and cost saving opportunities. This role will partner cross functionally, working closely with creative teams, enterprise insights, social/influencer team and other working media teams. They will also provide executive leaders with budget and expense projections and analyses. This position reports to the manager of Finance. Responsibilities • Perform business, financial, and operations analysis to support senior management decision-making. • Partner with cross-functional finance teams, communicate accurate financial projections and provide the vital level of detail to explain variance analysis. • Develop new processes to analyze and project expenses for dynamic marketing environment and new contracts • Perform ad-hoc financial analysis to facilitate strategic and tactical decision making across various departments. • Complete monthly reporting process and raise any known forecast risk and ops to cross functional partners. • Works with operating partners to manage in-season expense spending to ensure compliance with budgeted targets. • Adhere to deadlines within the internal projections cadence (end of month process, mid-month Risk/Opportunity updates). • Analyze trends and other business initiatives. • Find opportunities for continuous improvement in functional work, reporting and standard operating procedures. • Interface with CFO and other senior management.

Qualifications • Must be a problem solver and be able to function in a high volume, dynamic environment that serves many high-profile internal partners. • Mine for areas of opportunity to streamline processes to enable continued productivity increases. • Manage multiple work streams concurrently while effectively prioritizing them. • Comfortably present business results, analysis, and recommendations to cross-functional partners and senior leaders. • Proven ability to think analytically and creatively while maintaining financial controls. • Ability to communicate in an effective and concise manner with leaders to influence business decisions through fact-based analyses. • Excellent oral and written presentation skills. • Strong organizational skills with the ability to lead multiple, competing priorities. • Highly motivated and demonstrates independent initiative in performance against objectives. • Exhibits leadership proficiencies and professional maturity in dealing with peers, partners, and senior leaders. • Ability to distill, articulate and model complex business questions/matters. • Conducts all work in a confidential, ethical, and professional manner. • Ability and willingness to take on additional responsibilities as needed. • At least 2 years of financial work experience Education • Bachelor’s degree in Business Finance or Accounting Core Competencies Drives Results Action Oriented Collaborates Decision Making Nimble Learning Benefits Feeling good starts with you. We invest in benefits that support your well-being, growth and future, helping you thrive as a creator of feel good — every day. Benefits for eligible associates include: Robust medical, dental, vision and pharmacy coverage. Plus, access to our onsite wellness center and pharmacy located at the Columbus, OH home office.