Senior Analyst Finance

Company Overview

Looking for a career where you can make a difference? At Mary Kay we are committed to enriching the lives of women and their families around the world, we offer careers with unlimited opportunities to do something beautiful every day. More than 5,000 employees work in locations around the world. They provide the products, marketing and other support to millions of Independent Beauty Consultants (IBCs) who work as independent contractors, selling our products directly to consumers in nearly 40 markets on five continents.

We are a company that believes in our people and cares for them with truly exceptional benefits. We offer:

• A comprehensive health plan which includes medical, dental, and vision with low premiums
• 401(k) plan
• A generous profit-sharing program

• Free access to on-site fitness center and on-site clinic

Team US

“Team US” is what we fondly call employees whose work directly supports the Independent Beauty Consultants in our legacy Mary Kay Market.  The U.S. market is where Mary Kay Ash’s dream became a reality. As a member of Team US, you will find opportunities to directly support the sales force in Sales, Marketing, IT, Finance and HR.  Our teams create the magic for the beauty consultants – from spectacular events and world-class education and motivation to packing and distributing our wonderful Mary Kay® products – the possibilities for a meaningful career are endless.

Job Summary

With minimal supervision, incumbent maintains data, analyzes and reports complex trends, prepares analyses, and implements computer systems to gather data. Utilizes technical expertise, judgment and experience to determine relevance of findings and recommends program changes. Has appreciable latitude for determining appropriate actions or proposing solutions and confers with manager only on unusual matters.

• Maintains data to provide U.S. Distribution, Marketing, and/or Sales divisions with pertinent impact analysis of economic and Company factors affecting ongoing and proposed programs. Analyzes output by evaluating trends, historical relationships and other factors that may have caused variances. Keeps abreast of Company programs and events such as the car program, the sales force compensation program, contests, promotions, product launches, etc., in order to perform effective analyses. Prepares recommendations to be presented to Distribution, Marketing, Sales, and/or Finance management.

• Proactively coordinates the timing of and preparation of detail and summary reports for annual budgets and periodic estimate updates for all income and expense categories in the Distribution, Marketing, and/or Sales divisions. This process involves communicating with designated planners in each reporting area in order to coordinate assumptions and completion deadlines as well as providing assistance to planners in the mechanics of using the Hyperion planning system. Summarizes results for each division and communicates those results to leadership teams. Uses knowledge of departmental activities to understand and write variance explanations for significant variances.     

• Supports the department’s management team by leading special projects that involve gathering and analyzing data from various databases and formatting in either graph or text form as required for presentation purposes. Maintains continuing knowledge of various data available (sales force, financial and product), Company programs, and graphic packages.

• Analyzes ongoing income statement activity for Distribution, Marketing, and/or Sales divisions and prepares monthly written variance explanations for Sales, Variable, Semi-Variable and Fixed SG&A financial reports. Uses knowledge of planned projects and activities for each department to monitor key expense trends and thereby anticipate variance explanations.              

• Uses data mining software to gather historical data from the Company’s data warehouse for use in analyzing sales and marketing programs. Independently prepares and presents recommendations to management, effectively serving as a consultant by proactively identifying opportunities for savings and program improvements. Uses judgment and discretion to effectively communicate ideas as the inability to do so can cause significant financial loss to Mary Kay. Uses presentation software (Tableau) to maximize effectiveness of visualizations for presentation purposes to ensure audience understanding.            

• This job requires on-site work at a Mary Kay facility Monday - Thursday.