About the position
The Cadillac incentives analyst is responsible for partnering with the retail planning team to develop and seek approval of incentive proposals in support of sales and profitability targets. We seek innovative approaches to structuring customer offers and presenting options/recommendations to SSM Finance leadership. The ideal candidate will possess financial acumen, comfort with ambiguity, strong interpersonal skills, strong leadership skills and the ability to influence and drive results. This Finance position is critical for the business and is a great opportunity to experience a unique Financial assignment. A highly motivated, engaged, organized self starter with strong analytic and technical skills. Demonstrates the ability to exercise a high level of independent judgment, decision-making, accuracy, creativity and initiative. Primary responsibilities include working cross-functionally with Sales & Marketing teams to assist in the development and costing of proposed incentive programs within the allocated monthly budget (including cash allowances, leasing, sub-vented financing, and other miscellaneous programs).
Responsibilities
- Serve as resident subject matter expert for a variety of miscellaneous incentive programs. Develop thorough understanding of programs and monitor costs for report out to program marketing managers
- Work with Pricing Teams to develop estimate of first year incentive spending levels and tactics for use in new product business cases (with consideration of vehicle profitability, key competitors, and other showroom offerings)
- Utilize developed incentive program costs to feed into monthly incentive accruals and calendar year forecast
- Solve problems and develop new methods of analysis to streamline decision making and month end processes
- Provide robust internal and/or external financial analysis, consultation and decision support, ability to translate analysis (80/20 rule)
- Search out and correct inconsistent data / errors; find and fix root cause of inconsistencies / errors; understand the drivers for all the retail incentives detailed files
- Prepare, analyze, and select the best methods of presenting various data on retail incentives (reports, charts, diagrams). Summarize findings in concise and creative ways
- Develop and utilize financial analysis tools to evaluate financial and business risks associated with retail incentives
- Effectively communicate up and down the organization
- Manage risk and exposure within retail incentives
Requirements
- Bachelors with a major in finance, accounting, business, economics or related
- 4+ years of relevant experience in finance or accounting
- High level of analytical ability, problem solving capability, and attention to detail
- Ability to draw conclusions from incomplete or ambiguous data
- Ability to prioritize assignments/projects and multi-task within restricted time constraints (Fast/Responsive)
- Ability to clearly communicate (verbally and in writing) the financial implications of different incentive programs, including communication to key stakeholders and senior leadership
- Strength in interpersonal skills to work effectively on cross-functional teams
- Highly proficient personal computer skills especially Microsoft Excel
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Power BI is a plus
Benefits
- From day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions.
