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The Business Analyst reviews, analyzes, develops and evaluates transactional business processes and metrics associated with the Finance Support Team and its members' work; gathers relevant data sources, performs root cause analyses of productivity and quality issues and process breakdowns to formulate business process improvements; documents existing business processes and performs gap analyses to develop best practices to meet business needs; develops systems and processes to track key performance indicators for individuals, teams and the department; and develops and publishes reports of department KPIs and SLAs to stakeholders.

This position has been segmented as Remote Anywhere meaning the work is completed 100% remote anywhere in the U.S. except Hawaii or United States Territories.

Responsibilities:

• Provides technical assistance to FST Supervisors, Accounting Clerks and Staff Accountants (FST Team).
• Provides support to the FST Team and Area Finance personnel in the form of relevant ad hoc analyses.
• Where errors occur in excess of standards, summarize root cause of issues and recommend business process improvements to address. Will perform and/or provide analysis to Area Finance to enable preventive measures.
• Performs analyses of requests to shared email boxes to determine root cause of issues and recommend business process improvements to address.
• Reviews and analyzes audit log details for productivity and accuracy; performs analysis to determine root cause of issues and recommend business processes to address.
• Works with department trainers and supervisors to document best practices and standard operating procedures for the department.
• Works with VSC, Area Finance and Area Leadership to develop joint best practices to minimize the number of VSC remedy cases and customer credits/debits.
• Develops, analyzes and reviews key performance indicators at the individual, team and department levels.
• Develops actionable analytics and measures the effect of efforts to improve and correct issues.

Education/Training:

• Business-related Associate Degree or higher required. Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Purchasing or other analytically oriented major preferred.
• Six Sigma, LEAN, Agile experience preferred.

Related Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in financial or business analytics with a solid understanding of foodservice/distribution operational and financial transactions.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in continuous improvement and project management preferred.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• High level proficiency with Microsoft Office; (Excel, Word, Outlook) understands formulas and utilizes VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, macros and other advanced functionality; uses Outlook and Teams and schedules meetings, manages calendar.
• Ability to work with a large volume of data through tools such as Snowflake (SQL), Sigma, Oracle (Discoverer/Merlin), MS Excel.
• Ability to be self-taught using training materials available through LinkedIn Learning and the internet when new technology becomes available or changes in technology occur.
• Ability to observe, document and make recommendations on process improvements and execute on recommendations.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic, team-oriented environment and interact with a variety of associates (all levels), external customers (limited), and vendor community in a supportive and positive manner.
• Strong attention to detail and flexibility; follow through on commitments and to work within an environment of changing priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Solid relationship building skills for interpersonal communication with internal and external customers and vendors.
• Motivated self-starter that demonstrates positive attitude and business maturity.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to respond professionally to internal and external phone calls and correspondence.
• Strong algebraic and problem solving capabilities.
• Ability to work independently and in a collaborative manner; demonstrate business maturity in conduct of daily activities; serve as a role model for FST Team.
• Ability to learn new systems and processes with basic training, such as the tools available in MS O365 (Power Apps, Macros).
• Ability to prioritize workload, meet critical deadlines and work calmly under pressure.
• Ability to work overtime, as needed, to support business requirements.

Universal Pay Verbiage:

Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law. The expected base rate for this role is between $55,000 and $90,000.

This role will also receive an annual incentive plan bonus.

Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.

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