Finance Manager, NC/ME MDF

Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, N.J., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA) is a leader in mobile technologies, consumer electronics, home appliances and enterprise solutions. From our humble beginnings to our position today as a tech leader, our passion for innovation has been the common thread throughout our history. We’ve grown into one of THE most recognized global brands. We consider ourselves “relentless pioneers” that push boundaries and defy barriers. The company pushes beyond the limits of today’s technology to provide groundbreaking connected experiences across its large portfolio of products and services, including mobile devices, home appliances, home entertainment, 5G networks, and digital displays. As EPA’s ENERGY STAR® Corporate Commitment Partner, SEA is dedicated to making a positive impact on the environment through its eco-conscious products, practices, and operations. People| Excellence | Change | Integrity | Co-Prosperity

NCME Finance Manager will be responsible for the creating and maintaining financial analysis reports/insight for NCME Product Management team and its respective sales channel. Within this role, the incumbent will analyze actual financial data; prepare executive summary reports; create and manage investment tracker on assigned category and sales channels; perform post-mortem analysis on marketing spend; and prepare consolidated NCME monthly financial investment plan submission. The position will be responsible for managing ad hoc projects related to financial analysis for NCME-related stakeholders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Actively engage daily/weekly with category managers, account program owners, channel marketing and retail operations to facilitate the overall NCME MDF planning exercise
• Analyze actual spending data and prepare executive summary reports
• Collaborate with other team leaders to optimize investment spending through periodic reviews
• Create and manage MDF investment funding tracker for respective accounts and product categories using:

• Actual data and implied estimates (sell in, sell out, inventory position, promotional and MDF program spend, contractual obligation spend)
  • Responsible for building a financial ROI model on marketing spending proposal via utilizing data available from various internal and external source
  • Perform post-mortem analysis on promotional spending comparing actual performance and costs to forecasted - Identify and analyze variances; present analysis to NCME category leadership, GTM team, and respective channel sales lead
  • Institute improvements for budget/spend management across the organization, including data housing, communication, and forecast variance management
  • Consolidate financial target revenue and investment forecast plan to update NCME leadership team and disseminate leadership guidance to all relevant stakeholders
  • Own monthly target planning budget forecast process of marketing activities and submit monthly forecast of channel spend in both Excel and internal system
  • Communicates process changes for budget management, guidance from leadership
  • Weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc reporting of the above and other metrics as needed.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of relevant experience
• Must have financial acumen and be highly analytical with strong attention to detail
• Must have experience with SAP, Microsoft Standard Office Suite, and extensive use of PPT

Necessary Skills & Attributes:

• Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with all assigned levels within and outside the company.
• Ability to manage multiple objectives, issues, and projects concurrently through prioritization, delegation, and hands on execution
• Ability to work across organizational boundaries to build alignment and drive closure on issues
• The ability to develop tasks and work assignments, based on sometimes vaguely defined objectives
• Experience in overseeing teams managing large sets of data, databases and system development and management and administration of CRM systems and tools
• Review detailed product development, marketing documents and media materials as needed
• Ability to collect and understand relevant market data and apply it to a financial plan
• Demonstrated competency in both oral and written communication modes for both internal and external personnel at various levels.
• Work independently and in a team environment to achieve customer business objectives, personal and team goals and complete assignments within established time frames and specifications.

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Regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) have access to benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k), Employee Purchase Program, Tuition Assistance (after 6 months), Paid Time Off, Student Loan Program (after 6 months), Wellness Incentives, and many more. In addition, regular full-time employees (salaried or hourly) are eligible for MBO bonus compensation, based on company, division, and individual performance.