Position Title: Supply Chain Sr. Associate
Work Location: Remote
Assignment Duration: 12 Months

Description:

100% Remote - Eastern preferred, but open to all us time zones.
The Supply Chain Senior Associate will support the Global Distribution organization by managing key financial planning, budgeting, and productivity-tracking processes across all global distribution hubs. This role requires strong analytical capability, advanced Excel proficiency, excellent communication, and the ability to consolidate and present financial insights to leadership. The position is highly cross-functional, interfacing with regional hubs, Finance, and Global Distribution leadership to support budget cycles, forecast updates, monthly variance reviews, and productivity initiatives.

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, comfortable working with large sets of financial data.
• Enjoys working independently in spreadsheets, building scenarios, and modeling data.
• Clear, structured communicator able to summarize complex financial topics for leadership.
• Has supported budgeting, forecasting, financial consolidation, or cost-savings tracking.
• Strong stakeholder engagement experience across multiple regions or business units.
• Background in FP&A, supply chain analytics, or operational finance.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Budget & Forecast Management
• Coordinate with global distribution hubs to collect budget inputs, spending forecasts, and quarterly updates.
• Consolidate regional data into a global financial view for Global Distribution leadership.
• Perform data modeling, budget scenario building, and variance analysis.

Monthly Financial Reporting

• Review monthly actuals received from Finance related to global distribution operations.
• Analyze month-over-month variances and identify areas above/below budget.
• Communicate findings to hubs and follow up on corrective actions or budget realignments.

Productivity & Savings Tracking

• Monitor ongoing productivity initiatives and cost-saving projects across all global hubs.
• Consolidate updates, validate savings assumptions, and prepare summaries for leadership.
• Ensure accurate tracking as part of quarterly or annual savings commitments.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Serve as liaison between Global Distribution hubs, Finance, and Global Distribution leadership.
• Participate in discussions related to project lifecycle stages, timelines, and impacts on financials.
• Prepare and deliver PowerPoint presentations summarizing financial insights and recommendations.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree (Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, or similar).
• 4+ years of experience in financial planning, analysis, budgeting, supply chain analytics, or similar analytical roles.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to work heavily in Excel (pivot tables, formulas, data modeling).
• Proficiency in Smartsheet and PowerPoint.
• Experience consolidating data from multiple stakeholders and presenting insights to management.
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and support multiple budget cycles.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with SAP (Finance modules preferred).
• Experience in budget cycles within supply chain or operations environments.
• Familiarity with project management concepts (project life cycle, milestones, change control, etc.).
• Enable Skills-Based Hiring    No
• Basic Qualifications    
• High school/GED + 2 years work experience OR? Associates and 6 months work experience OR? Bachelors

Top 3 Must Have Skill Sets:    

• Experience in budget and financial analysis and reporting;
• Ability to analyze data and present the results to management in a professional manner;
• Basic knowledge of project management methodologies and tools.

Day to Day Responsibilities:    

• Provide financial planning, analysis services and strategic projects status to the Global Distribution leadership team.
• Responsible for monthly forecasting, variance analysis, trend analysis and financial reporting. The individual will be involved in the monthly Close and Latest Estimate, annual budget and long range planning processes.
• Responsible for tracking strategic project milestones and coordinates communication with all Global Distribution Leadership Team about the impacts on scope, budget, risk and resources.

Possible Extension:    

• Yes

Red Flags:    

• Lack of experience with financial planning and analysis
• Background heavily skewed toward marketing, digital marketing, customer-facing sales, or creative fields.
• Minimal Excel proficiency.
• No experience in analytics, budgeting, finance, or operational analysis.
• Overqualification: candidates with 10+ years management-level experience or senior FP&A leads who may struggle to stay aligned with an analyst-level scope.
• Poor communication or job-hopping without clear progression.

Interview Process:    

• 4 Interviews by phone 1:1's

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 32.90/hr.