Business Analyst (Wine Jobs: Management & Administration)

Full Time

  Delicato Family Vineyards (http://www.delicato.com/)

  Napa, California

Delicato Family Vineyards has an exciting immediate career opportunity for a Business Analyst at our Napa office.

Delicato Family Vineyards is a family-owned California winery founded in 1924. Three generations of the Indelicato family have guided grapes from vineyard to bottle and into homes and dining establishments around the world. Delicato Family Vineyards is steadfastly committed to crafting and representing wines of the highest quality produced in accordance with sustainable winegrowing practices. Among the leading and fastest growing wine companies in America, the Delicato Family Vineyards’ portfolio includes Gnarly Head, Black Stallion Estate Winery, Noble Vines, Belle Ambiance, Juxtapoz, HandCraft Artisan Collection, La Merika, Brazin, Bota Box, Massimo, Irony, Domino, Sequin and Twisted”.

Position Summary:  This position provides financial guidance and support to Sales, Marketing and Management of the Case Goods division.  The primary objective is to provide value added reports and analysis to support sound decision making by the Cased Goods division, helping to drive profitable growth and attainment of financial goals.  Key areas of focus include budgeting & planning, pricing and promotion, and financial reporting and analysis.  The Business Anaylst will also help ensure a timely and accurate monthly close process, as well as adherence to appropriate financial policies and controls.  This position collaborates closely with Sales and Marketing, and requires excellent communication skills and a strong commercial understanding of business issues.

Duties/Essential Job Functions:

• Partners with sales regions to identify business issues, risks and opportunities, and to help ensure attainment of financial goals and targets.Helps drive the annual planning process, including shipment volumes, pricing, revenue, promotional spending and departmental budgets.
• Completes monthly accrual process and analyzes accrued versus actual expense trends.  Identifies and resolves issues as necessary.
• Analyzes the spending in depletion allowances, free goods, and scanner discount accounts.
• Reviews and approves pricing proposals based on company pricing standards.
• Supports the sales organization with pricing negotiations; audit price support dollars and coordinate with billback administrators and sales to eliminate discrepancies between the winery and the distributor.
• Provides analysis to assist in brand pricing decisions, including analysis of winery and distributor margins.
• Facilitates timely and accurate financial reporting.  Helps validate reports and systems.
• Keeps current on products and market offers; drives innovations and changes to improve reporting.
• Analyzes expenses and sales to determine return on investment of incentive and promotional sales programs.
• Analyzes major marketing promotions to determine level of execution and incremental sales.
• Provides analysis for ad hoc projects as needed.
• Acts as an available intellectual resource for sales and brand managers; freely brainstorms.
• Attends relevant Sales & Marketing meetings.

Position Requirements:

Education: Bachelor’s degree, strong finance and statistics background a plus.

Experience: At least two years of direct experience in finance, pricing and/or sales and marketing analysis.  Familiarity with wine and/or spirits industry three tier distribution system is a plus. Expert computer skills are required; strength in Excel, OLAP, multi-dimensional tables, with ability to report and graph complex information.

Knowledge: Excellent communication skills. Analytical skills and proven problem-solving ability.  Aptitude for software programs and computer systems, including financial systems and data management.

Delicato offers its employees a generous and comprehensive benefits package.  The core health insurance components include medical, dental and vision, where Delicato covers nearly the entire cost for employees and a large percentage for dependents.  Additional health benefits include life, disability and flexible spending accounts.  Other benefits include 401(k) with generous company match, discretionary profit sharing, paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, wine & merchandise discounts, tuition reimbursement, gym discounts & many more.

EOE

 

How To Apply

Please apply online at: http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH10/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=DELICATO&cws=1&rid=294 Or at: www.delicato.com

Wine & Restaurant Jobs in the USA. Looking for a job or hiring new employees in the wine & restaurant industry? Wine Jobs USA - The job site for the wine & restaurant industry throughout the US. Find ads for jobs in the wine industry, from winemaking to wine sales jobs.

Employers and Recruiters - Attract the best candidates for your employment opportunities. Post your ads for hospitality and wine industry jobs on winejobsusa.com.

Job Seekers - Find jobs in restaurants and wine including restaurant jobs, winery jobs, wine sales reps, winemakers, Sommelier jobs and more. Job seekers, sign up to receive wine and restaurant job postings by email.