Principal Financial Analyst – Merchandising Finance
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Principal Financial Analyst contributing to pricing and investment decisions at Spreetail, an ecommerce leader. Collaborating across various teams while driving financial strategies and analytical programs.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as a strategic thought partner at the intersection of finance, data, and commercial decision-making.
- Own high-visibility analytical programs that directly shape pricing strategy, assortment investment, and category portfolio decisions—operating with a high degree of autonomy.
- Influence senior leadership and cross-functional teams across Merchandising, Marketing, Supply Chain, and FP&A.
Requirements:
- Bring deep, progressive experience in financial analysis, FP&A, or merchandising finance—ideally within retail or ecommerce—with a track record of owning complex financial strategy and earning credibility as a go-to authority across business functions.
- Architect and maintain enterprise-grade analytical systems using SQL, Snowflake, Power BI, and advanced Excel—building scalable, self-service reporting infrastructure that elevates analytical capability across the business.
- Lead complex financial modeling initiatives spanning PVM analysis, margin scenario planning, inventory economics, and category profitability—surfacing opportunities that shape multi-million dollar assortment and pricing decisions.
- Define and govern merchandising finance frameworks, including pricing guardrails, margin floor policies, and assortment ROI standards, ensuring analytical consistency and financial discipline at scale.
- Operate as a senior cross-functional voice, translating complex analytical work into clear strategic recommendations for VP- and C-level stakeholders—driving alignment, accelerating execution, and elevating the standard for data-driven decision-making across the company.
- Deep expertise partnering with Merchandising and Category leadership, functioning as a trusted advisor on pricing architecture, promotional investment, assortment strategy, and category P&L ownership—not just reporting, but driving the agenda.
- Expert-level command of Price, Volume, Mix (PVM) analysis, with a demonstrated ability to build frameworks from scratch, diagnose complex business drivers, and deliver financial narratives that directly influence executive-level commercial strategy.
- Proven track record leading the financial architecture for new SKU, brand, and assortment launches—including forward-looking margin models, cannibalization frameworks, scenario planning, and post-launch performance systems that feed ongoing investment decisions.
- Advanced experience in marketing spend analytics and incrementality measurement, with the ability to independently evaluate ROI trade-offs, model demand elasticity, and partner with Marketing and FP&A to optimize the relationship between spend, margin, and inventory positioning.
- Hands-on fluency in SQL and Snowflake for large-scale data extraction, transformation, and self-service analytics—able to independently source and shape complex datasets without reliance on data engineering, and build the analytical foundation that powers merchandising insights at scale.
- Seasoned perspective in retail or omnichannel finance—brick-and-mortar, ecommerce, or both—with the ability to translate institutional knowledge of SKU economics, inventory turn, and operational rigor into scalable analytical infrastructure.
Benefits:
- We provide the flexibility to take care of yourself. Spreetail operates in a work culture that promotes results and encourages taking time off when needed. In addition to a generous vacation policy, we also offer paid time-off for your wedding week, paid parental leave and support for parents of growing families.
- We celebrate accomplishments. Each year at Spreetail is a milestone with the opportunity to receive special gifts, swag store credit, or donations to a nonprofit of your choice. We also recognize people pursuing impacts with Spreetail Spotlight Awards.
- We care about your Health & Wellness. Spreetail works hard to enhance the employee experience through benefit programs and perks that provide meaningful support. We offer affordable medical, dental and vision plans with coast-to-coast coverage. We also provide free telehealth and on-demand mental health resources.
- We create the opportunity to revolutionize your community. We encourage Spreetailers to give back and make a social impact, and we offer paid time off to do it.
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