Senior Financial Pricing Analyst
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At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We have a global commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we believe in the undeniable strength that diversity brings to our business, employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work. Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together. Circana is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®. This prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Circana. Learn more at www.circana.com.
What will I be doing?
This position plays a key role in delivering the next phase of the company’s profitable growth by driving pricing strategies and practices. This position will work closely with the Client Development Organization to advise on client Request for Proposals (RFPs); collaborate with Senior Leadership, Retention, Commercial Finance, Legal, Product Management and Technology on coordination and relationship management of key client relationships.
Strong analytical, modeling, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills will be important to success in this role. The position will report to the Sr. Director of Pricing, North America.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys building structure within a dynamic environment. As the Pricing team continues to evolve and enhance its processes, we are seeking an individual who is curious, adaptable, and comfortable navigating ambiguity while helping drive continuous improvement initiatives across the function.
Job Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain client pricing strategies that enhance profitability and drive revenue growth.
- Deliver value to the business through pricing margin analytics and insights to directly influence business decisions and drive a value pricing mindset.
- Drive insights into business performance to support enhanced decision-making.
- Analyze commercial agreements to ensure alignment between Legal drafts and Pricing output.
- Utilize the Configure, Price and Quote (CPQ) module to recognize revenue and support billing for subscription-based contracts as well as ad hoc projects.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to understand end-to-end pricing and contracting processes and support change management initiatives.
- Create and maintain data quality checks, including reconciliations, exception reporting, and audit trails, to ensure pricing and contract data accuracy.
- Manage multiple concurrent contract renewals and pricing-related activities while ensuring accuracy and timely execution.
- Partner with stakeholders across the business to gather information, resolve issues, and support pricing-related decisions.
- Identify opportunities to streamline manual processes, improve data quality, and enhance operational efficiency.
- Support compiling materials for board meetings, internal presentations, reports, and other ad hoc financial analysis projects as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics/Statistics, or a related field from an accredited institution.
- 3-5 years of experience in pricing, financial analysis, or a related analytical or strategy role.
- Advanced Excel skills, including functions such as VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, PivotTables, data reconciliation, and analytical reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership of projects, workstreams, or business processes with minimal oversight.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience translating data into actionable pricing recommendations.
- Comfortable partnering with and influencing cross-functional stakeholders across sales, finance, legal, and commercial teams.
- Experience working successfully in environments undergoing change, transformation, or process improvement initiatives.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong communication skills with the confidence to ask questions, share ideas, and collaborate across diverse stakeholder groups.
Circana Behaviors
Beyond the technical skills, experience and attributes that are required for the role, our shared behaviors sit at the core of our organization. Therefore, we always look for people who can continuously champion these behaviors throughout the business within their day-to-day role:
- Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.
- Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.
- Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.
- Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.
- Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.
- Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.
- Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.
Location: This position can be located in the following area(s): Fully Remote, US - Central or Eastern time zones preferred, or Hybrid (Chicago, IL).
The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. The salary range for this role is $80,000 - $100,000 USD. This job is also eligible for bonus pay.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
An offer of employment may be conditional upon successful completion of a background check in accordance with local legislation and our candidate privacy notice. Your current employer will not be contacted without your permission.
You can apply for this role through the Circana careers website or Intranet site for internal candidates. This role is subject to AI-assisted screening. Circana uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess resumes for alignment with job requirements by helping locate details in resumes that relate to the job description.
This position is expected to remain open for approximately 30 days and may close earlier if sufficient qualified candidates are identified.
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