ABOUT THE COMPANY
Indigo Wild is a natural body care and home care company, featuring handcrafted soaps and a wide variety of home and body care products under the beloved ZUM brand. We craft extraordinary products with ingredients that matter and scents that tell a story, to transform ordinary tasks into uplifting experiences right here at our home in Kansas City!
THE ROLE
Indigo Wild is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst to serve as a financial co-pilot to key business partners across the organization. This role is responsible for building structured, insightful financial analyses to drive smarter decisions across operations, product development, marketing, and sales. This is a highly analytical and collaborative position that blends financial modeling and analysis, and storytelling with numbers. You’ll help translate business questions into actionable insights, identify opportunities for margin and efficiency improvement, and guide stakeholders toward financially sound decisions as Zum continues to scale.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Modeling & Analysis
- Build dynamic models to evaluate business scenarios, investment decisions, pricing strategies, and margin performance.
- Analyze financial and operational data to uncover trends, risks, and opportunities — translating findings into clear business insights.
- Conduct product and customer profitability analyses to inform assortment, pricing, and promotional decisions.
- Develop ROI models for new initiatives, product launches, capital investments, and strategic projects.
- Establish and manage SKU and Customer economic analytics, including a margin target setting and review process.
- Provide financial analysis on an ad hoc and/or special projects as required
Decision Support & Business Partnership
- Act as a strategic partner to key functions (e.g., Supply Chain, Product, Sales, Marketing), providing financial perspective and rigor in planning and decision-making.
- Collaborate closely with department leads to develop budgets, forecasts, and business cases aligned with company goals.
- Support cost/benefit analysis for operational changes and process improvements.
- Help teams understand the financial impact of their decisions, fostering ownership and accountability.
Reporting & Forecasting
- Support monthly reporting and variance analysis to explain performance drivers at both summary and detailed levels.
- Enhance forecasting accuracy by identifying key assumptions and aligning with cross-functional input.
- Contribute to the ongoing improvement of dashboards, KPIs, and reporting tools, ensuring smooth data integration between financial systems, internal financial
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field, preferably Finance, Accounting, or Economics required
- 5-7 years of experience in finance role required; CPG (or similar) experience required
- Strong financial acumen with proven ability to interpret and analyze financial statements and build financial modeling required
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail
- Expert level proficiency with MS Excel and Netsuite required
- High intellectual curiosity and passion for continuous learning
- Results-oriented and committed to delivering high-quality work with a sense of urgency
- Excellent customer focus and service mentality
- Possess excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
- Ability to excel in a hands-on, fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.
- Outstanding Teammate – builds commitment and creates a fun, high-performance environment in leading teams without direct authority
- Experience analyzing and developing consumption reporting (SPINS) a plus
Indigo Wild is a special place to work built on years of sudsy history and handcrafted chaos. We love dogs, we love music, and we love creating products that improve lives by transforming ordinary tasks into joyful, memorable experiences. We craft excellent, remarkable products that we are proud to share. We build a healthy, vibrant business that positively impacts our community.
If this sounds like an opportunity made just for you, please submit your resume and cover letter with salary expectation.
Our company is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law.
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