**Strategic Business Analyst

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Miami, FL

Are you ready to take on a strategic analytical role within a growing manufacturing and B2B environment? This opportunity offers the chance to work directly with executive leadership, influence key business decisions, and provide financial and commercial insights that drive profitability and growth. Does this position align with your future career goals? Then this could be the right fit for you.

**Summary

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The Strategic Business Analyst will partner directly with the General Manager and senior leadership to support strategic planning, financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, pricing, profitability, and overall business performance. This position requires strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities, advanced Excel skills, Power BI/BI experience, and ERP experience, preferably SAP. Experience within fragrance, beauty/cosmetics, CPG, specialty chemicals, ingredients, or a similar manufacturing/B2B environment is strongly preferred.

**As a Strategic Business Analyst you will:

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• Partner directly with the General Manager to support strategic planning, execution, and key business decisions.
• Analyze business performance to identify trends, risks, growth opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Build financial and commercial models to support investments, pricing decisions, customer strategies, and other business priorities.
• Support annual business planning, forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning.
• Analyze sales performance by customer, territory, category, product, and salesperson.
• Develop profitability analyses by customer, account, and product portfolio.
• Support pricing strategies, growth initiatives, incentive programs, and business cases.
• Evaluate new business opportunities and customer investments.
• Support Sales leadership with pipeline management, forecasting accuracy, and account planning.
• Partner closely with Finance to strengthen forecasting accuracy and profitability analysis.
• Monitor gross margin, contribution margin, and operating performance.
• Develop financial models to evaluate investment decisions and strategic initiatives.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization and operational efficiency.
• Maintain dashboards, scorecards, and executive reporting tools.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of business data.
• Present findings to senior leadership with clear, actionable recommendations.
• Support demand planning, inventory optimization, operational performance, and customer service analysis.
• Participate in cross-functional improvement initiatives involving Sales, Finance, and Operations.
• Leverage SAP, Formpak, and business intelligence tools to improve reporting, analytics, efficiency, and data quality.
• Support digital transformation and continuous improvement projects.

**Qualifications

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• Approximately 5–10 years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, strategic business analysis, or a similar analytical role.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, profitability, pricing, and business-performance analysis experience.
• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Strong Power BI or other business intelligence capabilities.
• ERP experience, preferably SAP.
• Experience working directly with senior and executive leadership.
• Experience within fragrance, beauty/cosmetics, CPG, specialty chemicals, ingredients, or a similar manufacturing/B2B environment strongly preferred.

**Education

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• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field required.
• MBA, Master’s degree, or advanced finance/accounting certification preferred.
• Equivalent work experience considered

**Salary Range

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$85,000–$100,000 annually

**Benefits

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• Comprehensive benefits package
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement benefits

**Ask for: Hersha Dwyer

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Clearbridge Executive Search is a New Jersey based Executive Search Firm specializing in retained searches in multiple sectors, including Manufacturing, Finance, IT, Legal, and Pharmaceutical. We have a nationwide client base and offer services in temporary and direct hire placements.