The James Allen Companies, Inc.

Analyst

• Analyze current business processes across finance, operations, supply chain, and commercial functions to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and control gaps.
• Support the design and implementation of process improvements to reduce waste, improve cycle time, and enhance quality.
• Apply Lean Six Sigma, TPM, Kaizen, and similar methodologies to streamline workflows and improve KPIs.
• Document current-state and future-state processes, workflows, and standardized SOPs.
• Assist in evaluating business processes to ensure alignment with internal control standards, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Support the design, documentation, and testing of process controls to mitigate operational and compliance risks.
• Maintain process documentation, including narratives and flowcharts.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, providing visibility into progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Collaborate with business partners to gather requirements needed for our tech teams and to ensure solutions are practical and sustainable.
• Assist with change management activities, including documentation, communication, and training support.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders to drive adoption of new processes and ways of working.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, including operations, finance, technology and compliance.
• Support senior leaders and managers with ad hoc analysis and continuous improvement efforts.

Process and Control Improvement Analyst

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual marketing budget planning exercises in close partnership with marketing leadership.
• Manage regular marketing spend roll-ups, tracking planned versus actual expenditures across all channels (e.g., Programmatic, CTV, Paid Social, Search, Brand).
• Build and maintain durable financial models to support scenario planning, budget reallocations, and long-range financial strategies.
• Own the end-to-end invoice management process for all marketing vendors, media partners, and agencies.
• Facilitate the creation and tracking of Purchase Orders (POs) and ensure timely vendor payments.
• Partner tightly with the Accounting team to manage month-end close activities, including calculating and submitting accurate marketing accruals and journal entries.
• Identify and implement process improvements to reduce manual work and increase efficiency in financial tracking.
• Conduct deep-dive variance analysis to identify and explain discrepancies between forecasted and actual marketing spend.
• Develop and maintain dashboards to monitor marketing financial performance and highlight trends for senior leadership.
• Support ad-hoc financial analysis to evaluate the ROI and efficiency of various marketing initiatives and media tests.

Process and Control Improvement Analyst

Marketing Finance Analyst – Marketing Budget, Spend Operations