Financial Analyst II

Business Analyst III – D365 Manufacturing (D365 F&O)  At TOPS Products, we believe organization fuels success. From classrooms to corporate offices, our products help people plan smarter, work better, and stay on top of what matters most. If you’ve ever used a notepad, planner, or filing solution to bring order to your day, chances are you’ve experienced what we do best. With a portfolio of trusted brands and a strong presence across retail and e-commerce channels, we move fast, think big, and continuously look for smarter ways to serve our customers. What makes TOPS special? Our people. If you’re looking for a place where you can make an impact, grow your career, and be part of a team that values creativity, ownership, and results—TOPS Products is ready for you. TOPS is headquartered in Naperville, IL with employees and locations across North America.   The Business Analyst III will play a key role in owning, supporting, and improving Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (D365 F&O) across our Mexico manufacturing and distribution organization. This role partners closely with Operations to monitor proper system usage, translate business needs into clear functional requirements, manage D365 configurations, and create measurable process improvements. Reports To: IT Business Process Manager     Responsibilities: Own and Improve Core Business Processes  * Serve as the functional system owner of Planning, Scheduling, Purchasing, and Production Reporting for our Mexico Manufacturing D365 facilities. * Evaluate current-state processes, identify gaps, and lead improvements that strengthen accuracy, efficiency, and financial/internal controls. Document workflows/procedures to drive consistent execution. * Support day-to-day questions and issues; resolve functional process/setup problems and prioritize enhancements and fixes. * Work directly with the Business Process Manager and other Business Analysts to ensure that system standardization remains a core expectation across TOPS. Partner with the Business  * Facilitate workshops to gather requirements, validate solutions, and coordinate priorities/deliverables across the D365 IT team and business users. * Work closely with operations leaders and partner with other team Business Analysts and the Finance and Distribution teams.  * Communicate business impact, risks, and trade-offs for proposed changes and process decisions. Support Testing, Training, and Adoption  * Lead functional testing and user acceptance activities, validating outcomes from a business perspective, including the creation of detailed test plans. * Create and maintain user documentation/process guides; support training and change management to drive adoption and consistent system usage.   Qualifications:  Required  * Bachelor’s degree in business or manufacturing related field.  * 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or functional ERP analyst with experience in implementation and support across multiple different companies, preferably with consulting implementation experience. * Must be by lingual in both Spanish and English. * Proven experience partnering with operations teams in a manufacturing and distribution environment.  * Strong business communication skills with the ability to translate business needs into clear functional requirements.  * Hands-on experience using Azure DevOps (or similar) to manage end-to-end delivery: write/refine user stories with acceptance criteria, manage change requests, track defects, and ensure traceability from requirement → configuration → test/UAT → release. * Demonstrated ability to translate business process needs into D365 F&O functional design and configuration (e.g., parameters, master data, workflows/approvals, security roles, and manufacturing transactions) that improve cycle time, accuracy, and control. Preferred  * Experience supporting multi‑site or multi‑company ERP environments.  * Familiarity with financial controls, audits, or compliance related requirements.  * Ability to use data to validate outcomes and drive decisions (e.g., Excel/Power BI and ERP queries) by defining KPIs, monitoring adoption/exception trends, and quantifying benefits of process changes. Additional Requirements  * Ability to work on-site in Mexico (Matamoros/Valle Hermosa) 2–3 days per week, work at home other days; up to ~5% travel to other U.S. and Canada facilities.   Location * Brownsville area, Texas   What We Offer * Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, vision, 401(k)) * Paid time off & Holidays * Opportunities for professional growth and advancement * Collaborative and dynamic work environment   FLSA: Exempt

About Pinterest: Millions of people around the world come to our platform to find creative ideas, dream about new possibilities and plan for memories that will last a lifetime. At Pinterest, we’re on a mission to bring everyone the inspiration to create a life they love, and that starts with the people behind the product. Discover a career where you ignite innovation for millions, transform passion into growth opportunities, celebrate each other’s unique experiences and embrace the flexibility to do your best work. Creating a career you love? It’s Possible. At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we’re looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we’ll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI. Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here. We are seeking an Analyst of Sales Finance to join our Finance team. You will work on a high-performing, high-impact team that delivers CFO-level partnership and sophisticated analytics to our Chief Business Officer and their global leadership team. Within the Finance organization, you’ll support Sales Finance Managers, our Senior Manager of Sales Finance, Senior Director of Sales Finance, and Senior Sales & XFN Stakeholders on aspects related to revenue forecasting, insights, and goal-setting.  You will partner with Sales leaders on ideas to improve their P&L. This includes identifying underlying trends and consulting on strategic business decisions. Your role is to translate complex data into actionable insights, which means you can focus on the details but also solve big-picture challenges.  You’ll have the opportunity to put your fingerprints on a unique and dynamic digital ads platform with global reach. The Sales Finance team’s mandate is to optimize value creation for Pinners, advertisers, and Pinterest through disciplined business leadership and seamless financial execution. We do this by developing financial forecasts, providing decision support through analyses, generating internal reports, monitoring key performance indicators, and scaling financial processes. We are looking for an expert in Finance & Strategy who uses an analytical, collaborative, results-oriented approach to drive progress.  What you’ll do: * Support revenue and performance management of key sales verticals.  * Build sophisticated models that will deliver cutting-edge insights and improve revenue forecasting. * Leverage AI-driven financial tools and platforms (for example, to automate data analyses, identify revenue trends, or enhance forecasting accuracy) as appropriate; proactively seek opportunities to apply AI and automation to process improvement. * Own delivery of financial reporting to Pinterest executives (e.g. Senior Director of Sales Finance, CFO, as well as Sales leaders including the CBO and their direct reports).  * Create dashboards and models to scale monitoring of key performance indicators and tools to drive strategic insight.  * Support other strategic programs within Pinterest like agencies, resellers, and partnerships with advertisers.  * Leverage your superior financial modeling skills in order to deliver ad hoc analyses.  What we’re looking for: * Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business or 3+ years of experience in Sales Finance, Corporate Finance, FP&A, Investment Banking, or other quantitative fields.  * Exceptional spreadsheet skills with experience creating financial models and dashboards.  * Excellent verbal and written communication as well as presentation skills (Google Slides).   * Ability to multi-task and deliver against tight timelines.   * Basic SQL experience is preferred, but not required.  * Familiarity with using AI-powered analytics or forecasting tools (such as ChatGPT, Tableau with AI features, or Google Cloud AI platforms) to streamline financial analysis, generate insights, or create reports. Ability to learn and adapt to evolving AI-driven tools and methodologies in financial planning is a plus.   Relocation Statement: *  This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model. In-Office Requirement Statement: * This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times per week   #LI-HYBRID #LI-SL2 At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise. Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here. Location based applicants €54.933—€96.133 EUR Our Commitment to Inclusion: Pinterest is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit. We want to have the best qualified people in every job. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, status as a protected veteran, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member) or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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