Associate Financial Analyst

About the job

Celebrating 40 years in business, Rewards Network has helped restaurants increase their revenue, traffic, and customer engagement through our innovative financial, marketing services, and premier dining rewards programs. We connect diners to fantastic restaurant experiences by offering unique card-linked offers.  Our offers leverage advanced technology and powerful data analytics, providing value to our restaurants, diners, and strategic partners' loyalty programs.

Our Culture 

At Rewards Network, you will find a passionate and diverse group of professionals that enjoy working collaboratively, solving problems, and taking ownership of not only their own careers and success, but the success and continued growth of the organization. We take pride in partnering with the world's most powerful loyalty programs to bring full price paying customers and better ways to access working capital options to local restaurants. We offer a challenging and rewarding environment where you can maximize your potential.

Job Overview

The Associate Financial Analyst is responsible for reporting on and administrating the company’s sales compensation and sales performance. Leveraging collaborative relationships across departments, the analyst will enhance data integrity and report results to accounting, sales, and leadership. The analyst will have direct access, visibility, and interaction with senior finance leaders and other leaders in the organization. The role affords a unique opportunity to gain a deep understanding of the business and to leverage that understanding to deliver enterprise value.

What you’ll bring to the table: (Responsibilities) 

• Compile and distribute monthly sales reporting to leadership
• Analyze, review, and report monthly commission accruals and payrolls to accounting before their respective deadlines
• Track, log, and manage all manual entries related to commissions
• Review and answer questions from various stakeholders regarding commissions and reporting in a timely manner
• Implement continuous process improvements to streamline monthly processes
• Participate in future compensation implementations
• Collaborate with external teams across data science, product, and sales operations to resolve data integrity issues and deliver accurate and timely reporting

Do you have the right mix of ingredients: (Requirements)

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, or finance required
• At least 1 year experience in a related position required
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong analytical skills with experience working with data to drive decision-making and process
• Proficient with MS Office applications, including advanced proficiency in Excel
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written

What you’ll love about us: 

Comprehensive benefits package, which includes:

• Competitive Paid Time Off and company holidays
• Generous dining reimbursement when you dine with our restaurant clients 
• 401(k) plan with a company match
• Two medical plan options- Standard PPO or High Deductible Health Plan (HSA with company match for HDHP participants)
• Partnership with Rx n Go, offering certain prescriptions for free
• Dental plan options and a vision plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts and a pre-tax commuter benefit program
• Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance Plans
• Short Term and Long Term disability 
• Company-paid life insurance and AD&D insurance, supplemental employee, spouse, and child life insurance 
• Employee Life Assistance Program
• Hybrid working space in our state of the art office downtown located by the Metra and Ogilvie train stations

Rewards Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We encourage and strongly support workplace diversity.