Pricing Analyst

Financial Analyst, Pricing Analytics

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At Circana, we are fueled by our passion for continuous learning and growth, we seek and share feedback freely, and we celebrate victories both big and small in an environment that is flexible and accommodating to our work and personal lives. We have a global commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as we believe in the undeniable strength that diversity brings to our business, employees, clients, and communities. With us, you can always bring your full self to work. Join our inclusive, committed team to be a challenger, own outcomes, and stay curious together. Circana is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®. This prestigious award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at Circana.

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What will I be doing?

The Analyst, Pricing Analytics, will create pricing analytics reporting and pricing automation tools. This is an individual contributor role with the autonomy to design and build a suite of new reporting and business insights, with a focus on leveraging AI.

You will also research and document complex data issues (e.g., historical contract data, offline pricing data, and go-forward data collection processes), support historical data remediation, and partner cross-functionally to drive adoption and change management. This role supports data accuracy and data governance policies and reports to the Senior Director, Pricing Analytics and Data Governance.

Job Responsibilities

• Design and build global pricing analytics reporting and automated pricing tools.
• Research, document, and communicate complex data issues related to historical contract data, offline pricing data, and go-forward data collection processes.
• Develop documentation (data definitions, business rules, process flows, data lineage) to support governance, training, and scalability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to understand end-to-end pricing and contracting processes and support change management.
• Define requirements and success metrics for new pricing dashboards, KPIs, and self-service reporting experiences.
• Build standardized datasets/data models to enable consistent pricing, discount, and contract analytics across regions/products.
• Support historical data remediation efforts: prioritize issues, define clean-up rules, and validate corrected outputs with stakeholders.
• Establish and monitor an ongoing reporting cadence for leadership (monthly/quarterly pricing performance, discount trends, renewal pricing insights).
• Create and maintain data quality checks (reconciliations, exception reporting, audit trails) to ensure pricing and contract data accuracy.
• Prototype and evaluate AI-enabled use cases (e.g., anomaly detection, contract term extraction, pricing recommendations) in partnership with stakeholders.
• Manage an intake and delivery backlog for analytics and automation enhancements, aligning scope, timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Data-related field
• 1-3 years of relevant experience in project management, financial modeling, and/or data analytics
• Strong financial modeling and analytical skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience designing dashboards and analytical data models (e.g., BI semantic layers) that enable self-service reporting.
• Experience with Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics, SQL is a plus.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work cross-functionally and influence stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Self-starter with a continuous improvement mindset and the ability to independently manage multiple priorities, drive a variety of projects and workstreams, and deliver timely and accurate results in a remote-first environment

Circana Behaviors

As well as the technical skills, experience and attributes that are required for the role, our shared behaviors sit at the core of our organization. Therefore, we always look for people who can continuously champion these behaviors throughout the business within their day-to-day role:

• Stay Curious: Being hungry to learn and grow, always asking the big questions.
• Seek Clarity: Embracing complexity to create clarity and inspire action.
• Own the Outcome: Being accountable for decisions and taking ownership of our choices.
• Center on the Client: Relentlessly adding value for our customers.
• Be a Challenger: Never complacent, always striving for continuous improvement.
• Champion Inclusivity: Fostering trust in relationships engaging with empathy, respect, and integrity.
• Commit to each other: Contributing to making Circana a great place to work for everyone.

Location

This position can be located in the following area(s): Fully Remote (US) or Hybrid (Chicago, IL)