Staples, Inc. is headquartered outside of Boston and sells a wide range of office products, including supplies, technology, furniture, and business services. Staples is committed to make buying office products easy. Associates serve consumers and businesses of all sizes - from home-based businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Staples invented the office superstore concept and today, is the largest operator of office superstores in the world. Staples also serves its customers through its mail order catalog, e-commerce and contract businesses. More information is available at www.staples.com. Staples values the diversity of our customers, associates and suppliers.

We offer very competitive benefits including; dynamic work environment, 401K, discounted employee stock purchase plan, adoption assistance, Annual Associate Scholarship Plan, Associate InventionQuest, training and development, "Work/Life" initiatives and other voluntary benefits such as pet insurance and identity theft protection. This all translates into exciting career opportunities with a talented team dedicated to personal and professional growth.

Analyst Contract Sales Admin Pro

JOB SUMMARY:

• Maintain the Contract sales rep assignments process.
• Liaison between Sales Management, Sales Administration, Customer Set up department
• Support designated Contract sales management teams with ad hoc sales reporting
• Assist in the collection of sales, gross profit and other information used to calculate all Lines of Business (LOB).
• Assist with enhancement of Lines of Business reporting.
• Assist with Data mining and analysis as part of Integration process.
• Prepare comprehensive management reports related to all aspects of sales commission program at the business unit and Divisional (Staples Contract Commercial) level.
• Respond to information requests by preparing financial analyses and projections to aid senior management.
• Perform ad hoc analyses as needed to evaluate the potential financial impact of various sales initiatives

 QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Business (preferably Accounting or Finance) is required.
• Prefer 1-2 years’ experience in financial analyses or accounting with a $500 + million company.
• Strong communication and interpersonal relations skills a must.
• Analytical and problem solving as well as proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Access and Excel, and other database management tools is required.
• Must be attentive to detail and must be able to meet monthly deadlines.