Job description
Job Title: Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance-Salty Snacks
Job Location: Austin, TX
Pay Band: 1A
This position is open for 100% remote
Summary:
The Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance will provide business partnership and analytical support to the Commercial team to drive profitable growth. This role will primarily support innovation work, and will secondarily provide Commercial Finance reporting capabilities. Strong financial modeling and analytical skills are required, as well as the ability to understand and constructively challenge key assumptions.
Major Duties/Responsibilities:
Provide Financial Leadership on Innovation Projects
- Lead financial modeling of Innovation project P&Ls, analyzing key assumptions for reasonableness and establishing financial health guidelines
- Recommend paths to profitability for projects not achieving hurdles
- Support the Innovation PMR process by providing visibility to financial metrics to drive decision making
- Support annual planning process by providing guidance on incremental media and trade spend requirements to support new item launches
- Track innovation performance post-launch vs project expectations
Develop and Perform Commercial Finance Reporting Capabilities
- Prepare monthly Net Sales reports and P&Ls to analyze Salty Snack BU performance by brand and customer
- Support financial planning process (Annual Operating Plan and quarterly updates) by ensuring correct loading of Net Sales data into planning software
- Optimize reporting capabilities and streamline data management across multiple platforms
- Support annual portfolio optimization process with sku level sales and profitability data
Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform major duties/responsibilities:
- Strong analytical skills and business / financial acumen
- Very strong technical skills (e.g., Excel, Powerpoint / Thinkcell, Tableau, PowerBI, Alteryx), with proven ability to synthesize data to develop insights and strategy recommendations
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects/areas of responsibilities simultaneously
- Ability to produce accurate results in a fast paced constantly changing environment
- Ability to analyze business processes, identify areas for improvement, and execute process improvement recommendations
- Intellectually curious and willing to ask appropriate questions to understand the business
- Entrepreneurial drive and spirit to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or business-related field required
Experience:
- 3-5 years work experience in an analytical capacity.
- CPG and/or other consumer-facing products experience preferred.
- Experience developing strategic and data-driven recommendations.
- Comfortable working with wide variety of data.
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Nearest Major Market: Austin
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