Finance Manager

Overview

The FP&A Analyst will independently manage the financial planning and analysis for PFUS (Foods) Commercial FP&A. This includes key leadership reporting, forecasting, consolidation, and ad-hoc analytics to support the FP&A team. The role demands strong business acumen and functional expertise, with a high level of proficiency in tools such as Excel, Mosaic, Circana Unify+, SAP BOBJ, Cockpit, gSDW, and other reporting dashboards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, update, and analyze daily, weekly, and periodic performance reports, offering clear insights to leadership for data-driven decision-making.
• Consolidate and review senior leadership decks (SLC) on a weekly, periodic, quarterly, and yearly basis to facilitate informed decisions.
• Take ownership of and rebuild all Circana reports whenever dimensions are updated.
• Support leadership in updating the Mid Week forecast and analyzing net revenue performance to aid decision-making and company-wide communication.
• Perform period close responsibilities, including preparing and analyzing weekly and periodic trade expense trends, partnering with leadership to provide insights, identify variances, and support effective financial planning.
• Provide actionable FP&A support through daily DSD sales reporting, WTD $/lb trend analytics, and forward-looking weekly forecasts to guide leadership planning and performance management.
• Maintain and update the periodic forecast file, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely availability for all periodic cycles.
• Maintain and update periodic summaries for Tickets, Trade, and Net Revenue across top DSD and Direct customers, as well as by region, customer, and segment. This supports customer teams with variance analysis and clear performance commentary.
• Assist the leadership team in consolidating financial results summaries across all Go-to-Markets.
• Deliver accurate sales forecast estimates by leveraging historical trends.
• Aid the leadership team in preparing and analyzing Ticket, Trade, and Net revenue results.
• Manage cross-functional coordination effectively.
• Rebuild, optimize, and migrate financial models to enhance accuracy and usability as needed.
• Collaborate closely with leadership to develop ad-hoc analytical reports that support key business initiatives and strategic discussions.
• Provide ad-hoc analytics and backup support as required.

Qualifications

• Possess 6-8 years of experience in Finance and Financial Planning.
• An MBA in Accounting or Finance is required; CA, ICWA, CPA, or CMA qualifications are preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in financial analysis, maintaining data integrity, and utilizing financial systems such as SAP, Business Objects, TM1, Circana Unify+, and Cockpit.
• Exhibit strong skills in Excel and financial model building.
• Capacity to work independently, take initiative, and lead/support team activities.
• Ability to manage multiple time-sensitive priorities concurrently with minimal disruption.
• A detail-oriented approach with a structured and organized method for documentation and processes.
• Display urgency, professionalism, and strong collaboration skills.
• Be a quick learner with a high degree of adaptability to new tools and systems.

Required Tools Proficiency

• Excel
• Mosaic
• SAP BOBJ
• Circana Unify+
• PowerPoint
• Cockpit