Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance - Masco Corporation
Chicago, IL
About the Job
Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance
Chicago, IL (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=540+West+Madison+Street+Chicago+IL+USA+60661) • Finance
Job Type
Full-time
Description
TITLE:SeniorAnalyst, Commercial Finance
DEPARTMENT: Commercial Finance
REPORTS TO: Head of Commercial Finance
Lactalis Heritage Dairy is currently seeking candidates to join our team in Chicago!
Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.
If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!
Lactalis Heritage Dairy: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.
From yourPASSIONto ours
The Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance is responsible for monitoring the full P&L (Industrial/Milk Intake, Logistic and Commercial/Marketing) for Lactalis Heritage Dairy. They will drive and challenge technical performance such as pricing, promotions, marketing expenses and SG&A and provide primary explanations to help the Sales teams to achieve their commitments. This role forecasts data trends for the overall business and makes recommendations to improve profitability. The Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance also develops, produces, and improves weekly, monthly, and yearly reporting.
From yourEXPERTISEto ours
Key responsibilities for this position include:
Technical Performance Management
+ Challenge and monitor the P&L indicators, which include:
+ Volumes and mix, Prices, trade and promotions, Pricing power analysis, marketing budget and overheads
+ Challenge and influence pricing strategies by making recommendations through simulations to improve profitability
+ Produce and report how performance is tracking against the budget, prior year and forecast
+ Ensure accurate monthly marketing, trade, and promotion expenses are in compliance with the annual plan
+ Prepare a monthly financial report to be presented to CEO, CFO and VP of the commercial business unit
+ Perform accurate financial forecasting (for full commercial P&L) and work closely with the Sales team
+ Forecast volumes and provide insight to the S&OP meeting,
+ Challenge prices (NSV), promotion, trade, marketing, and overheads
+ Be a primary support and work closely with the Sales team to provide financial analysis and root cause analysis of the result
+ Serve as a business partner for Key Account and Sales teams on all P&L related questions
+ Identify and communicate risk and opportunities for the full commercial P&L (volumes and mix, prices, trade and promotions, marketing budget and expenses)
+ Ensure system data follows required processes and are uploaded in a timely manner
Budget construction
+ Support Sales team on budget construction and serve as a voice of Finance in the decision making during budget meetings
+ Lead, challenge, and monitor the commercial business indicators: volumes and mix, prices (NSV), pricing power analysis, trade and promotion, expenses (marketing, overheads)
+ Consolidate budget of the full P&L
Ad Hoc analysis
+ Support the Sales team on P&L activities and provide ad hoc analysis: price, margin, and profitability simulation to Sales teams to help the decision making on the commercial business
+ Gather data for new projects and perform financial studies for new launches
Requirements
From yourSTORYto ours
Qualified applicants will contribute the following:
Education and Experience
+ Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or another appropriate discipline.
+ 3+ years of experience in Financial reporting, preferably in a consumer foods products company
+ Proven capability to manage large sets of data in MS Excel
+ Demonstrated strong analytical skills, as well as broad business acumen
+ Strong interpersonal skills to influence and sell recommendations internally
+ Must be a strong team player who is able to work across multiple functions and disciplines
+ Systems knowledge is considered an asset (SAP, Market Track, Tableau/Power BI, etc.)
+ Demonstrated solid PowerPoint, communication, and interpersonal skills
Lactalis Heritage Dairy is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.
Chicago, IL (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=540+West+Madison+Street+Chicago+IL+USA+60661) • Finance
Job Type
Full-time
Description
TITLE:SeniorAnalyst, Commercial Finance
DEPARTMENT: Commercial Finance
REPORTS TO: Head of Commercial Finance
Lactalis Heritage Dairy is currently seeking candidates to join our team in Chicago!
Lactalis Group, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.
If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!
Lactalis Heritage Dairy: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.
From yourPASSIONto ours
The Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance is responsible for monitoring the full P&L (Industrial/Milk Intake, Logistic and Commercial/Marketing) for Lactalis Heritage Dairy. They will drive and challenge technical performance such as pricing, promotions, marketing expenses and SG&A and provide primary explanations to help the Sales teams to achieve their commitments. This role forecasts data trends for the overall business and makes recommendations to improve profitability. The Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance also develops, produces, and improves weekly, monthly, and yearly reporting.
From yourEXPERTISEto ours
Key responsibilities for this position include:
Technical Performance Management
+ Challenge and monitor the P&L indicators, which include:
+ Volumes and mix, Prices, trade and promotions, Pricing power analysis, marketing budget and overheads
+ Challenge and influence pricing strategies by making recommendations through simulations to improve profitability
+ Produce and report how performance is tracking against the budget, prior year and forecast
+ Ensure accurate monthly marketing, trade, and promotion expenses are in compliance with the annual plan
+ Prepare a monthly financial report to be presented to CEO, CFO and VP of the commercial business unit
+ Perform accurate financial forecasting (for full commercial P&L) and work closely with the Sales team
+ Forecast volumes and provide insight to the S&OP meeting,
+ Challenge prices (NSV), promotion, trade, marketing, and overheads
+ Be a primary support and work closely with the Sales team to provide financial analysis and root cause analysis of the result
+ Serve as a business partner for Key Account and Sales teams on all P&L related questions
+ Identify and communicate risk and opportunities for the full commercial P&L (volumes and mix, prices, trade and promotions, marketing budget and expenses)
+ Ensure system data follows required processes and are uploaded in a timely manner
Budget construction
+ Support Sales team on budget construction and serve as a voice of Finance in the decision making during budget meetings
+ Lead, challenge, and monitor the commercial business indicators: volumes and mix, prices (NSV), pricing power analysis, trade and promotion, expenses (marketing, overheads)
+ Consolidate budget of the full P&L
Ad Hoc analysis
+ Support the Sales team on P&L activities and provide ad hoc analysis: price, margin, and profitability simulation to Sales teams to help the decision making on the commercial business
+ Gather data for new projects and perform financial studies for new launches
Requirements
From yourSTORYto ours
Qualified applicants will contribute the following:
Education and Experience
+ Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or another appropriate discipline.
+ 3+ years of experience in Financial reporting, preferably in a consumer foods products company
+ Proven capability to manage large sets of data in MS Excel
+ Demonstrated strong analytical skills, as well as broad business acumen
+ Strong interpersonal skills to influence and sell recommendations internally
+ Must be a strong team player who is able to work across multiple functions and disciplines
+ Systems knowledge is considered an asset (SAP, Market Track, Tableau/Power BI, etc.)
+ Demonstrated solid PowerPoint, communication, and interpersonal skills
Lactalis Heritage Dairy is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.
Source : Masco Corporation
