Senior Analyst - Financial Planning & Analysis, Operations - Trinidad Benham

Description

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Performs a broad range of complex financial planning and analysis.
• Monitors actual results of financial data against plans, forecasts, budgets, determine trends, and explains financial results. 
• Prepares detailed reports and presentations for review by all levels of management. 
• Consolidates a wide range of operating and financial projections for the development of short-term and long-term business plans.
• Evaluates capital expenditures and depreciation.
• Develops automated reporting and forecasting tools for more efficient use of financial data.
• Partners with cross-functional groups involved in both manufacturing operations and sales and marketing.  
• Identifies business challenges and provides analysis to support decision-making.
• Prepares and analysis inputs that support operational reporting, budgeting, and strategic/complex data models.
• Supports budget consolidation for the corporate office.
• Prepares analysis of monthly performance versus budget and sales forecast and provides management level commentary and summaries of key business drivers of change.
• Prepares dashboards for management, including metrics for operations and sales analysis.
• Drives continuous process improvements in FP&A processes.
• Works cross-functionally and co-ordinate efforts of key stakeholders.
• Analyzes customer sales forecast to support the annual budgeting and planning processes for Trinidad's manufacturing locations.
• Supports bi-annual review of pricing standards.
• Analyzes annual labor, production overhead, and packaging material costs by the facility and prepares annual costing standards for the organization.
• Analyzes bulk commodity and packaging material yield performance (shrink analysis).
• Supports and analyzes the annual capital planning process.
• Prepares and delivers comprehensive evaluations, proposals, and recommendations to executive leadership, committees, and other stakeholders.
• Develops and recommends monthly operational metrics and dashboard reporting.
• Analyzes monthly yield for commodities, packaging, and monthly inventory, including product yield analysis, cost analysis, position reporting, and months/days on-hand reporting.
• Compares budget to actual variance reporting, including production, labor, overhead, and sales variance reporting.
• Analyzes Profit and Loss for Trinidad's operating divisions.
• Conducts financial analyses with a high degree of complexity.  
• Participates in the financial review process and other plan presentations with senior management, offering interpretation beyond the data. 
• Recommends changes in processes and modeling tools that will improve the accuracy of the analyses and forecasts.  
• Provides technical support on financial analysis projects.
• Provides guidance and direction to Financial Analyst I and II. 
• Performs other duties as assigned by management.

WHAT WE NEED

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or equivalent required. 
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience or more as a Financial Analyst in manufacturing and CPG retail sales environment or a minimum of two (2) years’ experience or more as a Senior Analyst or similar role required. 
• Strong understanding of ERP systems. 
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards. 
• High standards of accuracy and high-level attention to detail. 
• Advanced proficiency MS Office experience (Excel, Outlook, Word, and PPT). 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Self-starter and ability to work independently as well as cross-functional teams. 
• Strong research, organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills. 
• Thorough understanding of project management. 

• CMA strongly preferred. 
• Excellent financial modeling and reporting building skills preferred. 

• The physical environment requires the use of general office equipment (computer, printer, scanner).  
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.  
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.  
• Required to use personal protective equipment as needed.  
• Travel may be required. 

EXTRAS

• Employee-owned
• Advancement Opportunities
• Insurance coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance and flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid holidays and competitive vacation/sick pay plans
• Tuition assistance program 
• Employee stock ownership program (ESOP)