The Out of Home (OOH) Division at Nestlé USA leverages its position as the world's largest food and beverage company to bring brands that you enjoy in your home, to other areas of your life such as the workplace, restaurants, hotels, and your neighborhood College or University. Our portfolio of products and solutions includes beloved brands such as Stouffer's, Coffee mate, Nescafé, and Starbucks. With our extensive networks and industry knowledge, we offer unparalleled support and guidance to foodservice operators, ensuring their success in a competitive market. We strive to contribute to a healthier future by providing the finest ingredients and operational knowledge to every type of foodservice operation. The strength of our trusted brands is supported by a team of skilled professionals who are dedicated to deepening their industry experience. Our team of culinary experts and skilled product developers partner closely with foodservice professionals to generate creative, branded food and beverage solutions that address a wide variety of needs. Our employees thrive on opportunities to grow and develop within the foodservice industry, ensuring that we are always at the forefront of industry trends and innovations.
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The role of Financial Analyst Co-Pilot will report to the Senior Manager Culinary Solutions Finance Co-pilot and will be responsible for supporting the Out of Home Culinary Solutions Marketing team as a strategic business partner. The role provides financial insight and fact based decision making support for the business planning and reporting cycles.
The role provides a great opportunity to be a business partner by providing the team with accurate and timely financial information and analyses, making and implementing sound recommendations to profitably grow the business, as well as optimizing existing product portfolios. You will operate as a key Co-Pilot resource, supporting the Senior Finance Manager in streamlining processes and implementing standard methodologies across the businesses. Key areas of responsibility include new product feasibility, business portfolio optimization, and commercial investment return on investment analyses, ongoing business reviews, and special projects.
You have the ability to think strategically while dealing with complexity, be comfortable with ambiguity, prioritize workload efficiently in an environment of competing objectives, and effectively interact, collaborate and communicate across multiple functions to promote alignment and influence business results.
Responsibilities:
- Supports Period End Close (PEC) processes, ensure P&L financial integrity/accuracy, performs variance analysis to inform future forecasting (YTD performance/YTG forecasting)
- Operates as a key lead resource, supporting the Senior Finance Manager in streamlining processes and implementing best practices across the businesses. Key areas include new product/product renovation feasibility, business optimization, commercial investment ROI analyses, and ongoing business reviews.
- Provides decision support to marketing team and senior management. Supports business with accurate financial analysis of new product proposals.
- Supports the Monthly Business Planning process and works closely with cross functional business partners to understand key inputs for Dynamic Forecast, risks and opportunities to forecast, and makes recommendations to improve forecast accuracy.
- New product feasibility and business case development: Works with a broad cross-functional team including Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Procurement, Technical & Production, Research & Development, and other Finance groups to translate assumptions into sound financials.
- Assists with adhoc requests & projects that may include but not limited to streamline or automate processes, reduce business or process complexities or waste, implement new processes, evaluate new product platform / channel / customer strategies, and perform advanced excel modeling, etc.
Requirements:
- BA/BS with major in Finance, Accounting, or comparable
- 3+ experience in Finance Management/Accounting
- Proficiency in use of Microsoft applications (Excel- Advanced, Word, PowerPoint) and working knowledge of SmartView, SAP and B/W
- Foodservice or CPG industry experience, preferred
- Nice to have: CPA, CMA, CFM, CCE or MBA
Skills:
- Ability to understand and communicate the drivers of product profit and loss
- Intermediate to advanced financial modeling skills
- Knowledge of the principles of cost accounting and activity-based costing
- Ideal candidate has an end-to-end business mindset, is results focused, a self-starter with high initiative, naturally inquisitive, able to think independently and has a desire to make a difference
- Strong financial and analytical skills; ability to draw conclusions from information and develop recommendations
- Commitment to deliver accurate financial analytics with first time quality and high level of thought leadership in all work
- Partner with customers/cross-functional teams to drive business results and meet deliverables; ability to influence business decisions with concrete financial support
- Draw conclusions from information and develop recommendations; critically important to be able to deliver the message to non-finance professionals
- Communicate effectively and professionally in written and verbal form, including presentation skills
- Manage/organize time, information, and resources effectively to meet deadlines and respond to requests in a timely manner
- Recommend possible strategic courses of action to capitalize on business opportunities
- Apply good judgment and professional integrity in decision-making
Requisition ID: 291123
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