Sr. Finance, Planning & Analysis - Doskocil Mfg.

This position is a key team member leading effort in the future growth of the company. This individual will be a contributor with the Company’s financial quarterly forecast, annual budgeting process, operating plan variance analysis and special projects. This role will also work closely with Sales and Marketing developing tools and analyses to understand product-level and customer profitability, new product development economics and portfolio growth drivers. The Sr. Analyst will provide financial, hands-on, consulting, and strategic support to executive senior management including financial presentations, capital expenditure analysis, acquisition analysis and other projects requested by the executive senior management team. This function acts as an analytical tool to provide insights and support ‘optimal’ business decision making. The position reports to the Manager – Finance, Planning & Analysis. This role requires a self-starter who enjoys working in an improvement driven environment.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated, hands-on, analytical, and process-driven individual with proven track-record of providing data-driven business insights and successfully driving results. This position requires partnership and developing effective working relationships within finance and across the organization. This role requires broad business acumen, strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and someone comfortable in both manufacturing and corporate environments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Monthly FP&A Insights and Analysis:

· Analysis of top Customers / Product Categories and top items-level profitability.

· Perform monthly variance analysis and tracking for all business areas – forecast/Budget. Support department heads with monthly financials and operational reviews.

· Analysis of historical financials and insight generation on growth opportunities.

· Scorecards and Reports’ consolidation, automation & streamlining KPIs.

· Analysis and reporting of customer marketing programs

· Review Capital spend, ROI analysis, and post-audit results.

· Make recommendations in processes and reporting as changes occur in business drivers.

· Ad hoc business analysis to turn data into insights across functions. Perform financial analysis and modeling to identify trends and recommend improvements accordingly.

Project and Partnership across departments:

· Leverage Business Intelligence tools to automate reports and processes. Partner with IT and Finance Systems in automating and improving accuracy of daily and monthly reporting, including KPIs, scorecards and key business tools.

· Lead and participate in special projects to advance the Company objectives.

· Identify Business Insights and business improvement opportunities in the key business areas (Operations, Finance, Marketing, Sales, Process Optimization, identification of Profit-Improvement Initiatives, Strategy).

· M&A due diligence and post-transaction integration. Competitor benchmarking, industry, and product trends, identify strategic opportunities.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

· Undergrad in Finance, Business, Accounting, or the equivalent experience. Accounting experience and costing comprehension a plus.

· A minimum of 2 years experience..

· Leadership and Project Management Skills across non-reporting lines.

· Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and competing priorities.

· Ability to articulate the business story backed by analytical findings. Strong analytical skills and ability to provide recommendations and lead implementation teams.

· Experience with Field/Operations FP&A and Finance planning roles in a Manufacturing environment. Cost accounting knowledge a plus.

· Strong budgeting, forecasting and analysis experience.

· Strategic thinker with the ability to effectively translate strategies into financial plans.

· Broad business acumen and problem-solving skills.

· Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.

· A self-directed individual able to adapt quickly to changes in priorities.

· Advanced Excel, database management and modeling skills. Strong presentation, communications, and organizational skills.

· Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) with peers and executive level.

· Previous experience in Consumer Product Goods (CPG) and manufacturing a plus.

· High attention to detail and accuracy. Self-starter, proactive and creative problem solver.

· Process improvement projects within the FP&A function.

· Experience with Essbase, Oracle, MicroStrategy a plus but not required