Senior Financial Planning Analyst at King Arthur Baking Company in White River Junction, VT

Job description

• The Position: The Senior Financial Analyst provides consultative and strategic financial support to business leaders, including forecasting, planning, and insightful financial analytics. They are focused on the e-commerce, retail and marketing channels, providing timely models that help leaders better manage their business, improve financial performance, and meet annual financial and operating goals. They are a systems thinker who can connect financial outcomes to sales strategy and consumer insights. They have ownership of key performance indicators, profitability reporting and margin analysis, and are a key contributor to enterprise-wide financial budgeting and modeling.

Responsibilities

• Analyze monthly financial results, distilling key trends, and communicating business insights
• Lead forecasting and financial reviews for e-commerce, retail, marketing, and selected administrative functions, serving as a finance partner to business leaders.
• Contribute to enterprise budgeting, reforecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
• Partner with cross functional teams to support data-driven decision making through ad-hoc financial analysis and scenario modeling
• Designs, maintains and evaluates reporting for product and customer profitability and margin analysis
• Actively contributes to building payroll analysis, including reports, scorecards and databases related to HR and compensation
• Work with internal teams to lead financial evaluation of retail expansion opportunities, capital return on investment and other direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategic opportunities
• Designs and executes regular company-wide analyses to high level, using monthly performance analytics vs. budget, forecast and prior year
• Support special projects as assigned by management and senior leadership
• This should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties and responsibilities. There may be some variation and/or development of the above duties and responsibilities without changing the general nature of the job.

Requirements

• Degree in business, accounting, or finance
• 5+ years of professional experience in finance or accounting field with progressive responsibility in financial planning and analysis, preferably in e-commerce or retail
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Office
• Proficient with advanced analytics tools – Data Cubes, MS Power BI, Tableau, SQL
• Strong knowledge of ERP platforms (SAP S/4HANA preferred), with an emphasis on ability to extract, analyze, and communicate financial information.
• Demonstrated track record of leading complex financial analyses through to completion, manage multiple deliverables and consistently meet deadlines.
• Proven ability to lead complex projects end-to-end, frame ambiguous problems, and deliver clear, actionable insights.
• We value those who can demonstrate capability and articulate how prior experiences will help them effectively transition into this role
• Decision Making and Problem Solving: Analyze complex situations, weigh the pros and cons of various options, and make sound and timely decisions while considering the impact on the team and organization. Identify and define problems and analyze relevant information to generate and implement effective solutions.
• Financial Acumen: Ability to grasp the financial effects and relationships of supply chain activity and decisions on the P&L statement. Guide operational performance through a lens of fiscal responsibility.
• Technical system and database acumen: Demonstrated experience and expertise in automated Procure to Pay and Plannings systems – ERP, MRP, EDI/API, Forecasting (SAP S/4HANA preferred). Working knowledge of SAP S4/Hana, and experience in advanced analytics tools including Data Cubes and MS Power BI.
• Drives accountability: Able to effectively set clear expectations, define and articulate success milestones and metrics, and manage performance to the desired outcome while empowering and coaching others. Sets and demonstrates a high operational standard through actions and creates an environment that motivates team members and creates connection to the work.
• Communication and collaboration: Competence and confidence to function as a supply chain expert with cross-functional teams, external partners, and business leaders. Proactively and intentionally communicates with the ability to appropriately articulate clear and concise messages, both written and verbal, to the circumstance and intended audience.
• Results oriented: Proactive problem solving and solution recommendations. Identifies opportunities for improvement and consistency across end-to-end supply chain and internal operations.
• Strategic Thinking: Capability to think critically and strategically to develop plans and recommendations that are aligned with organizational objectives and market demands.
• Genuine enthusiasm for King Arthur’s mission and products and a commitment to living our values
• Demonstrates a strong sense of community by actively engaging and volunteering

Skills

Required

• Advanced skills with Microsoft Office

Preferred

• SAP S/4HANA preferred

Benefits

• The Benefits: Yes, we have the regular "stuff" - medical, dental, vision, company paid short- and long-term disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, paid time off to rest, paid holidays to have fun, a 401(k) with a company match. But here's what makes us different: 40 paid volunteer hours a year, profit sharing*, participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)* and knowing that those working with you are dedicated and engaged co-employee owners that believe in you and your extraordinary abilities to move us all forward.
• The Pay: $88,500 to $119,500 annual salary; commensurate with experience.