Senior Financial Analyst

About the position

At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale. But it's not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another's talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other's growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success. We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that department managers are provided with timely and accurate information to manage budgeted costs.
• Provide weekly department spending updates.
• Lead the monthly department spend reviews.
• Work with department managers to spot issues and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare additional analysis as necessary.
• Summarize department spend feedback for executive analysis.
• Lead the annual budgeting process for overhead spending and people costs.
• Collaborate with department heads to prepare overhead spend budget proposals.
• Develop key assumptions in the people budget process.
• Facilitate management review by developing concise analysis.
• Monitor and track changes to budget assumptions.
• Maintain the monthly financial reporting file in collaboration with the Corporate Controller.
• Create additional functionality in the file as requested and fix issues that arise.
• Provide financial insights and reports to support decision-making processes.
• Assume responsibility for monthly reporting packs.
• Consider ways to improve established processes to provide more timely results and opportunity for more thorough analysis.
• Lead and contribute to other initiatives, within and beyond accounting.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2-3 years of relevant experience.
• Financial and business acumen; knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
• Strong Excel skills, including V-lookups, filtering, and pivot tables.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact and communicate effectively with employees at all levels including senior leadership.
• Bachelor's degree with business related concentration, finance or accounting preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience explaining financial results to non-Finance managers.
• Prior experience in manufacturing environment and/or in CPG.
• Experience with BI tools and/or dashboards/use of SQL.
• Experience with any or all of the following: Catalyst (EBM Software), Enterprise 21, Ross (Aptean).
• CPA designation.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Annual discretionary bonus program up to 10%.