Sr Finance Analyst-Commercial Planning Sales

Title:

Sr Finance Analyst-Commercial Planning Sales

Location:

Eagle, IDJob

Requisition
-272127

Time Type:
Full time About Lamb Weston You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world. A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference.

You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary The Commercial Planning Sales/Finance Analyst is responsible for providing financial and commercial analysis, planning, forecasting, reporting, and business insights that support sales and commercial decision-making. This role partners closely with Sales, Finance, Marketing, Revenue Management, and Supply Chain to analyze business performance, identify opportunities and risks, and translate data into actionable recommendations.

The ideal candidate has strong analytical and financial skills, a solid understanding of the Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) industry, and experience working with large, complex data sets. The candidate should be highly proficient in SAP/BPC, Analysis for Office (AFO), and Power BI and comfortable communicating results and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders.

Job Description Success in This Role Success in this position will be demonstrated by the ability to turn complex sales and financial data into clear business insights, improve forecasting and reporting accuracy, identify commercial opportunities and risks, and provide actionable recommendations that help Sales and Finance leaders make informed decisions.

The ideal candidate is analytical, commercially minded, highly detail-oriented, technology-savvy, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

Key Responsibilities Commercial Planning & Forecasting Support the development of annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, and long-range plans.

Analyze actual results versus budget, forecast, prior year, and plan assumptions.

Identify key business drivers, trends, risks, and opportunities impacting sales and profitability..Support commercial planning cycles.

Sales & Financial Analysis Analyze sales performance by customer, channel, product, brand, region, and/or market.

Identify sales and financial trends and communicate key findings to leadership.

Develop variance analysis and provide explanations for significant changes in performance.

Support customer and account-level profitability analysis.

Reporting & Business Intelligence Develop and maintain recurring financial and commercial reporting.

Create dashboards and visualizations using Power BI to communicate business performance and trends.

Utilize SAP to retrieve, validate, and analyze financial and sales data.

Leverage SAP Analysis for Office (AFO) for reporting, analysis, planning, and data extraction.

Improve reporting processes through automation, standardization, and enhanced data visualization.

Ensure data accuracy and consistency across reporting platforms.

Business Partnership Partner with Sales, Finance, Marketing, Revenue Management, and Supply Chain to support business decisions.

Translate complex financial and commercial data into clear, actionable insights.

Prepare presentations and executive-level reporting for business reviews.

Serve as an analytical resource for commercial teams.

Support ad hoc analysis and special projects as needed

Basic &

Preferred Qualifications

Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree required in Finance, Business, Data Analytics, or a related field.
3+ years of experience in financial analysis, commercial finance, sales analytics, or a related discipline.

Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills.

Advanced Excel skills.

Strong experience with SAP and SAP Analysis for Office (AFO).Strong experience developing reports and dashboards using Microsoft Power BI.Ability to analyze large data sets and identify meaningful business insights.

Strong communication and presentation skills.

Ability to work…