Sr. Finance Analyst - US Commercial Finance

The Opportunity:

The Sr. Financial Analyst is responsible for reporting on the MLF US finance function and supporting the Sales & Marketing teams with ad hoc requests and analysis. The position requires a highly motivated individual to provide top-quality, value-added analysis and insight. The successful candidate must have great analytical and interpersonal skills and have experience supporting commercial teams. It will be the responsibility of the analyst to support the MLF US Finance Team with all the necessary analysis and business acumen required to make the optimal business decision.

Any MLF team member interested in being considered for this role are encouraged to apply online by March 12. Applications received beyond that date are not guaranteed consideration.

Reason for vacancy:
Existing Headcount
Compensation: $69, - $, CAD base pay annually plus annual short-term incentive

Snapshot of a Day-in-the-Life:

Responsibility for developing Business Plans and optimizing financial processes to drive efficiencies while maintaining a strong compliance culture:

Weekly & Monthly Reporting:
Coordinate, prepare and distribute weekly reporting (Actual vs forecast/budget/prior year); including identifying areas of opportunity and/or concern (risk), provide recommendations, and execute against them.

Commercial Support:
Proactively supporting commercial teams in projects (new product launches) as main finance lead. Ensure that all analyses completed are ‘value-added’ and align to the Business Unit’s Priorities. Become a true business partner by ensuring that you are involved in the key commercial priorities – strategy sessions, budgeting, new product launches, and pricing decisions (ad hoc analysis).

Trade Support: co-ordinate trade tracking and reporting; ensuring accrual rates are properly set up in the system; investigating discrepancies and resolving trade issues; providing recommendations to make sound long-term trade strategy decisions to support volume growth, while maintaining return on investment and protecting margin

Forecast and Budget: co-ordinate forecasts and budget reviews for volume and margins with the commercial team and ensure all required adjustments are flowed through accurately to reflect objectives/targets for the category.

Ad Hoc Reporting for Senior Management:
Provide Commercial Reporting as requested by Senior Management.

What You’ll Bring:

We are looking for a candidate who is passionate about commercial finance, can quickly learn to see “the big picture” of the MLF business and its ecosystem, and will recognize business value drivers and interdependencies behind financial line items. You are analytical, a problem solver, and a driver. Among your strengths are a continuous improvement mindset, bringing forward new ideas, and seeing current state challenges as an opportunity to transform and make an impact.

Your approach is collaborative, and you see people as the most important asset of any company and treat them accordingly.

Required skills, knowledge, and attributes:

Post-secondary education in a finance or business related program

Completion (or near completion) of professional accounting designation program

3+ years of value add analytical experience (previous experience supporting sales and marketing an asset)

Strong business acumen, critical thinking, and analytical skills with the ability to identify issues, extract meaningful insights, and help drive fact-based business decisions

Must have excellent analysis skills and be a detail-oriented person

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Intermediate Excel skill is an asset)

Exceptional ability to manage time, set priorities, and make decisions under pressure

Able to function both independently and in a team environment

Ability to develop rapport, with all levels of the organization

Desirable skills, knowledge, and attributes:

Experience in the CPG industry or non-CPG manufacturing environment

Contextual knowledge of SAP ERP, SAP BPC, PowerBI

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