Manager, HQ Sales Finance & Planning; SF&P

About the Job

Finance Manager, HQ Sales Finance & Planning (SF&P) plays a critical role in leading the monthly FP&A, Trade & Performance Management processes across US Sales Divisions, delivering accurate, timely, and insightful financial reporting and analysis to support planning accuracy and enterprise-level decision making. This role is highly cross‑functional and partners closely with Divisional SF&P Teams, Creamers, Ready‑To‑Drink, and Plant Based Categories Finance Teams, as well as the US FP&A team to deliver strong reporting, analytics and process implementation, while also serving as liaison with Trade Accounting to ensure accurate accounting treatment of trade accruals.

The position includes one direct report and can be based in either White Plains, NY or Louisville, CO.

• Lead the monthly FP&A Close reporting and consolidation cycle for all U.S. Sales Divisions, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Partner with Division Sales Finance teams to manage trade budgets and balance sheet activity, ensuring alignment to financial plans and accounting standards.
• Serve as a key finance partner to the Creamers, Ready‑To‑Drink Coffee, and Plant Based Categories, reporting on volume building blocks, trade spend, and variance analysis, and acting as a liaison between Category Finance, Division Sales Finance, and US FP&A teams.
• Partner closely with Trade Accounting to ensure accuracy and proper accounting treatment at month‑end close.
• Implement process improvements through digitalization of routine financial reporting to drive efficiency, accuracy and free up time for ad‑hoc impactful analysis.
• Support action‑oriented ad‑hoc financial analysis and special projects on a recurring basis to provide clarity and help drive business decisions.
• Lead and develop one direct report, providing coaching, prioritization and performance guidance.

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting (MBA preferred).
• 5–7+ years of progressive Corporate Finance experience, with increasing scope and responsibility ideally in CPG industry.
• Demonstrated Sales Finance experience, ideally within a matrixed or multi‑division environment.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, including trade accounting, accruals, and balance sheet management.
• Proficiency in Excel, with a demonstrated interest in leveraging Power BI to digitalize, automate and enhance financial reporting and insights.

• Strong willingness to learn and continuously grow technical and business knowledge.
• Comfortable digging into details to understand drivers, identify root causes, and ensure reporting accuracy.
• Ability to constructively challenge cross‑functional partners, helping articulate business performance and improve financial transparency.
• Demonstrate high degree of agility and strategic prioritization, and effectively navigate shifting priorities in a fast‑paced finance environment.
• Clear communicator with the confidence to influence while maintaining strong collaborative relationships.
• Highly organized, detail‑oriented, and able to manage multiple work streams in a fast‑paced environment.

Salary range: $117,000–168,000 USD. The exact salary offered depends on candidate experience, location, internal equity and market conditions. Danone North America offers a performance‑based bonus and a strong benefits package including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, 401(k) plan, wellness program, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, flexible time off, and paid parental bonding leave. The role is hybrid – you may work from home on a schedule agreed with your supervisor but are expected to be in the assigned office at least three days per week.

Danone North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law. For our EEO policy statement and your EEO rights under law, please refer to our policy.

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