Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A

Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A

Dessert Holdings is the leading premium dessert company in the world. We craft artisanal, scratch-made desserts at scale, combining culinary innovation with the finest real ingredients. With a rich heritage spanning seven distinctive brands, we bring unmatched expertise and tailored solutions to our Retail and Food service partners.

Dessert Holdings is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), in St Paul, MN, who will serve as a strategic business partner to the Food service Sales team, driving financial insights and decision-making to support the channel's growth and profitability objectives. This role will support financial budgeting, pricing and deal analytics, and business performance analytics, delivering insights to help guide strategic initiatives.

This is an amazing opportunity to join a high-growth organization and pave the way for future career advancement within the company.

• Serve as the primary finance business partner to the Food service Channel Sales team.
• Partner cross-functionally to aid financial modeling, analysis, and channel strategy development.
• Lead new product pricing, optimizing sales and margin for a robust innovation pipeline.
• Partner with the commercial team to develop accurate sales forecasts, understand performance gaps vs. budget/forecast, and identify key risks and upside opportunities.
• Analyze operational and financial data to drive actionable insights into business performance.
• Provide financial support for monthly business reviews and Board meetings.
• Collaborate with FP&A Manager supporting the Retail channel to leverage best practices and drive continuous process improvement, simplifying, eliminating, and/or automating where possible.
• Support and hoc analysis and special projects as needed.

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA preferred.
• Minimum 3+ years of financial, analytical, and budgeting experience.
• Proficient in MS Office and standard financial software applications.
• EBM Catalyst and Microsoft Dynamics 365 experience a plus.
• Strong verbal and written communication, problem solving skills, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills.
• Comfort with cross-functional environments and supporting cross-functional teams.
• Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Ability to "tell the story behind the number", translating financial analysis into meaningful insights for both finance and non-finance peers.
• Capable of multi-tasking across projects of varying scope and complexity.
• Consumer Packaged Goods industry and manufacturing experience a plus.

Dessert Holdings is a collection of premium dessert companies and brands:
The Original Cakerie, Lawler's Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company, Steven Charles, Dianne's Fine Desserts, Kenny's Great Pies, and Willamette Valley Pie Company. Dessert Holdings is owned by Bain Capital, is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, employs more than 3,800 people across ten manufacturing facilities, and is continuing its journey of rapid growth.

Dessert Holdings and its related entities provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or any other characteristics protected by law.