Financial Analyst, T&HS US​/Commercial Finance

Position: Financial Analyst, T&HS US/CAN Commercial Finance
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Location:

Westchester, IL Workplace Type:
Hybrid As the Financial Analyst, Commercial Finance-US/CAN Texture & Healthful Solutions you will lead preparation of financial analyses for monthly and quarterly review meetings with senior business leaders, partner with the Commercial team to develop volume, revenue, and profit forecasts for the Texture & Healthful Solutions business, and support ad hoc requests and special projects (i.e. growth business cases / capital expenditure projects) as necessary.

This role reports to the Manager, Commercial Finance-Texture & Healthful Solutions.

What you will do:

· Lead preparation of financial analyses and presentations for the monthly and quarterly executive business review meetings (e.g., net sales bridges, operating income bridges, customer analysis, material/product line analysis, micro and macro volume trends, channel analysis, etc.).
· Partner with Commercial and Supply Chain teams to lead development of volume and revenue forecasts for the USCAN Texture & Healthful Solutions, Pharma, and Beauty & Home businesses which incorporate new product offerings, customer order trends, customer product sales, share of customer requirements, macro trends impacting customer’s products, and unique sales history.
· Lead rebate and distributor credit forecast and monthly/quarterly accrual process with oversight of Tulsa Shared Services calculations/payments and Guadalajara Shared Services accrual tracking.
· Partner with Commercial team to lead development of SG&A/OPEX budgets and forecast for selling, marketing, business development, and product research and development expenses.
· Provide Commercial/Sales, Marketing, and Commercial Leadership teams detailed financial reporting (volume, revenue, and gross profit) pivots to track customer/material performance and optimize profit mix; lead preparation of ad-hoc analyses to help Commercial/Sales team prepare for customer discussions, meetings, and negotiations. This includes overseeing Tulsa Financial Shared Service Center distributions of financial information to ensure completeness and accuracy.
· Lead development and calculation of USCAN Texture & Healthful Solutions Sales Incentive Plan (including tracking of new wins between SFDC and actual results); serve as finance liaison for the development of plan structure and methodology. Lead quarterly review meetings with Sales Directors/Leaders to ensure alignment on individual financial performance; update Compensation Power BI Dashboards with results for Quarterly tracking.
· Lead preparation of monthly financial performance and present to Go-to-Market team at townhalls/huddles.
· Collaborate and partner with Supply Chain, Marketing, Operations Finance, and Pricing COE teams to identify and summarize market and customer trends into actionable insights.
· Lead preparation of market intelligence, competitive intelligence, and business drivers for Commercial leadership team (with enhance focused on Sales Regions/Teams, Portfolio, Solutions Selling, and Market Categories – i.e., Savory, Baking, Snack, etc.).
· Assist leadership team with ad hoc requests in support of…