Senior Financial Analyst, Food and Mass Team - East Hanover, United States - Mondelez International

Description

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelez International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.

The Senior Financial Analyst, Food and Mass Team provides financial controls and facilitates key decisions related to trade spend, revenue, waste, other allowances, profitability and return on investments through detailed analyses and insights. The successful individual must be able to analyze and interpret data to draw out insights and drive better business decisions.

This person will be subject matter expert on trade planning & execution systems (Apex, Tableau dashboards), sales/trade reconciliations, reporting and analysis. In addition to the Finance Manager, this position supports Customer Business Teams (CBTs), Sales Planning and also HQ stakeholders. Key areas of responsibility include the monitoring and control of trade spending within policy and procedures as well as leading detailed reconciliation reviews of sales and trade plans for both Biscuit and Confectionery categories with the CBT's.

Customer Performance & Analysis

• Provide financial and analytical support on national accounts and regional grocery sales activities/initiatives
• Manage monthly Customer P&L analysis and distribution.
• Business building analysis including customer profitability and partnership in trade efficiency and effectiveness.
• Report and analyze KPIs including metrics covering revenue tracking, trade spending, unsaleables, other allowances, forecast accuracy and profitability.
• Ensure data integrity in analyzing sales results and trade.
• Proactive and responsive business partnering to problem solve opportunities against sales, trade and systems (TPM/CPW/Apex).

Controls & Process Improvement

• Review checkbook reconciliations quarterly with CBT and Center of Excellence partners, identify disconnects and close gaps.
• Weekly review of all checkbook balances to ensure spending & controls compliance.
• Coordinate monthly reconnects with CBL's to review spending, controls and upcoming BU requirements.
• Provide direction, advice and counsel on trade spending policies and procedures to CBTs. Proactively ensure on-going trade policy compliance through quarterly trade scrubs and monthly trade spend reporting.
• Support/facilitate trade deduction management.
• Ensure efficient systems and processes exist to facilitate financial planning analysis and reporting.
• Collaborate with other finance teams and outsourced business provider (Genpact) to ensure harmonization and implementation of best practices
• Support internal and external audits.

Competencies/Abilities

• Results oriented and able to roll-up the sleeves in order to accomplish necessary tasks.
• Self-starter with proven ability to work autonomously as well as within a cross-functional team.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and make something out of nothing.
• Can think creatively and has foresight regarding long term financial impact of decisions.
• Presents numbers and results in an organized and confident fashion to senior management, both verbally and in quality presentation decks.
• Remains calm in a time-sensitive, deadline driven environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration required, MBA preferred
• 3 or more years of experience in Finance is required
• Experience supporting Commercial teams would be ideal
• Consumer packaged goods (CPG) experience a strong plus
• Experience with SAP, Tableau, PowerBI and Hyperion an advantage
• Highly developed critical thinking skills, quantitative and analytical problem-solving skills with ability to interpret complex data
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritize and multi-task against tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills, strong communication and negotiation skills
• Exceptional system skills, especially Excel skills
• Strong influencing and communication skills, and ability to lead informal teams

No Relocation support available

Business Unit Summary

The United States is the largest market in the Mondelez International family with a significant employee and manufacturing footprint. Here, we produce our well-loved household favorites to provide our consumers with the right snack, at the right moment, made the right way. We have corporate offices, sales, manufacturing and distribution locations throughout the U.S. to ensure our iconic brands-including OreoandChips Ahoycookies,Ritz,Wheat ThinsandTriscuitcrackers, andSwedish FishandSour PatchKidsconfectionery products -are close at hand for our consumers across the country.

Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.

Job Type

Regular

Finance Planning & Performance Management

Finance

At Mondelez International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.

We have a rich portfolio of strong brands - both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum

Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.

Join us and Make It An Opportunity

Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.