Financial Analyst, Revenue Management
Company: Post Consumer Brands
Location: Lakeville
Posted on: May 24, 2023
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Job Description:
Business Unit Overview:
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business
unit of Post Holdings Inc., is focused on providing delicious food
choices for every taste and budget. As a company committed to high
standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea:
To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for
all.
Brand:
The company's portfolio ranges from iconic brands such as Honey
Bunches of Oats -, Grape-Nuts - and PEBBLES--- cereals, as well as
Peter Pan - peanut butter to the top-selling Malt-O-Meal - brand of
value ready-to-eat cereals and more. Our business is growing and
that's where you come in. Our company is a hearty mix of ambitious
people who want to make great things happen.
Location Description:
Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is
about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all
the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a
large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team
members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put
breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North
America.
Responsibilities:
It's an exciting time in pet food! Post Holdings, Inc. recently
announced an agreement to buy several pet food brands from The J.M.
Smucker Co. The transaction is anticipated to close early in the
second calendar quarter of 2023. Upon closing of the acquisition,
Post expects to create a new pet food platform within Post Consumer
Brands. This role has been added to support the team and grow these
iconic pet brands.
This position will serve as a finance partner to our internal brand
marketing teams by providing impactful financial analysis and
insights that maximize top and bottom-line business performance.
This position will provide proactive decision support, and guidance
to their brand partners that increases the overall financial acumen
across the team. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter, be
able to independently and effectively navigate and interact across
multiple functions and thrive in a fast paced, changing
environment.
Responsibilities Include:
Support Marketing by creating P&Ls for new products. This
includes:
Gathering and validating cost inputs, including raw materials,
labor and transportation.
Partnering with the Trade team to incorporate a trade rate
assumption to capture price discounts, merchandising fees and
slotting.
Analyzing competitive pricing and recommending a gross price
structure that aligns to a price slope and is appropriate by
channel.
Presenting alternative price/size/cost scenarios that would help
achieve financial objectives.
Prepare and assess monthly financial results for your brand,
providing implications of business trends and variances while
highlighting opportunity areas.
Support the monthly forecasting process of your brand by validating
volumes, trends and ensuring accuracy of inputs.
Actively participate in monthly business review meetings and the
IBP process.
Work with team members to share insights and continuously improve
processes, reporting and enhanced decision making.
Develop and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the
organization in order to provide meaningful and timely insights and
guidance.
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics
preferred.
Experience:
0-2 years of job experience in a role where analytical skills were
applied.
Experience building and managing P&Ls in a previous role or in
a college level Finance course desired.
Skills:
Strong financial and analytical skills
Ability to think critically, draw conclusions from information and
develop recommendations
Must be able to effectively interact, collaborate and communicate
across multiple functions in the organization, cooperating and
building consensus to drive results
Strong intellectual curiosity and affinity for numbers
Ability to work through ambiguity, take initiative, and navigate
challenges and obstacles
Ability to influence business decisions with concrete financial
support
Ability to plan, prioritize and manage workload in an environment
of competing priorities
Must be organized, thorough and accurate
Computer skills: moderate to advanced use of Excel
Keywords: Post Consumer Brands, Lakeville , Financial Analyst, Revenue Management, Accounting, Auditing , Lakeville, Minnesota
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