Manager Finance (Prepared)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the month-end close process for the Prepared Foods business family to ensure the highest level of accurate analysis and appropriate expense recognition.
• Analyze variances to plan.
• Create quarterly and annual financial forecasts for the entire P&L in close coordination with cross-functional partners including Marketing, SS&P, and Supply Chain.
• Present results to BU GM and other stakeholders.
• Gather and analyze information to determine risks and opportunities in the annual budget and quarterly forecast.
• Drive and own the Strategic Plan financials for the business.
• Support and develop business case recommendations and financial model projections for key innovation initiatives with marketing and cross-functional teams on specific ad-hoc initiatives and requests including but not limited to: Pricing analysis, Incremental trade funding requests, volume bridging to support, Cost savings initiatives, and capital improvement requests.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required; MBA desired
• 5+ years’ experience in Finance
• Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong communication, organization, data accuracy, problem-solving, and presentation skills
• Experience with SAP BI