Senior Financial Analyst

Department: CorporateLocation: Nottingham, PA Description Building a great career never tasted so good! We are currently seeking a qualified individual for the Senior Financial Analyst position, joining our Nottingham, PA team!SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday approximately 40+ hours a weekBENEFITS: This position is full-time benefit eligible, elective benefits include:Medical, dental, hearing and vision insurance.Marathon Health Clinic - a premier on-site healthcare provider. A separate entity from Herr's, located at our Nottingham, PA facility. This facility ensures easy access to tailored healthcare services, preventative care, wellness programs, for employees on any medical planOpportunity to contribute to a 401k with a generous Company Match Program, Annual Company Profit SharingPaid vacation, holiday and sick time.Paid Employee referral program.Job Summary: The Senior Financial Analyst will support the Finance Manager and provide financial leadership and decision support for the company. This role will support the annual operating plan process, budget, and forecast process, business analysis performance reporting, assist with the department’s compilation and distribution of management reports, metrics, and analysis of financial trends – including actual results against budget and forecast. The position will also support model development to aid decision making across a variety of opportunities. This includes financial analysis of new and emerging growth segments at Herr’s. This is a hybrid role, requiring 3 days on-site per week. Benefit (Details): Herr’s is proud to offer a variety of quality benefits and wellness programs where we have been recognized as a 5-time Well Workplace Award winner in the area! Elective benefits include medical, dental, vision and hearing insurance; long term disability, life insurance, accident, hospital and critical illness indemnity plans, critical illness indemnity plans, identity theft coverage, and legal plans. The company also provides opportunities to contribute to a 401k with generous company matching, annual company profit sharing, vacation, sick and holiday pay; EAP services, and tuition reimbursement. Benefits start the first of the month following 30 days of service (unless otherwise noted in plan description). Also enjoy low or no cost medical care through our Assured Excellence Program which provides high quality health care for orthopedic procedures, cancer treatments, cardiac surgery and care, along with treatment for many other conditions. Assured Excellence Program partners with nationally renowned facilities such as John Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, Shriners Children’s Hospital, Hazelden Betty Ford, and others. OSS Health Company Direct Program, based in York, PA, is available to benefit-eligible employees offering bundled package rates for orthopedic care and imaging. Key Responsibilities Financial AnalysisAnalyze actual costs against budget, forecast, and historical performance.Understand, validate and challenge the financial performance of various segmentsPerform research, explain variances, and offer recommendations for improvement in metrics, efficiency, and cost savingsBuild and maintain budgets at multiple levels ranging from departmental to business unit to operational divisions, adhering to the strategy determined by executive managementMonitor trends in relevant markets as well as the emerging environment to which Herrs has an interest and communicate findings to managementSummarize analysis, proposals, and conclusions in succinct presentations for use by managementKey player in annual budget process, and ongoing forecast with comparison of results, KPIs, and industry benchmarksPerforms periodic cost reconciliation reports, tracking data such as labor, and supply costsTake a proactive role in the development of new reporting formats that drive decision support. Make sure reporting is contemporary, flexible to meet organizational changesSupport and participate in ad-hoc requests as well as special project work related to the job.Forecast/ModelingAssist Finance Manager throughout the monthly Integrated Business PlanningPrepare and support monthly KPI reporting needsAssist the budgeting, planning and forecasting processes utilizing the functionality of financial software. Design and maintain reportsAnalyzes trends in key metrics and drivers to facilitate the monthly review of actual financial results compared to the budgets and forecast at multiple levelsCommunicationEffectively fields questions, discuss financial issues, explain analysis and support financial tracking of key projects with a wide range of audiences with varying levelsProfessionally communicate, collaborate, and persuade with a positive and productive disposition in a complex environment with a focus on customer serviceDevelops and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external customers and works proactively to identify and solve problemsCollaborates and shares knowledge across all areas of accounting and finance Any questions about this position or any others, please contact the Human Resources department at 610-932-6500 or recruitment@herrs.com Herr Foods Inc. is a drug-free workplace and an equal opportunity employer M/F/Veterans/Disabilities Skills, Knowledge and Expertise QualificationsBachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or accounting, and 3-7 years’ financial analysis experience requiredStrong understanding of the value and application of financial analytics within an organization with the drive and ability to lead change using people, process, data and technologyIntellectually curious, desire to be on the cutting edge, inquisitive, continuous learner.Experience in Manufacturing and/or Consumer Package Goods company is preferred.Experience in Standard Costing is preferred.Proven ability to develop models to analyze and make recommendations regarding the businessAbility to break down problems into meaningful parts and come to rational and well-thought-out conclusion and communicate them to a diverse audienceAbility to gather data from disparate sources, analyze findings and present to make sound business decisions.Formidable business acumen, and Financial AcumenComfortable with ambiguity; can handle the unexpected with flexibility.A team player who favors collaborative approaches when working with partners.Experience working in Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP, or another similar ERPExperience in reporting and analytical tools, such as Power BI, and Silvon.