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Conagra Brands

Frozen foods and snacks producer

Senior Financial Analyst - Trade Finance

Corporate Finance & FP&APosted on Nov 11
Full-timeChicago, IL, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required.
  • At least 5 years of professional general business and financial experience is required.
  • Experience in P&L management and knowledge of financial systems and general accounting concepts are required.
  • Strong critical thinking skills and experience leveraging analytics, benchmarking, insights, and technology to develop business strategies and solutions are required.
  • Experience working across multiple departments to complete a project or resolve an organizational challenge is required.

Responsibilities

  • Own forecasting and analytics for approximately $1 billion in Retail Domestic Trade and other Gross-to-Net Sales spend.
  • Participate in planning, forecasting, close activities, performance analysis, and financial reviews.
  • Partner with Brand Finance and Business Development to manage Gross-to-Net Sales P&L accounts, including trade, slotting, and other sales costs.
  • Champion best practices, process improvements, and technology enablement.
  • Participate in preparing and compiling the annual operating plan and strategic plan for assigned P&L components and related balance sheet accounts.
  • Contribute to month-end and quarter-end close activities, including promptly identifying and resolving unusual items and issues.
  • Lead quarterly forecasting for the assigned business unit, partnering with cross-functional teams to translate Sales forecasts into the internal P&L.
  • Serve as a business partner to Business Development and Brand Finance on forecasting, variance analysis, accounting, and finance-related questions.
  • Communicate forecast changes, risks, and opportunities to business partners through specific, actionable, and forward-looking analyses.
  • Evaluate and deliver periodic metrics, scorecards, and reports.
  • Contribute to the team’s continuous process improvement efforts, including technology enablement.
  • Participate in and/or lead finance-wide projects as business needs require.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with SAP or other software tools is preferred.
  • Experience with AI enablement is preferred.

About the Company

Conagra Brands

Frozen foods and snacks producer

Conagra Brands is a major U.S. food company that makes, markets, and sells branded packaged foods. Its products span frozen meals, snacks, condiments, and pantry staples under well-known labels such as Birds Eye and Duncan Hines, distributed through retailers nationwide. The company creates and distributes these products through large-scale manufacturing and branding efforts, often coordinating multiple branded lines in grocery stores and mass retailers. It differentiates itself through a long history of strategic acquisitions that built a diverse portfolio of consumer brands, and by focusing on its branded foods after spinning off its Lamb Weston potato business. Conagra’s goal is to be a leading, widespread provider of convenient, high-quality branded foods, growing through its portfolio, scale, and acquisitions to reach more consumers and markets.

Company size
Not listed
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Founded
1919

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