Finance Analyst (Hybrid)

Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow.

At Nestle USA, we're all working towards the same goal - to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity - and responsibility - to be there for every moment in our consumers' lives.

Joining Nestle means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.

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POSITION SUMMARY :

This position offers a unique opportunity to be a key financial influencer & strategic business partner for a Nestle USA customer team managing a multi-million dollar portfolio of revenue, facilitating key decisions related to sales and trade funds with a focus on ensuring profitable growth and adequate return on promotional investment.

You will provide financial oversight including detailed event level planning, promotional spend review, forecasting, reporting, and ad-hoc customer analysis, with an emphasis on maintaining sound financial controls around trade budget spending. This will require someone who is comfortable digesting large amounts of data and can use both art and science to convert it into actionable insights for the organization. You will be highly collaborative in a cross functional environment and exemplify key behaviors such as : digital curiosity and progress over perfection.

You will maintain control of net proceeds of sale (NPS), trade spend, net net of sales (NNS), and evaluating & driving overall efficiency of trade plans. The Key Performance indicators are sales volume, real internal growth, organic growth, trade, sales contribution, and promotional trade efficiency. The key quality indicators are trade management, forecasting, deduction management and strategic business partnering.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Work proactively with Category Account Managers (CAM) during annual planning, ensuring alignment with Commercial Action Plans and ROI thresholds for promotions.
• Ensure the accuracy of events in Osprey and review plan adjustments as needed throughout the year.
• Meet with CAMs / Sales Director to understand variances to goals, on both sales and trade. Communicate results and work with CAMs to develop solutions for driving sales or for adjusting trade activities to ensure goals are met.
• Lead monthly business review meetings with the CAMs to ensure successful trade management and optimization of trade. This will include analytical review of monthly / annual forecasts and promotional plan performance - leading to objective, timely and fact-based communication of volume / trade opportunities and gaps to the Divisions.
• Support governance and compliance with trade program policies.
• Drive usage and adoption of promotional trade efficiency tools. Partner with CAM and SRM team to propose actionable solutions to drive more efficient trade spend and adjustments to promotion plan based on historical data.
• Propose actionable solutions to business challenges and process improvements by performing root cause analysis to identify and quantify value creation opportunities.

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SKILLS :

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestle. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestle seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you'll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestle home.

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Job Requisition : 370698