Brand Finance Business Partner

Brand Finance Business Partner

Champion Petfoods is expanding! We are excited to announce we are looking for a Brand Finance Business Partner to join our rapidly growing company. Champion Petfoods is an award-winning pet food crafter with a reputation of trust spanning 35+ years. From our humble beginnings, founded in a small town in Alberta, Canada, Champion with its ORIJEN and ACANA brands is a key player in the global premium pet food industry. Our purpose, To Earn Pet Lover Trust Every Day so Pets Thrive for a Lifetime, provides the foundation for our highest aspirations as a company. Being a partner to the communities that surround us and the environment that sustains us are top priorities. We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about personal and professional growth and see yourself as a key player contributing to our continued success as an award-winning company.

Here's the scoop - Summary

The role plays a key role in supporting marketing function in delivering their objectives. Navigating portfolio health and advertising / promotion spend to drive sustainable growth is the key expectation of the role. Developing collaborative relationship across the demand function and acting as a Business Partner to bring the finance perspective whilst observing governance is a unique contribution of the role. This role is both analytical and tactical in nature, needing to identify trends, emerging risks and opportunities while at the same having the ability to dive into the details to uncover root-cause to enable building of a recommendation of an action plan. The Brand Finance Business Partner reports to the VP of Finance NA and is based out of Louisville, CO working a hybrid schedule with 3 days in the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Key partner in translation of marketing strategy into IVCP and AEP financial models
• Planning, forecasting, tracking and controlling of advertising and promotion budget
• Analysis of advertising and promotion investment effectiveness
• Portfolio analysis and lead on SKU rationalization recommendation
• Innovation pipeline support, represents finance in new product development process
• Brand performance analytics, owner of finance part of the brand dashboards
• Support of the S&OP+ process step 1 : portfolio management review
• Evaluation and assessment of marketing spend commitments to inform A&CP accrual during Pclose
• Assist with the preparation of ad hoc reports, financial reviews and special projects as directed by the leadership team
• Provide timely and accurate analysis of forecasts and financial results
• Identify and analyze prevailing trends in business practices
• Ensure costs are accurately captured and monitor budget adherence
• Assist with business plan development by conducting relevant project research and analysis for purposes of strategy identification and implementation
• Calculate key performance indicators, benchmarks and measures
• Provide advice, training and / or guidance to staff in the supported function, as necessary
• Other responsibilities, as assigned

Key Requirements

What can you expect from Champion?

Come as you are. We value diversity in all forms and know the power it can bring. Workplace equality allows for creative ideas to bloom, diverse points of views to be heard, and increases overall happiness. That sounds pretty good to us. Champion is an equal opportunity employer. Regardless of your race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, or any other creed, you are wanted here. The base pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between the range listed above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including but not limited to, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, if eligible, including variable pay, medical and dental benefits, participation in 401k plan, and paid time off benefits. Eligibility for these additional elements depend on the position offered and the employee's work schedule (i.e., part-time schedule, store associate). Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an applicant receives an offer of employment.