Job Description

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will perform moderately complex financial analysis, identify and investigate issues related to assigned projects, and present recommendations to management. You will manage innovation project financials, AOP and Strat Plan, quarterly forecasting, period close, and scorecarding. You will also be a strong business partner. Minimum 3 years related experience.

Position Responsibilities

• Be a partner for specified finance related questions. Including assessing needs and resolving risks and opportunities in a timely manner.
• Participate in the preparation and compilation of the annual operating plan (AOP) and strategic plan
• Update the quarterly forecast based on business changes.  Communicate changes to business partners by providing specific, actionable and forward-looking commentary on the changes and guidance on potential risk.
• Participate in month-end/quarter-end close activities to ensure completion of assigned tasks, including identification and resolution of unusual items and issues.
• Provide comprehensive financial analysis and models for requests depending on the assigned function (product development, customer analysis, competitive analysis, pricing, etc.).
• Manage project work that will rotate and cut across several different financial disciplines including FP&A, new product development, manufacturing investments, and in-market investments.
• Lead the development of metrics, scorecards and reporting for assigned function.
• Evaluate and provide periodic metrics, scorecards and reports
• Participate in finance wide-projects, projects will vary depending on needs.

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
• 3+ years of professional general business and financial experience
• Experience in P&L management, along with knowledge of financial systems and general accounting concepts.
• Ability to develop strong relationships and partnerships with internal customers, peers and manage those relationships.
• Experience working across multiple departments to complete a project or resolve an organizational challenge.
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills, including leveraging analytics, benchmarking, and insights to generate meaningful strategies and solutions.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Experience with SAP or other software tools preferred.
• At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in the future

Our Modern Workplace:

Conagra’s culture of collaboration enhances our ability to meet critical business goals, deliver value to customers and consumers and provide you with the flexibility you need to achieve a better work-life balance. We carefully consider each role and how often each team member needs to collaborate in-person. This position requires you work from our Chicago office 4 days a week.

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Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

• Health: Medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid life, accident and disability insurance
• Wealth: great pay, incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: online courses, virtual and classroom development experiences
• Balance: paid-time off, paternal leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role)

Our Company:

Conagra Brands is one of North America's leading branded food companies. We have a rich heritage of making great food, and a team that’s passionate about innovation and growth. Conagra offers choices for every occasion through iconic brands, such as Birds Eye®, Marie Callender's®, Banquet®, Healthy Choice®, Slim Jim®, Reddi-wip®, and Vlasic®, and emerging brands, including Angie's® BOOMCHICKAPOP®, Duke's®, Earth Balance®, Gardein®, and Frontera®.

We pride ourselves on having the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in the food industry. For more information, visit www.conagrabrands.com.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. â€‹