Job Summary

The Senior Financial Analyst, Brand is a strong business partner to the general management team responsible for a portfolio of brands. Partner with cross-functional teams to provide recommendations and ensure sound financial decisions are made for the organization. Perform complex financial analyses, interpret financial data, present analyses along with recommendations to management, and lead small teams on ad-hoc projects. Responsibilities may include forecasting, Annual Operating Plan (AOP), strategic planning, metrics & scorecarding, and duties related to period close. Senior Financial Analyst reports to the Manager, Finance. Minimum 5 years related experience preferred.

Position Responsibilities

• Be a partner for specified function on accounting and finance related questions. This will involve the ability to assess needs, resolve risks and opportunities on time, and communicate issues/business results.

• Participate in the preparation and compilation of the annual operating plan (AOP) and strategic plan for assigned component of the P&L and related balance sheet accounts.

• Update the monthly forecast for assigned department based on business changes. Communicate changes to business partners by providing specific, applicable, and forward-looking commentary on the changes as well as guidance on potential risk.

• Participate in monthly consensus meeting on items such as volume, trade, and advertising and promotional spending.

• Contribute to month-end/quarter-end close activities to ensure completion of assigned tasks, including identification and resolution of unusual variances and issues.

• Provide comprehensive financial analysis and models for requests depending on the assigned function (product development, customer analysis, competitive analysis, pricing, etc.).

• Oversee 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 commentary for periodic metrics, scorecards, and reports

• Provide FP&A support as needed.

• Participate and/or lead various finance-wide projects; level of involvement will vary depending on needs.

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.

• MBA or CPA/CMA certification preferred.

• Minimum 5 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 build partnerships with internal customers, peers and manage those relationships.

• Experience working across multiple departments to complete a project or resolve an organizational challenge.

• Knowledge of Excel functions such as VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, Conditional Formatting, Pivot Tables, Conditional statements (“IF”, “OR”, “AND”), and SUMIF/SUMIFS.

• Experience with SAP BPC, Power BI, 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€‹