Financial Analyst Co-Pilot Financial Analyst Co-Pilot

Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA • Solon, OH

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About The Position

In this role, you will serve as the Financial Analyst Co-Pilot supporting the Nestlé Professional Solutions Sales Organization, Club, Deli, C-Store, and Cash & Carry customer channel. This position provides financial & economic insights that empower investment decisions and is a key contributor to achieving the Nestlé Professional division’s sales growth and margin expansion objectives.
Key deliverables include: 1) Ensuring transparency and accuracy of sales financials 2) Fact-based guidance for the optimal use of commercial resources in customer contract renewals, negotiations, and acquisition of new business. 3) Driving digital transformation and acceleration of Trade Planning & Management 4) Promoting compliance with local and Nestlé Accounting Standards and maintaining an effective, efficient control framework.
The individual must be able to effectively interact, collaborate and communicate across multiple functions in the organization, constructively challenging and building consensus to drive results. The position will plan, prioritize, and manage workload in an environment of competing priorities where risk and value must be accurately assessed to support timely and sound business decisions.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting.
• Prior experience in Finance, Strategic Revenue Management or Revenue Growth Management.
• Record of value creation through initiatives that improve efficiency and/or drive profitable growth.
• Ability to apply sales best practices and standards within the commercial finance and sales organization.
• Understanding of Foodservice (Away from Home) Food & Beverage Trade and Customer landscape.
• Good knowledge of the product portfolio, brand and customer profitability to encourage decisions that positively contribute to mix.
• Financial modeling
• Time management
• Effective cross functional communication
• Organizational skills
• Key financial system skills: Excel, Exceedra, Oracle FIT, SAP, Power BI

Responsibilities

• Provides actionable insights and recommendations to drive business actions and achieve targets and ambitions, with focus on Pricing, Mix and value creation elements. Supports the Retail at Foodservice Sales team in developing financial proforma models, measuring customer performance, evaluating product/category performance across the channel.
• Reviews and tracks customer performance and develops appropriate action plans to ensure achievement of performance targets for the Channel. Managing contracts within the Exceedra Trade & Promotions Management System for accurate volume and trade forecasts by customer.
• Influences Customer Contract negotiations and renewals by strategically setting or improving contracted program terms & conditions. Ensures accurate accounting of contract spend exposure and timely resolution of claim exceptions to support period end close and monthly forecast process.
• Ensures quality and timely information is used by the business for decision making and exercises foresight to ensure that potential risks and opportunities are anticipated and understood. Promotes the use of external and internal information for benchmarking.
• Drives a culture of ‘audit ready at all times’ compliance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level