Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) - Remote

Eagle Foods, LLC•Cleveland, OH

1h•Remote

About The Position

At Eagle Foods we are builders. We are builders of brands, categories, and people. Eagle Foods enjoys a rich heritage with brands that have proven category leadership for more than 150 years. Eagle is a diversified food company producing and marketing sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, snacks and convenient meal solutions products. As a company, Eagle Foods is passionate about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that boldly builds better people and better brands while focusing on the positive impact our company, our products and our people have on the world. Eagle Foods has a bold family of brands that consumers have come to rely on for decades, including Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk, Magnolia® Sweetened Condensed Milk, PET® Milk, Popcorn Indiana, Cretors Popcorn, Helper and Suddenly Salad. Eagle Foods products are marketed and distributed across all U.S. retail channels, including grocery stores, club stores and mass-merchandisers, as well as foodservice and export, U.S. military, and private label business. Job Description Summary The Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), will lead the financial planning and analysis for the Sales/Trade teams. The FP&A Manager will be responsible for overseeing the forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis processes, as well as providing strategic financial insights to support the organization's growth and profitability. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of financial management principles, in-depth trade management experience and a proven track record of driving process improvements. Approximately 60% of the time will be spent on supporting the Sales/Trade team and 40% supporting the broader FP&A team. The FP&A Manager will play a critical role in centralized reporting, analytics and modeling to support the entire FP&A team and gain visibility across the entire P&L and across our entire Meals, Snacks and Milk business. This position will report to the Director, FP&A.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree, preferably with an emphasis in business, economics, finance, or accounting
5 to 7 years of financial analysis, product line and portfolio management, or related experience in a fast-moving CPG company (preferably supporting Marketing, Sales, or Operations)
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (including spreadsheets, database management, and presentations)
Ability to work effectively in ERP systems and perform data mining to support the organization and cross-functional teams
Strong knowledge of TPM systems and ability to perform event analysis to ensure proper trade management
Ability to travel a minimum of 3 days per month for business reviews and meetings, including air travel and overnight stays

Responsibilities

Serve as the finance lead for the development of annual budgets, monthly S&OP forecasts, and long-range financial plans for the Sales/Trade team
Analyze financial data to identify trends, variances, risks and opportunities
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of financial plans with strategic objectives.
Partner with the Sales and Trade teams to ensure accurate trade forecasting/budgeting, timely event planning, and enhance trade reporting
Ensure P&L trade reflects trade strategy and is optimized to deliver financial targets
Enforce trade controls and serve as a trade governance lead
Lead the monthly financial reporting process, including variance analysis and management reporting.
Drive improvements in financial processes, systems, and reporting capabilities to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
Leads financial trade R&O process to identify risks and opportunities and proactively identify solutions to mitigate risk and close gaps to plan
Model P&L implications for Gap closers and finance lead for Incremental Funding Request process
Serve as a key point of contact for customer profitability analysis and cost-to-serve modeling
Drive process improvements in financial processes, systems, controls and reporting capabilities to enhance efficiency and accuracy
FP&A liaison with cross-functional team in supporting our Meals and Sides, Snacks and Milk business
Support centralized FP&A reporting, analysis and modeling to support FP&A
Critical business partner to cross-functional team and the broader FP&A team
Ad-hoc financial analyses and reports to FP&A leadership to facilitate decision-making