Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance

Simple Mills • Chicago, IL

8d • $85,000 - $100,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance supports profitable growth by partnering with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to provide financial insights and commercial analytics. The role reviews and challenges assumptions, identifies opportunities to improve analysis and decision support, and supports revenue planning, trade and promotional analysis, pricing evaluation, and tracking commercial performance across customers and channels. Reporting to the Manager, Commercial Finance, the Senior Analyst translates commercial plans into analysis that informs planning, forecasting, and decision-making. The role also helps maintain and improve tools, reporting, and processes while delivering accurate, timely analysis to cross-functional partners. It is a hands-on position requiring strong analytical capability, clear communication, and the ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.

The role supports commercial forecasting for assigned accounts or channels, including volume, Net Sales, trade spend, and revenue drivers; helps consolidate and review forecasts; and contributes to Annual Operating Plan, Long-Range Plan, and reforecast cycles. It prepares commercial reporting and performance insights, conducts ad-hoc analyses, and supports net revenue management work involving trade, promotions, pricing, and price-pack architecture. It also tracks trade and commercial budgets and supports the maintenance and improvement of Commercial Finance tools, systems, and processes, including Trade Promotion Management systems.

The position is hybrid, with at least one in-person workday per week at the Chicago, Illinois office. Remote work must be performed from the employee’s designated permanent residence in the United States with sufficient internet access for video conferencing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, Analytics, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in Commercial Finance, FP&A, or analytics-focused finance roles.
• Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) industry experience required.
• Experience supporting commercial teams through forecasting, trade or promotional analysis, and pricing work.
• Experience supporting AOP, reforecasting, and planning processes.
• Strong Excel skills, including financial modeling and scenario analysis, and the ability to build, audit, and explain models accurately.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to independently validate analytical outputs, data, and model results.
• Clear communication skills, including the ability to summarize findings, explain key drivers, and raise questions about unreasonable assumptions or outputs.
• Ability to manage multiple recurring processes and priorities in a dynamic, evolving environment.
• Passion for Simple Mills’ mission and commitment to improving the food system; a personal connection to the mission and desire to improve the food system to help people and the planet thrive.

Nice To Haves

• Recent, hands-on commercial finance experience.
• Experience with Business Intelligence tools such as Power BI.
• Familiarity with syndicated data sources such as Circana, Nielsen, or SPINS.
• Experience with Trade Promotion Management systems.

Responsibilities

• Support commercial forecasts for assigned accounts and/or channels, including volume, Net Sales, trade spend, and key revenue drivers, in partnership with Sales and Marketing.
• Challenge assumptions and inputs in commercial analyses, and identify when results or assumptions may require further review based on data or changing business context.
• Support consolidation and review of customer- and channel-level forecasts, helping identify risks and opportunities.
• Partner cross-functionally to translate commercial plans into financial forecasts and performance insights.
• Support Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Long-Range Plan (LRP), and reforecast cycles through assumptions, analyses, and scenario modeling.
• Prepare Net Sales and commercial performance reporting, including KPIs, variance analysis, and commentary.
• Analyze performance drivers, risks, and opportunities, and support the development of insights and recommendations for decision-making.
• Communicate findings clearly to cross-functional partners, tailoring analysis to the audience and business context.
• Conduct ad-hoc financial and strategic analyses to support customer strategies, pricing initiatives, and other commercial priorities.
• Independently validate assumptions and results to ensure analytical outputs are accurate and internally consistent.
• Support trade and promotional analysis, including pre-event scenario modeling and post-event performance analysis.
• Provide financial analysis across pricing, promotion, mix, and trade investment to support decisions.
• Support pricing and price-pack architecture analysis through scenario modeling and impact sizing.
• Analyze tradeoffs across volume, Net Sales, and profitability, and summarize the financial implications.
• Track trade and commercial budgets, monitor spend versus plan, and explain variances.
• Support maintenance and improvement of Commercial Finance tools, systems, and reporting processes, including Trade Promotion Management systems.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with a salary range of $85,000–$100,000.
• Annual bonus opportunity.
• Health, financial, and wellness programs.
• Time-off approach intended to provide space to rest and recharge.
• Lifestyle perks and innovation shipments.
• Professional development through hands-on training, learning platforms, and career growth opportunities.
• Supportive leadership focused on mentorship, collaboration, and long-term success.
• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

What This Job Offers

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