Sr. Financial Analyst

Mondelēz International•East York, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a senior financial analyst, your main objective is to analyze financial data, perform budgeting, forecasting and provide valuable financial insight to the business and recommendations to support strategic key initiatives. This role will lead the monthly close activities and support the business with cost improvement initiatives by partnering with cross functional teams and management to assess financial performance, identify trends and implement strategies to derive sustainable growth. Ideal candidate should have robust understanding of product costing and conversion cost. Role involves providing strategic advice and working together with the plant leadership to ensure that business and financial targets are met. The objective is to ensure that actions taken in plant operations align with the company’s broader goals and financial health.

Requirements

Minimum 3-4 Years of Experience in Finance and Manufacturing.
SAP Experience preferred along with Advanced Excel and Power BI.
Well organized with good analytical, reporting and presentation skills.
Good interpersonal and communication skills as a Team player.

Nice To Haves

CPA Designation Preferred.
Robust understanding of product costing and conversion cost.
Experience in a regional (or sizeable local) business.
Leadership skills including collaboration and communication skills within a larger Finance team.
Growth/Digital Mindset and the ability to execute opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
Integrity and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with our values and policies and external regulations.

Responsibilities

Execute aspects of finance planning and performance management process and related financial decisions potentially including Annual Contract planning/forecasting, target development, financial performance reporting/analysis, financial modeling and decision support for a focused scope within a region, business unit, country, Supply Chain, Mondelēz International Business Services or Corporate Finance team.
Execute data collection and data integrity checks.
Contribute to a strong controls and compliance environment in area of scope and ensure full compliance with our policies.
Execute ad hoc analyses and projects as requested by the Senior Finance Manager (or Director).
Support projects to improve efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and embrace a mindset of continuous improvement.
Contribute to a high-performing Finance team.
Invest in personal development and the development of your Finance peers.
Review and track plant KPIs [waste/ overtime/ GE] weekly comparing actual performance vs standards.
Collaborate with cross functional teams to develop and manage company’s budgeting and forecasting process.
Prepare management reports to analyze budget to actual variance and track department spending vs actuals.
Identify opportunities for process improvement including streamlines processes, financial analysis, and automation of financial reports.
Weekly review financial performance and identify risk and opportunity and communicate results to Plant Leadership team.
Lead month end closing process, ensure accruals are accurate and be able to resolve complex Journal Entries independently.
Performing costing for new initiatives at bakery involves evaluating the expenses related to launching new products, processes, or equipment and identifying opportunities to reduce costs while maintaining quality.
Prepare performance review deck for monthly operations review meetings.
Partnering with plant operations team to ensure all assumptions for the costing are accurate and challenging the status quo.
Review plant’s financial performance weekly and monthly able to articulate results to Finance Director, Plant director and senior leadership team.