Sr Financial Analyst Sr Financial Analyst
About The Position
Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager (Planning & Reporting), the Senior Financial Analyst is a high-impact contributor on the Nestlé Nutrition & Health Sales Finance team. This role partners closely with Sales, Customer Strategy, and Brand teams to turn complex sales and profitability data into clear insights that drive smarter decisions and stronger business performance. The Senior Financial Analyst owns critical reporting, forecasting, and analysis across Gross Sales, Gross-to-Net investment, and Contribution Margin, while also helping evolve customer planning and profitability tools and processes. This is a highly visible role that combines advanced analytics, financial storytelling, and cross-functional collaboration to influence strategy, improve forecast accuracy, and support sustainable, profitable growth. This is a remote role with anticipated monthly travel to our corporate office in Bridgewater, NJ. Top consideration will be given to candidates local to our corporate office.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Business/Accounting required
- 3-5 years of Financial Planning & Analysis, Sales Finance, or other operational finance roles
- Advanced Excel modeling skills
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret data, identify areas of opportunity or risk, and effectively communicate in a clear and concise manner
- Solid understanding of accounting principles (accruals, prepaid accounts, etc.)
- Knowledge of a customer P&L and levers used to impact Margin performance
- High level of interpersonal skills and willingness to be a team player
- Capability to contribute to a fast-paced team environment
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Flexible and able to prioritize multiple projects in order to meet deadlines
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to influence others to drive results or develop solutions
- Continuous improvement attitude and strong work ethic
- Must be proficient with Windows, Outlook, Microsoft Office Suite; Excel, Power Point, etc.
Nice To Haves
- SAP, BW, Oracle, XTEL TPM, and Power BI knowledge a plus
Responsibilities
- Establish successful business partner relationships with Customer Finance, Sales, Strategy & Brand teams
- Provide monthly Sales and Profitability actuals reporting to key stakeholders
- Support and enhance the Sales business planning cycle alongside the Strategy team, driving consistency and standardization in the Sales/Trade planning and target setting processes
- Maintain Customer Scorecards and other action-oriented tools and KPIs to drive field effectiveness (i.e., Actuals/LE vs Target, Forecast Accuracy)
- Lead periodic profitability reviews, analyzing customer mix and channel performance for several brands
- Conduct detailed analyses on customer Sales and Margin performance, channel evolution, and mix impacts to provide meaningful insights to the US Sales and Brand leadership teams
- Own and improve the monthly RIG-OG forecasting/actuals reporting processes for responsible businesses
- Provide analytics and data gathering for various projects across the Nestle organization
- Support period-end close and other ad-hoc assignments, as needed
- Identify and implement sustainable process improvements that can be incorporated into ongoing standard work to drive quality improvements and greater team efficiency
- Use SAP, BW, Oracle, XTEL TPM, PowerBI, Excel Power Query to organize, update, and analyze data
- Other duties as required.
Benefits
- Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits.
- Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
