Senior Financial Analyst - FP&A
8 months ago
Employment Information
Business Unit Description:
Job Duties and Responsibilities
This role is a hybrid role based in Brentwood, MO. Work from home days are Monday, Friday; in office days are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
Feeding the world is what we do – how we do it is unique. We are not your textbook consumer packaged goods company. While others may be slow to make change happen, Post continuously drives both inorganic and organic growth. Our history is evidence of that fact with over 100 years of heritage and growth from brands that transcend generations like Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal, Bob Evans Farms, Kibbles 'n Bits, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan Peanut Butter, Ronzoni Pasta and more. Our foodservice and ingredient businesses supply other products you love for brands, restaurants and stores.
Our offices and manufacturing sites are in 62 locations in five countries, and we have 11,500+ employees. Over the past 10 years, Post has made 22+ acquisitions and reached $7 billion in net sales in fiscal 2023. During turbulent times of market uncertainty, the food industry has provided a level of stability unlike other industries.
Post Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Brentwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Our casual professional atmosphere encourages team members to collaborate, innovate and support our operating companies. Our passion and drive advance the reputation of our operating companies and brands—together, we make a difference.
Responsibilities:
Job Summary
The Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A will be responsible for the classification, review and analysis of spend across Post Holdings corporate entities. As part of Corporate FP&A, this role will also support the annual planning process, periodic forecasts, project accounting and financial analysis for Post Holdings. The Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A partners closely with corporate accounting and corporate department leaders to ensure corporate spend is properly recorded, tracks progress relative to financial objectives and provides analytical capabilities. This role will report to the Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensure proper account and cost center classification of corporate spend by approving account coding on purchase requisitions and payment requests in Oracle. Coordinate with corporate accounting to determine proper timing and classification of spend
- Review open requisition and purchase order reports, prepare various journal entries and accruals
- Maintain accurate detail of corporate spend by project, as needed
- Analyze current corporate financial data to historical, budget and forecast amounts to identify trends, assess risks, and evaluate performance. Prepare monthly reporting packets to review with corporate department leaders
- Partner with leaders from all corporate departments to prepare annual cost center budgets and periodic forecasts, including significant cost drivers and key performance indicators
- Load corporate budgets and periodic forecasts into consolidated model and review for accuracy and completeness
- Coordinate with reporting units to load annual budget and periodic forecasts into consolidated model and confirm accuracy and completeness of submissions
- Maintain various reporting, analytics, and dashboards for both corporate and business units, as required
- Work with Senior Director Financial Planning and Analysis and corporate department leaders on special projects, other ad-hoc financial models and reporting
Required Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
Required Knowledge, Technical Skills, and Abilities
- 3-7 years of experience in accounting, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis
- Advanced Excel skills, ability to work with lookups and pivot tables
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Teams, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Experience with enterprise Finance Systems, such as Oracle, OneStream or SAP.
Essential Characteristics and Competencies
- Strong organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills
- Accurate, strong attention to detail
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
Proactive, self-starter, results-orientation
This role is a hybrid role based in Brentwood, MO. Work from home days are Monday, Friday; in office days are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.
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