Lactalis American Group ยท 1 month ago
Senior Analyst, Sales Finance
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$90K/yr - $110K/yr
3+ years expLactalis American Group is a family-owned company and world leader in dairy, committed to providing meaningful opportunities for its employees. The Finance Senior Analyst will leverage analytical skills to partner with Sales Leaders, ensuring financial integrity and measuring profitability while contributing to the US Retail Sales Team's success.
DairyFood and Beverage
Responsibilities
Partner & collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Sales Ops & Planning team, Category Leadership team, and Shopper Marketing team
Drive automation of existing reporting in Power BI
Facilitate the collection of routine commentary from the Sales organization monthly
Evaluate financial viability/profitability, ramifications, and effectiveness of incremental funding requests, new product launches, pricing actions, promotional execution, optimization opportunities, customer specific analysis, and other ad hoc reporting and analysis
Support preparation of joint business plan investment proposals or strategic investments and subsequent customer negotiations
Create customer & SKU level P&Ls to ensure ongoing profitability of SKUs within customers
Support Head of Sales Finance with annual planning and monthly P&L forecasting and reporting
Develop and maintain financial controls to ensure visibility to and accuracy of the monthly trade spend forecast in relation to budget targets and the actual spend
Qualification
Required
Bachelor Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required
3+ years of experience in FP&A, Sales Finance, Revenue Management, Consulting, or Investment Banking
Strong finance, sales, category planning and/or analytical background
Comfortable working with large sets of data and dealing with ambiguity/murky data
Experience with budgeting/planning/forecasting, analysis, and reporting
Ability to effectively summarize complex information
Excellent communication and leadership skills
High emotional intelligence
Critical thinker and problem solver who can turn insights into actions & results
Ability to drive continuous process improvement
Proven ability to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment
Someone who is independent, self-motivated, self-managing, proactive, and responsive that can handle multiple priorities
Proficiency in all Microsoft Office products with advanced skills in Excel
Preferred
consumer package goods industry experience
Knowledge of the main business intelligence tools and trade management systems (ex. Business Warehouse [BW], Circana/IRI, Power BI, SAP, Vistex)
Benefits
Insurance costs significantly
Contribute generously to retirement plans
Paid Time Off from day one
Training and development opportunities
Education Reimbursement
Company
Lactalis American Group
Lactalis American Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, produces and supplies cheese in North America.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jean-Luc BRUANDET
President & CEO Lactalis American Group
Tim D.
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
Lactalis American Group
2025-06-30
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