The Hershey Company · 9 hours ago

Analyst, Innovation Finance

Hershey, PA

Full-time

Remote

Entry Level

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Prepare Innovation P&L’s by working cross-functionally with Project Managers, Marketing, Operation Business Development, Engineering, etc. Build business acumen to ensure accuracy in data received from cross-functional partners and to provide financial analysis and recommendations on levers to pull to increase profitability.

Evolve Innovation reporting to provide increased visibility to financial implications and to influence decision-making for continued profitable, sustainable growth.

Support Transformation initiatives that are Innovation focused such as a new framework, Strategic Financial Guardrails, related to tracking and guiding discussions relative to mix and margin implications of Innovation project decisions

Support data acquisition, cleansing and analysis relative to SKU level information of Innovation project data for increased visibility into PPG and customer performance

Provide Innovation Platform support to CMG & Salty by standardizing reporting, streamlining processes and automating and digitizing current ways of working

Effectively partner with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate assumptions are used in Innovation P&L’s and to influence pathways to a more profitable P&L outcome

Anticipate financial and strategic questions from the Director/VP level, as Innovation Projects are aligned on at this level of leadership.

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