Associate Finance Manager, Foods S&OP

As an Associate Finance Manager – Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Foods, you will partner with the NA Foods business unit to drive our financial planning, forecast and overall S&OP process. As part of the Foods Finance Team, you will proactively ensure the business is future fit and enabled to meet its financial goals. This role reports directly to the Foods S&OP Senior Finance Manager.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do:
The Associate Finance Manager – S&OP NA Foods will assist in the coordination of the financial planning process for the Foods Business Unit (BU) in North America. This role is accountable for bridging overall P&L changes in the Cashup, Forecast and Actuals cycle, while driving value creation and performance agenda towards in-year business targets. Strong communication across both non-finance and finance teams, to ensure deliverables and timelines are met, is a key to success. You will partner closely with the Finance Business Partners, Marketing Teams, & Business Unit leadership, and assist with the preparation of content for the NA S&OP Meetings, BG/BU Results & Forecast Presentations and Global Forecast Submissions. A growth mindset is key in this role given the out-year strategy and P&L roadmap support that is provided. There will be a key focus in helping to advance the overall S&OP process through digital transformation initiatives as well as other simplification efforts. You’ll contribute to our culture of being collaborative, respectful, transparent, inclusive, and efficient.

• You’re a dot connector: Partners across finance and the BU to identify, drive, and deliver value as well as provide transparency, analysis and insights.
• You’re a changemaker: Will develop a deep understanding of the business and to inspire change in the way we lead the business to ensure we grow in a profitable, sustainable way.
• You’re a paradox navigator: The ability to navigate the many embedded operational and system complexities as well as organizational awareness in the Compass Organization.

What You’ll Need To Succeed
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field;
- Minimum three years of relevant work experience
- Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills to clearly communicate results and implications of analysis
- Experience communicating financial acumen effectively with all levels of the organization including finance and non-finance.
- Ability to handle and work under pressure and to tight deadlines, strong bias for action, ability to work with remote teams
- Strong technical acumen and attention to detail.
- Experience in PBCS/AFO/PowerBI is strongly preferred.
- Strong Team Player. Enjoys working in a collaborative team environment.

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