Location Description

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.

Responsibilities

Financial Analyst II

Big ambitions welcome.

At Post Consumer Brands, financial analysis is more than reporting the numbers. It is about uncovering the story behind them and helping teams make smarter decisions.

As a Financial Analyst II, you will partner with our sales and marketing teams to turn business trends, customer investments, pricing, and trade activity into meaningful insights. Your recommendations will help improve performance across a portfolio of well-known food and pet brands while advancing our purpose of making delicious food accessible for all.

About the Role

In this highly collaborative role, you will provide proactive financial guidance that supports both top-line growth and bottom-line performance. You will evaluate opportunities, strengthen financial understanding across the business, and help cross-functional partners make informed decisions.

This is an opportunity to work with strong resources while still seeing your individual contribution in the work. It is big company opportunity paired with small company attitude.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business trends, identify opportunities, and recommend actions that improve financial performance.
• Provide trade and pricing support across designated sales channels to help maximize long-term value.
• Evaluate trade performance and return on investment for assigned customers and events.
• Lead quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting for trade, incorporating input from multiple business partners.
• Monitor sales activity against established guardrails, explain variances, and evaluate spending and incremental investment requests.
• Translate financial information into clear, practical insights that support business decisions.
• Partner with colleagues to improve processes, reporting, and decision-making capabilities.
• Build productive relationships across functions and organizational levels to deliver timely financial guidance.

Qualifications

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's Degree Required (Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field preferred).
• At least two years of experience in a role requiring financial or analytical problem-solving.
• Experience building or managing profit and loss statements, developing budgets, or analyzing investments preferred.
• Strong financial analysis, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to draw conclusions from complex information and turn findings into recommendations.
• Intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in understanding what drives business performance.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence decisions using clear financial support.
• Initiative and confidence working through ambiguity, changing priorities, and business challenges.
• Strong organization, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Moderate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Understanding of AI capabilities; business intelligence or data manipulation experience is a plus.

Why You'll Love This Role

• Your work will influence real decisions. Your analysis will help sales and marketing leaders evaluate investments, manage trade activity, and improve business performance.
• You will work across the business. Build relationships with cross-functional partners and develop a broader understanding of how commercial and financial decisions connect.
• You can leave your handprint on the work. Bring forward ideas, improve processes, and help teams make better, faster decisions.
• You will be connected to beloved brands. Apply your financial expertise to products enjoyed by families and their pets.
• You will find opportunity with an inviting culture. Join an environment that brings together meaningful opportunities, strong resources, and a close-knit workplace experience.

Location

This position is Hybrid (onsite 3 days a week) based at our corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, approximately 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The two-building campus brings together more than 400 team members who collaborate in support of products enjoyed by consumers across North America.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you are energized by numbers, curious about the business behind them, and ready to turn insights into action, here is where you fit in. Bring your financial expertise, your ideas, and your ambition to Post Consumer Brands.

Apply today and discover a role that is just right for your next chapter.
The pay range for this position is $72,498 - $101,497 per year.