How You'll Make History Here...The Financial Analyst, Sales Finance & Financial Planning and Analysis provides financial analysis, planning and reporting support to Sales Finance and Financial Planning & Analysis, partnering with Customer, Sales and Brand teams. Under the guidance of Manager, FP&A, this role supports profitability analysis, forecasting, annual and strategic plans, innovation business cases, trade governance and month-end reporting, explains performance drivers, identifies risks and opportunities, and improves processes and tools.
What You Will Do...1. Financial Forecasting, Business Monitoring & Reporting
- Prepare customer and brand reporting; compare actuals with forecasts, annual plans and prior year.
- Analyze profitability and volume, price, mix, trade spend and other performance drivers.
- Maintain forecasts; validate assumptions with partners and flag risks and opportunities.
- Support monthly integrated business planning, customer reviews and sales management business reviews with analysis and commentary.
- Prepare external customer trade and commission reports; communicate findings and follow-ups.
2. Trade Governance, Controls & Balance Sheet Support
- Execute assigned trade controls and support Sarbanes-Oxley compliance under Campbell's accounting policies.
- Review trade spend and forecast accuracy; investigate exceptions and escalate issues to finance managers.
- Help Sales apply trade policies; monitor assigned balances and flag balance sheet risks and opportunities.
- Prepare monthly trade and balance sheet review materials; support Corporate Audit and Corporate Controller requests.
3. Annual & Strategic Planning Support
- Compile annual operating and strategic plans for assigned customer and brand portfolios.
- Build financial schedules and planning building blocks with Sales, Marketing and Finance; validate consolidated inputs and resolve inconsistencies.
- Model brand, customer and channel scenarios for manager review; support trade planning and planning process improvements.
4. Innovation & Commercial Decision Support
- Build models and business cases for innovation, customer opportunities and commercial initiatives.
- Validate cross-functional assumptions; highlight sensitivities and short- and long-term profitability impacts for manager review.
- Analyze customer negotiations, pricing and revenue management opportunities.
- Support Portfolio Management Reviews: in-market results, potential returns and innovation pipeline risks against three-year strategic plans.
5. Month-End Close & Corporate Reporting
- Complete assigned month-end activities on time, meeting revenue and expense recognition requirements.
- Support accurate customer, brand and corporate reporting; explain variances to forecasts, budgets and prior year.
- Investigate system-calculated price, volume and mix anomalies; prepare adjustments for review and schedules for monthly results and corporate requests.
6. Systems & Process Improvement
- Maintain and improve customer and brand reporting tools; share practices across Sales Finance and Financial Planning & Analysis.
- Support trade system enhancements, training and issue resolution with the trade planning team and Sales operations.
- Support integrated business planning adoption; reduce duplication, improve data accuracy and streamline Finance and Sales workflows.
Who You Will Work With...- This role reports to: Manager, FP&A
- You'll partner with Sales, Marketing, Brand Finance, Sales Finance, Financial Planning & Analysis, Supply Chain and the Financial Controller;
- In this role you will collaborate with the U.S. Trade Planning System team and Sales Operations - Canada.
What You Bring To The Table... (Must Haves)- Experience:
- 2-3 years of experience in a similar role doing financial analysis, forecasting, reporting or accounting.
- Consumer Packaged Goods or fast-moving Consumer Goods experience is an asset.
- Education: Post-secondary degree in business, commerce, finance or similar.
It Would Be Great If You Have... (Nice to Haves)- Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office; able to learn financial and trade planning systems (SAP).
- Strong organization, attention to detail and time management skills
- Ability to have effective cross-functional collaboration and build business partnerships
- Clear written, verbal and presentation skills
- Willingness to develop customer, category and commercial knowledge.
Compensation:The target salary range for this permanent fulltime role is $80,500 to 100,500 CAD. The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting.
Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation. In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package.
Use of Artificial IntelligenceOut of respect for our applicants' valuable time, we may use AI for scheduling and other administrative processes during the recruitment process. Artificial intelligence does not replace human decision making and will not be used to screen, assess or select applicants.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.Use of Artificial IntelligenceOut of respect for our applicants' valuable time, we may use AI for scheduling and other administrative processes during the recruitment process. Artificial intelligence does not replace human decision making and will not be used to screen, assess or select applicants.
This posting is for an existing vacancy. 
