Ocean Spray Cranberries

Senior Financial Analyst

Ocean Spray Cranberries$87K — $109K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or related field required, Master's preferred
  • 3+ years of experience in financial analysis, forecasting, and budgeting
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with business acumen
  • Excellent communication skills for conveying financial concepts to non-finance professionals
  • Proficiency in multitasking with a strong attention to detail
  • Team player capable of influencing cross-functional teams
  • Ability to independently manage and deliver projects with minimal supervision

Responsibilities

  • Provide timely financial analyses and actionable recommendations for profitability growth
  • Collaborate with various teams to develop financial models for new product business cases
  • Support the Integrated Business Planning process and enhance forecast accuracy
  • Drive analytical insights to inform strategies aligned with annual operating plan metrics
  • Participate in the preparation of the annual operating plan and long-range plan
  • Communicate monthly forecast adjustments and potential risks to stakeholders
  • Analyze key variance drivers between forecasts and actual results

Benefits

  • Comprehensive insurance package on Day-1 including health, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) with up to 6% company matching
  • Flexible scheduling options and vacation pay up to three weeks
  • Career development opportunities including tuition assistance and access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Employee appreciation events and discounts
  • Supportive family-oriented benefits including parental leave and adoption assistance
  • Reimbursements for fitness and massage services
Full Job Description
Position Location: We're all about flexibility! This will be a hybrid role based out of our corporate headquarters in Lakeville, MA with Mondays and Fridays remote.

Ocean Spray Cranberries is looking for a new Senior Financial Analyst to join our Commercial US Finance team. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting brand marketing, sales, and other key business functions as a strategic business partner. Successful candidates will provide actionable business analytics and fact-based recommendations that will assist in delivering results. Multitasking and the ability to work with all levels of cross-functional business team members in a fast-paced environment are essential. You will act as a trusted and valuable business partner by providing financial tools, modeling, insights, and knowledge to support financial discipline in all business decisions. Candidates will proactively identify issues and must be able to effectively collaborate and communicate across multiple functions throughout the organization to drive solutions and influence the right outcome.

A Day in the Life...
• Provide accurate and timely financial information and analyses, making and/or implementing sound recommendations to grow the USA business profitability and optimize the existing portfolio.
• Partner with Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, R&D, and Innovation teams to translate assumptions into development of new product business case, including sound financials.
• Supports the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process and work closely with cross functional business partners to understand key inputs to the forecast, risks and opportunities, and makes recommendations to improve forecast accuracy.
• Provide insights and analytics that help the business teams develop robust strategies and tactics that deliver against AOP metrics.
• Participate in the preparation and compilation of the annual operating plan (AOP) and long range plan (LRP).
• Update the monthly forecast based on business changes and communicate changes to business partners by providing specific, actionable, and forward-looking commentary on the changes and guidance on potential risk and opportunities.
• Participate in month-end/quarter-end close activities to ensure completion of assigned tasks, including identification, communication and resolution of unusual items and issues promptly.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand key variance drivers between the plan/forecast and actual results, projecting impacts on financial forecasts, and assist in synthesizing data to communicate in supporting narrative.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the business drivers across the full P&L for the brand team and cross-functional partners (volume/sales, trade, COGS, marketing, SG&A) and price/volume/mix analysis.
• Initiate, lead, and manage projects which will improve current business results and deliver against strategy.
• Provide trade management support and analysis for pricing events and promotions.
• Partner with key stakeholders to drive financial efficiency projects/initiatives.
• Assist with ad hoc projects as needed.

What We Are Looking For:
• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting or related field
• Excellent analytical skills and problem-solving skills, strong business acumen and ability to influence business partners
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Team oriented with the ability to engage and influence cross functional teams
• Must be results oriented with strong attention to detail and deadlines
• Ability to independently and reliably execute deliverables on a periodic basis with minimal supervision
• Experience in analysis, forecasting, and budgeting
• Comfortable presenting to groups and senior stakeholders
• Ability to effectively communicate complex financial terms to non-finance professionals
• Excellent prioritization and multitasking abilities.

Education:
Bachelor's or University Degree (Required)Master's Degree (Preferred)

Work Experience:
At least 3 Years of Experience

Annual Salary:
$87,400 - $109,300

The base salary range information above serves as a guideline of the position's typical hiring range. We value and appreciate what makes you unique and will consider a variety of factors when determining an offer. These factors include, but are not limited to, your skills and experience, external and internal benchmarks, as well as overall company considerations. Certain positions may be eligible for short-term and long-term incentive rewards. We also offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being.

Benefits:
  • Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs
    • Health, Dental and Vision insurance
    • Health savings account
    • Flexible spending account
    • Life and accident insurance
    • Employee assistance program
    • Telehealth services
    • 1:1 health coaching
    • Supportive benefits for all the stages of your life
  • 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end
  • Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses
  • Flexible scheduling options
  • Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment)
  • Holiday pay for 12 holidays
  • Career development and growth opportunities
  • Tuition/Education assistance programs
  • Access to LinkedIn Learning
  • Scholarship programs for children of employees
  • Parental leave
  • Bright Horizons Family Solutions - Back-up care, tutoring, etc.
  • Adoption assistance
  • Bereavement leave
  • Up to $300 fitness reimbursement
  • Up to $300 massage reimbursement
  • Employee appreciation events
  • Employee discounts
  • Charitable giving


About Ocean Spray Cranberries

Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. is a food and beverage company that produces and markets cranberry and grapefruit products. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Lakeville-Middleboro, Massachusetts. Ocean Spray's products include cranberry juice, dried cranberries, and cranberry sauce. The company is owned by more than 700 cranberry farmers in the United States and Canada. Ocean Spray has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Washington. The company's products are sold in more than 100 countries around the world.
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Size
2,000 employees
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Founded
1930

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