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Finance Manager CoPilot- RGM

Finance Manager CoPilot- RGM

 

Foods people love. Brands people trust. And a career that nourishes your future like no other.

 

If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, Nestlé is the place for you. Nestlé USA is one of seven operating companies that make up Nestlé’s presence in the United States. We're in 97% of American homes, and as the leading food and beverage company, our goals are to continue to deliver quality food and beverage products, strengthen our local communities, and reduce our environmental and climate impact.

 

We’re determined to challenge the status quo and be better tomorrow than we are today. As individuals and teams, we embrace our entrepreneurial culture and have created a workplace where collaboration is essential, courage is rewarded, speed is expected, and agility is the norm to delight our consumers every single day. Here, you will find limitless opportunities to learn and advance your career and feel empowered to succeed in the workplace and beyond. Because our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you.

 

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

 

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position offers the right person a unique opportunity to be the key financial pilot of a large  customer team, as well as playing a key role in the future-state design of Nestle USA trade management systems, analytics and processes.

Financial oversight includes detailed event level planning, promotional spend review, forecasting, reporting, and ad-hoc customer analysis, with an emphasis on maintaining sound financial controls around trade budget spending. The position is instrumental in allocating resourcing to accounts, maintaining control of NPS, trade spend, NNS, and evaluating overall efficiency of trade plans.  The successful individual will have a strong finance or accounting background, superior communication and people skills, ability to learn quickly, a solid understanding of Nestlé (or another FMCG/CPG business) and the ability to deliver high performance work both within a team and independently.  The Key Performance indicators are sales volume, real internal growth, organic growth, trade, and profit.  The key quality indicators are trade management, forecasting and customer service.

 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Promotional Plans

  • Work proactively with Category Account Managers (CAM) during annual planning, ensuring alignment with Commercial Action Plans and ROI thresholds for promotions.
  • Ensure promotional events are properly set-up by CAMs (based on contracts & yearly plans) on a timely basis in the trade management system (ISW).
  • Review plan adjustments as needed throughout the year.
  • Ensure CAMs maintain trade events accurately throughout the year in ISW.
  • Use trade analytics (promotion ROI analysis) to ensure efficient allocation of trade to planning accounts

 

Business Reviews

  • Drive monthly Business Review process, including analytical review of monthly/annual forecasts and promotional plan performance - leading to objective, timely and fact-based communication of volume/trade opportunities and gaps to the Divisions (via Monthly Issues Log).
  • Meet with CAMs/ Sales Directors to understand variances to goals, on both sales and trade. Communicate results and work with CAMs to develop solutions for driving sales or for adjusting trade activities to ensure goals are met.
  • Work closely with SRM on Post Promotional Analysis and collaborate with CAMs to improve promotional profitability through PTE.
  • Work closely with Division Finance team to understand overall changes in business strategy and impacts to customer, and targets
  • Work closely with CAMs to understand consumption data and identify base and incremental volume trends and their impact on financial performance.

Trade and Ad-hoc Analysis

  • Review sales and trade rate objectives (via weekly reports) to analyze and provide variance explanation, including understanding implications on customer profitability.
  • Review Unauthorized Deductions and work closely with CAMs to enable payback.
  • Perform financial modeling and scenario planning to analyze cross-functional business results and opportunities.
  • Partner with CAMs to build and review incremental sales/trade opportunities
  • Provide insight to improve forecasting accuracy.
  • Project work, as needed.

 

Business Processes and Integration

  • Act as SME and work stream owner for major projects (Trade System Redesign, Integration of Acquisitions, Other Business Process Revisions)
  • Drive efficiency and accuracy in annual planning process.
  • Assist in account specific activities.
  • Focus on process improvements across Sales Finance.
  • Automate manual data processes.
  • Establish and document best practices.
  • Travel estimated up to 15% (Planning Sessions/Design Workshops/Team Meetings).

EXPERIENCE:

  • College degree required; Bachelor in Accounting/Finance or equivalent required.
  • 5-7 years finance management experience in Consumer Goods company/industry preferred.
  • Intermediate/Advanced in Excel and SAP (or other ERP System) required.
  • Previous experience with Sales Analysis, trade fund management a plus
  • Position will be located in Arlington, VA or Solon, OH Nestle Corporate Office

 

SKILLS:

GENERAL:

  • Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical problem solving skills.
  • Superior execution skills in a changing environment and ability to work in a fast paced environment
  • Strong data management and analytical skills, and critically important to be able to deliver the message to non-finance professionals.
  • Proven ability to not only deliver, but drive excellent work in a team and matrix organization
  • Excellent inter-personal communication and the ability to influence others; negotiation skills a plus.
  • Self-starter and shows initiative and quickly learns the specifics of the customer and sales finance.
  • Ability to drive change
  • Critical thinking/ Curiosity
  • Strong Business acumen
  • Understanding of Customer Profitability concepts and the use of customer P&Ls to drive business decisions.

SPECIFIC:

  • Strong Excel and data management skills.
  • SAP (including BW).
  • ISW (Oracle) or other CPG trade management system a plus (but can be learned)
  • Experience in generating reports with actionable recommendations
  • Demonstrable experience illustrating insights from data through statistics or data visualization.

Requisiton ID: 315597 

 

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

 

The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. 

 


Review our applicant privacy notice before applying at https://www.nestlejobs.com/privacy

 

Foods people love. Brands people trust. And a career that nourishes your future like no other.

 

If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, Nestlé is the place for you. Nestlé USA is one of seven operating companies that make up Nestlé’s presence in the United States. We're in 97% of American homes, and as the leading food and beverage company, our goals are to continue to deliver quality food and beverage products, strengthen our local communities, and reduce our environmental and climate impact.

 

We’re determined to challenge the status quo and be better tomorrow than we are today. As individuals and teams, we embrace our entrepreneurial culture and have created a workplace where collaboration is essential, courage is rewarded, speed is expected, and agility is the norm to delight our consumers every single day. Here, you will find limitless opportunities to learn and advance your career and feel empowered to succeed in the workplace and beyond. Because our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you.

 

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

 

 

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position offers the right person a unique opportunity to be the key financial pilot of a large  customer team, as well as playing a key role in the future-state design of Nestle USA trade management systems, analytics and processes.

Financial oversight includes detailed event level planning, promotional spend review, forecasting, reporting, and ad-hoc customer analysis, with an emphasis on maintaining sound financial controls around trade budget spending. The position is instrumental in allocating resourcing to accounts, maintaining control of NPS, trade spend, NNS, and evaluating overall efficiency of trade plans.  The successful individual will have a strong finance or accounting background, superior communication and people skills, ability to learn quickly, a solid understanding of Nestlé (or another FMCG/CPG business) and the ability to deliver high performance work both within a team and independently.  The Key Performance indicators are sales volume, real internal growth, organic growth, trade, and profit.  The key quality indicators are trade management, forecasting and customer service.

 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Promotional Plans

  • Work proactively with Category Account Managers (CAM) during annual planning, ensuring alignment with Commercial Action Plans and ROI thresholds for promotions.
  • Ensure promotional events are properly set-up by CAMs (based on contracts & yearly plans) on a timely basis in the trade management system (ISW).
  • Review plan adjustments as needed throughout the year.
  • Ensure CAMs maintain trade events accurately throughout the year in ISW.
  • Use trade analytics (promotion ROI analysis) to ensure efficient allocation of trade to planning accounts

 

Business Reviews

  • Drive monthly Business Review process, including analytical review of monthly/annual forecasts and promotional plan performance - leading to objective, timely and fact-based communication of volume/trade opportunities and gaps to the Divisions (via Monthly Issues Log).
  • Meet with CAMs/ Sales Directors to understand variances to goals, on both sales and trade. Communicate results and work with CAMs to develop solutions for driving sales or for adjusting trade activities to ensure goals are met.
  • Work closely with SRM on Post Promotional Analysis and collaborate with CAMs to improve promotional profitability through PTE.
  • Work closely with Division Finance team to understand overall changes in business strategy and impacts to customer, and targets
  • Work closely with CAMs to understand consumption data and identify base and incremental volume trends and their impact on financial performance.

Trade and Ad-hoc Analysis

  • Review sales and trade rate objectives (via weekly reports) to analyze and provide variance explanation, including understanding implications on customer profitability.
  • Review Unauthorized Deductions and work closely with CAMs to enable payback.
  • Perform financial modeling and scenario planning to analyze cross-functional business results and opportunities.
  • Partner with CAMs to build and review incremental sales/trade opportunities
  • Provide insight to improve forecasting accuracy.
  • Project work, as needed.

 

Business Processes and Integration

  • Act as SME and work stream owner for major projects (Trade System Redesign, Integration of Acquisitions, Other Business Process Revisions)
  • Drive efficiency and accuracy in annual planning process.
  • Assist in account specific activities.
  • Focus on process improvements across Sales Finance.
  • Automate manual data processes.
  • Establish and document best practices.
  • Travel estimated up to 15% (Planning Sessions/Design Workshops/Team Meetings).

EXPERIENCE:

  • College degree required; Bachelor in Accounting/Finance or equivalent required.
  • 5-7 years finance management experience in Consumer Goods company/industry preferred.
  • Intermediate/Advanced in Excel and SAP (or other ERP System) required.
  • Previous experience with Sales Analysis, trade fund management a plus
  • Position will be located in Arlington, VA or Solon, OH Nestle Corporate Office

 

SKILLS:

GENERAL:

  • Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical problem solving skills.
  • Superior execution skills in a changing environment and ability to work in a fast paced environment
  • Strong data management and analytical skills, and critically important to be able to deliver the message to non-finance professionals.
  • Proven ability to not only deliver, but drive excellent work in a team and matrix organization
  • Excellent inter-personal communication and the ability to influence others; negotiation skills a plus.
  • Self-starter and shows initiative and quickly learns the specifics of the customer and sales finance.
  • Ability to drive change
  • Critical thinking/ Curiosity
  • Strong Business acumen
  • Understanding of Customer Profitability concepts and the use of customer P&Ls to drive business decisions.

SPECIFIC:

  • Strong Excel and data management skills.
  • SAP (including BW).
  • ISW (Oracle) or other CPG trade management system a plus (but can be learned)
  • Experience in generating reports with actionable recommendations
  • Demonstrable experience illustrating insights from data through statistics or data visualization.

Requisiton ID: 315597 

 

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

 

The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at accommodations@nestle.com or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. 

 


Review our applicant privacy notice before applying at https://www.nestlejobs.com/privacy

Arlington, VA, US, 22209 Solon, OH, US, 44139

Arlington, VA, US, 22209 Solon, OH, US, 44139


Nearest Major Market: Arlington Virginia
Nearest Secondary Market: Washington DC

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