Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Strategy and Development
Kraft Heinz
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Integrated Business Planning (IBP): Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is KHC’s monthly decision-making process that evaluates our rolling 18 month forecast for demand, innovation, strategic projects, and the resulting financial plans. The CSD Finance manager will work with cross functional teams to support monthly IBP routines, as well as to define and manage a roadmap for future ways of working (technology, process, strategy, between others).
- Financial Reporting Support: Act as the ongoing Business Project Manager for Kraft Heinz financial reporting systems (SST). Candidate will work with IT and business leaders to ensure the allocations in place in the systems are accurate and correctly working.
- Competitive Intelligence: Candidate will work in supporting the CS&D team in providing ongoing competitor intelligence and M&A support.
- [IBP] Collaborate with business partners to advise, define, and deliver new capabilities and projects aligned with business and IBP strategy based on the roadmap
- [IBP] Own central IBP modeling best practice by helping marketing teams implement the proprietary financial forecasting model. Identify new updates and ways we can further automate this
- [Systems Project Management] Aid the businesses in monthly reconciliation of Kraft Heinz financial reporting systems (SST) to ensure allocations are properly being run (margin analysis, VIC/VLC per lbs, volume assumptions etc.)
- [Competitive Intelligence] Provide monthly competitor and industry intelligence to senior leadership, along with counter measures Kraft Heinz could take
- [SKU Rat] Assist with the annual Kraft Heinz SKU Rationalization project to remove low margin SKUs driving down cost mix and increasing complexity
- Bachelor of Science in a quantitative field (i.e. Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Engineering, Accounting, etc.) is required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in Investment Banking, Private Equity, Consulting, Corporate Finance, or Accounting preferred
- Experience with Excel and PowerPoint, while also demonstrating strong analytical and financial modeling skills (for optimization purposes)
- Strong project management/process improvement skills Business & operating system project management experience (Financial Systems). Preferably: SAP, Snowflake, Oracle PBCS
- Proven/excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Hard working, capable of coping with pressure and deadlines
- Experience with financial modelling (P&L), combining different business units and reconciliations of drivers
- Demonstrated ability to work in large, cross-functional teams and proven track-record of managing multiple projects simultaneously