Senior Manager, Finance Plant-Based Categories

Our Finance team works with teams across the company to ensure Danone continues to grow. By joining our Finance team, you will anticipate and evaluate the financial impact of decisions and find the right way forward. We are currently looking to hire a Level 8 - Plant Based BU Finance.

In this role your primary responsibilities will include leading our planning processes (including actual reviews and forecast updates for our annual, quarterly and monthly processes), provide analytical support on financial performance and partner with cross-functional teams (marketing/sales/operations/accounting) to hit our short- and long-term business objectives. Your high-quality commentary will help communicate performance drivers and root causes of variance. More specifically...

You will analyze actuals performance and advise team on forward-looking adjustments
• You will own the GPS forecasts, working closely with our cross-functional partners to develop and communicate those forecasts (e.g. working with Demand Planning to align our volume forecast, with RGM and Category Commercial to align our trade forecast and Supply Chain to align our COGs forecast)
• You will manage all cross-functional alignment and required reporting/management deliverables for the month-, quarter- and year-end closes
• You will business partner to ensure the BU hits our financial goals (e.g. deliver price increases, trade budgets and overall PM goals)
• You will grow yourself and participate in the improvement of financial processes and ways of working of the Business Unit
• You will support the team in ad-hoc analyses and support decision making process within the Plant Based BU

The base compensation range for this position is $130k-170k USD, commensurate with experience. Danone North America additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options. To give our employees flexibility, Danone is a hybrid work environment.

• You have a Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
• You have a minimum of 6-8 years working in finance or accounting.
• You have experience with variance analysis.
• You think systematically, have expert analytical skills and can deal with big data sets.
• You have expert Excel skills, with the proven ability to produce high-end work products suitable for analysis, with the ability to manage ad hoc requests.
• You can manage high complexity, numerous projects and can set proper priorities.
• You can work well on a team
• You can work well cross-functionally, helping to explain financial concepts to non-finance professionals

At Danone North America, you'll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You'll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000 employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America doesn't just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We're proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.

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