Finance Associate

Finance Associate

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Employment Type: Regular

Location: CHICAGO,IL

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas'® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann's® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!
More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

Description:

The Financial Development Program is designed to develop our future leaders by working together within the program to customize a career path for success. The program will expose the candidate to all aspects of our business. These assignments will introduce you to our culture and people and include experiences to quickly build your skills and knowledge in the following:

• Financial planning
• Manufacturing and distribution operations analysis
• Customer and sales finance
• Category and marketing finance

Given the nature of our business being both a National and Local baking company, you will be learning not only in our Philadelphia (Horsham) office, but experiences will also include learning our business firsthand in our regional sales offices throughout the country. This is an excellent opportunity to not only learn about our business but to experience our great regional cities of Dallas, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Charlotte and more. This is a U.S. remote position with candidate preferred locations in Eastern or Central Time zones.

The Development Program is led by senior BBU finance professionals and mentors and is committed to developing world-class financial leaders for exciting careers.

Position Responsibilities:

• Assist with annual planning and forecasting activities including input of data utilizing Hyperion Planning and coordination of assumptions to be used in forecast analytics as well as presentations for senior leadership.
• Prepare reporting detailing changes in the business where results differ from plan / prior year / forecast. Including business unit details and overall explanations of variance.
• Ability to work across financial functions to complete variance analysis and financial projections.
• Collaborate on the category financial projections including topline and expense.
• Responsible for analyzing monthly results & supporting preparation of financial reporting & forecast packages utilizing various system applications.
• Monitor, track, assess and provide insights on business performance and trends.
• Work with finance leads and cross-functional team member regularly to update financial forecasts.
• Assist in the development of decision support financial modeling and ad hoc reporting as required.

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Position Requirements:

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business related discipline (Finance/Accounting Strongly Preferred).
• Targeting analysts with 0-3 years of experience.
• Highly collaborative team player with mindset to continually improve processes and results.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently or in a team environment.
• Highly organized with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Strong sense of curiosity and focus on continual improvement of processes and results with a desire to learn and develop
• Analytical skills with an attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Power Point.

The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job.

Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law.