Senior Financial Analyst, Manufacturing

Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.

Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.

Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. 

Key member of Post Consumer Brand’s manufacturing finance team and critical business partner for the operations and manufacturing management teams.  Responsible for the analysis, reporting and control of financial information for use as a business tool to measure performance, improve operating costs, analyze capital expenditures, and contribute to achieving cost and return on investment goals.

This position:

• Will recommend and implement necessary improvements to move Post Consumer Brands to best-in-class financial manufacturing practices,
• Will maintain a strong business partner relationship with the plant management team and will collaborate with team members to develop and improve strategies and procedures,
• Is responsible for the integrity of the manufacturing financial results.

This position reports to our Senior Finance Manager – Manufacturing with a dotted line reporting relationship to the Plant Manager.

Major Job Activities/Duties:

1. Strategic financial leadership in the development of manufacturing operations business plans, expense and capital spending budgets and attainment of those budgets.
2. Plan and develop controls to forecast production performance related to expectations, including labor performance, ingredient usage and waste, and plant overhead expense.
3. Develop control processes and procedures for JDE work order review and analysis. Work closely with Supply Chain to balance optimal inventory levels against operating costs and efficiencies.
4. Provide leadership with recommendations and assistance with implementing systems solutions to provide Plant Management with information to improve operating results.
5. Review manufacturing capital appropriation requests to determine whether Return on Investment and payback period meets/exceeds corporate guidelines. Perform post-project analysis to determine if project returns meet estimated objectives. Participate in all capital spending reviews for operations.
6. Establish and maintain adequate internal controls to safeguard inventory and fixed assets.
7. Provide advice and counsel on accounting matters to Plant Management including methods to address profit improvement, constraint related issues, and new business opportunities.
8. Supervise fixed assets and plant inventory control for manufacturing locations.
9. Review and advise on Plant incentive plans and measurements.
10. Special projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or Economics.
• 3+ years of experience in a process manufacturing environment.
• Experience in manufacturing and cost accounting in a standard cost environment is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and experience with Excel is required.
• Ability to effectively communicate, organize, and set priorities are critical to success.
• The candidate must be a self-starter, capable of operating at an elevated level of performance in an environment that is dynamic, constantly changing, and flexibly structured.