Analyst / Senior Analyst, Category Finance - Happy Family

Analyst / Senior Analyst, Category Finance - Happy Family

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.

In this role your primary responsibilities will include supporting our planning processes (including actual reviews and forecast updates for our annual, quarterly and monthly processes), providing analytical support on financial performance and cross-functional team requests (marketing/sales/operations/accounting). You will support the FP&A team to develop high-quality commentary to communicate performance drivers and root causes of variance.

More specifically…

• You will analyze actuals performance and advise team on forward-looking adjustments
• You will support the GPS forecasts, working closely with the team and our cross-functional partners to develop and communicate those forecasts
• You will support cross-functional alignment and required reporting/management deliverables for the month-, quarter- and year-end closes as needed
• 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 Happy Family BU

The salary range for this position is $75k-95k USD. The exact salary offered will depend on several factors, including the candidate's relevant experience, geographic location, internal equity, and market conditions. 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. This role is considered a "hybrid" position that allows for flexible work, meaning it is a role where collaboration with key stakeholders in Danone Hubs occurs. While you may have the option to work from home on a schedule as agreed to with your supervisor, you are also expected to regularly report to your assigned office location at least 3 days per week.

About You

• You have a Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
• You have a minimum of 4 years working in finance or accounting, previous exposure to operations/manufacturing finance preferred.
• You have experience with standard cost accounting and 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

About Us, We Offer and What's Next

Life at Danone With approximately 5,000 employees and 13 production locations across the U.S., our vibrant culture and endless growth opportunities are just a couple of the reasons our employees call themselves "Proud Danoners." Learn more about Life at Danone Our Brands When you join us, you'll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world, including Activia®, DanActive®, Danimals®, Dannon®, evian®, Follow Your Heart®, Happy Family® Organics, International Delight®, Light + Fit®, Nutricia ®, Oikos®, Silk®, So Delicious® Dairy Free, STōK® Cold Brew Coffee ®, Too Good & Co™, and YoCrunch®. Our Purpose We're committed to making a positive impact on our world. Rooted in our mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible, we're proud to be the world's largest B Corp. Learn more about our mission. Our Benefits Our commitment to making the world healthier starts with our employees.

• Physical Wellbeing: We pay for the majority of your medical benefits – which include medical, dental and vision – with our competitive 80%/20% cost-sharing model.
• Mental Wellbeing: Danoners receive fitness discounts, unlimited flexible time off and hybrid work schedules. We also have a range of programs that support mental health and substance abuse.
• Financial Support: We offer a performance-based bonus, a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, employee discount programs and voluntary perks.
• Family Care: We offer caretaker benefits, 18 weeks of parental bonding, fertility, surrogacy, adoption benefits and pet insurance.

Equal Opportunity Employer Danone North America is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law.