SENIOR PRICING AND FP&A ANALYST

Clyde's Delicious Donuts

Over a century ago, the Bickford family took ownership of Clyde's Delicious Donuts. Since 1920, our company has grown to become a beloved name, known for our innovative and high-quality donuts that delight taste buds of all ages. Today, Clyde's is a thriving, high growth, fourth generation family-owned food manufacturer and a leading national supplier of donuts to the largest global retailers in mass grocery, convenience stores, and food service. Our company is financially strong with a consistent track record of stability and growth under the careful leadership of the Bickford family. We invite you to consider a career with our special company.

Summary of Position

This position will be an onsite role. Reporting to the VP of Finance, we are seeking a Senior Pricing and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst to join our growing finance team. In this key role, the Senior Analyst will lead the development and implementation of pricing strategies, manage pricing models, and partner with cross-functional teams to optimize profitability.

The Senior Analyst will be responsible for financial planning and analysis, providing data-driven insights, forecasts, and strategic recommendations that support decision-making at all levels of the organization. This role will play a crucial role in supporting company objectives through financial analysis, strategic planning, and operational efficiency.

The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical abilities, a deep understanding of pricing strategies and financial modeling, commercial and operational acumen, and the ability to influence and drive financial performance effectively across departments.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the VP of Finance, the Senior Pricing and FP&A Analyst will be responsible for the following:

Pricing Strategy & Management

• Develop, implement, and optimize pricing strategies to maximize revenue, margins, and overall profitability.
• Perform detailed pricing analysis to assess market trends, competitor pricing, customer willingness to pay, and business performance.
• Work closely with procurement, sales, marketing, R&D, and operations teams to assess customer needs and ensure alignment of pricing with business objectives.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on the pricing process, including cost structure, margin expectations, and customer relations.
• Evaluate market, customer, and competitor developments and adjust pricing strategies as needed.
• Design and implement tools for ongoing pricing governance, including price setting, approval workflows, and compliance.
• Recommend and implement improvements in pricing processes, tools, reporting, and margin analysis. Develop pricing proposals for new products, services, promotions, and customer opportunities.

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

• Assist in leading the annual strategic planning and budgeting processes and ongoing financial forecasting to ensure alignment with corporate goals and objectives.
• Prepare detailed financial models to project future performance, revenue, and costs based on different pricing scenarios and market conditions.
• Create and update financial forecasts, assessing the impact of business decisions and external factors.
• Monitor key financial metrics, including revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, profitability, and working capital drivers.
• Provide recommendations to senior management on areas for improvement, profit expansion, market share gains, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Work closely with internal departments to monitor and understand budget to actual performance, identify trends, and offer actionable insights.
• Prepare ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting for senior leadership to support strategic decision-making.
• Develop and evaluate business cases and ROI analyses for proposed investments, initiatives, and operational changes.
• Analyze financial performance and provide insights on variances, trends, and key performance indicators.
• Prepare financial reports that highlight business opportunities, risks, and recommended actions.
• Assess and recommend improvements to financial processes, systems, and reporting capabilities.

Compliance and Governance

• Ensure adherence to financial policies, procedures, approval controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee the accuracy and integrity of financial records, pricing documentation, forecasts, and reporting.

Required Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably with a focus in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field of study.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance, pricing, financial analysis, FP&A, or a related analytical role.
• Strong experience with pricing strategy, pricing analysis, financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Relevant experience in a similar position within a manufacturing environment is strongly desired.
• Food and beverage, or general manufacturing experience preferred.
• Cost accounting experience preferred, including exposure to cost structure, margin expectations, product profitability, and operational cost drivers.
• Experience developing, automating, and producing regular reporting, including data modeling and visualization.
• Experience preparing materials for presentations to and working with senior management.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong understanding of costing and pricing principles, competitive analysis, pricing tools, and pricing governance.
• Advanced analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills that enable strategic data interpretation.
• Commercial and operational acumen with the ability to connect pricing decisions to revenue, margin, profitability, and customer outcomes.
• Self-motivated, highly driven, proactive, and hands-on strategic thinker with a high standard of accuracy, precision, and organization.
• Strong cross-functional relationship builder with the ability to influence and drive financial performance effectively across departments.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including excellent oral and written communication.
• Ability to effectively communicate key data, insights, risks, and recommendations to management, board members, and outside partners.
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Computer and Systems Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI.
• Hands-on experience with ERP, MIS, and reporting systems.
• Technology savvy with experience improving, automating, and scaling reporting processes, pricing tools, and financial models.

Desired Personal Traits

• A self-starter with a strong work ethic who operates with a sense of urgency.
• Upbeat, calm, and a steady demeanor working with people in fast paced environments.
• Enthusiastic about safety, quality and the customer experience.
• Principled, honest, and ethical.
• Detail-oriented and highly organized.
• Collaborative with both the desire and ability to lead, train and mentor employees.

We Offer

Base salary estimates are provided in good faith at the time of job posting. Job offers may vary based on the candidate's education, certifications, job-related knowledge, skill, experience, geographic location, shift, and internal equity. Clyde's may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.

• Target base salary range: $100,000 - $120,000
• Position is eligible for annual bonus

Comprehensive Benefits

• Medical plan options including HMO, PPO and HDHP with H.S.A
• Dental Plan. Two plan options.
• Vision plan.
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Short-term and long-term disability plans (Company paid).
• Group term life and AD&D insurance (Company Paid).
• Voluntary insurance plans Including life, AD&D, accident, and critical illness.
• Generous paid time off benefits and 7 holidays.
• 401(k) plan including 4% matching contribution and immediate vesting.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Various leaves of absence programs for life's emergencies.