Cocoa FP&A Analyst # 26-14216

Cocoa FP&A Analyst

The Cocoa FP&A Analyst supports the cocoa procurement organization by providing accurate financial analysis, reporting, and forecasting related to cocoa raw materials. This role acts as a key bridge between Procurement, Finance, Supply Chain, and Accounting, ensuring transparency and financial integrity across cocoa contracts, pricing, hedging, and inventory flows.

The analyst plays a critical role in understanding how cocoa physical contracts, futures hedging, and operational execution translate into financial results, including P&L, PPV, inventory valuation, and accruals.

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Analyze cocoa raw material costs, including futures, differentials, premiums, freight, sustainability premiums, and other cost components.
• Prepare and explain cocoa PPV, purchase price evolution, and cost variances versus forecast, budget, and standard cost.
• Support monthly close activities related to cocoa, including accruals, and reconciliations.

Forecasting & Planning

• Support short and mid-term cocoa cost forecasts.
• Maintain and update cocoa forecast assumptions.
• Assist in standard cost setting and annual planning processes for cocoa raw materials.

Systems, Data & Controls

• Work with data from systems such as S/4, iRely, and reporting tools to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Support SOX and internal control activities, including documentation, reconciliations, and audit requests related to cocoa.
• Identify data gaps or process inefficiencies and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Cross Functional Collaboration

• Act as a finance partner to Cocoa Procurement, Supply Chain, and Accounting teams.
• Support ad hoc analysis and management requests related to cocoa costs, contracts, and performance drivers.
• Contribute to process harmonization and standardization initiatives across regions.

Typical Day

• Support ad hoc analyses and project work based on business requests
• Improve reporting
• Lead monthly forecast updates in preparation for recurring management and executive review meetings
• Analyze monthly figures in S/4 to enable Actual vs. Forecast PPV analysis

Top Three Technical Skills

• Solid Excel and financial modeling skills
• Experience with SAP S/4 (required) and commodity systems (preferred)
• Experience with Power BI

Must Haves (i.e., years of experience?):

• Based on the skills outlined above, a strong FP&A analyst would typically have a minimum of around five years of relevant experience.

Industry Experience:

• Experience in the food manufacturing industry, ideally within Procurement, would be highly desirable.
• Experience working with commodities would be an additional advantage.
• Direct experience with cocoa would be a strong plus.

Biggest Challenge in This Position:

• The individual must enjoy investigating issues, identifying root causes, and driving solutions.
• Given the current reporting gaps at HSY, the role will require the ability to build ad ? hoc or standalone reports independently and, where appropriate, push for scalable reporting solutions to be developed by ITwith my support.