FP&A Analyst (Costing/Supply Chain) - Beverage Manufacturing

Job Description

Job Description

Want to learn how to make juice? Lassonde Pappas & Co. is a US Leader in beverage manufacturing dedicated to our team members, customers and consumers satisfaction. We remain committed to our small-town roots and rural values. Hardworking and caring are qualities that make our teams special. Since 1942, we’ve been producing delicious products for our customers across the country!

 

To provide the best for our customers, we focus on building the best team by creating and advancing an inclusive environment amongst our diverse workforce. If you’re passionate about customer satisfaction, reliable, and committed to being and doing better, join us! 

 

We value each of our employee’s total wellbeing. To support employees in all stages of their wellness journey, we have a robust benefits program including: medical, dental, and vision coverage options, growth and development potential, along with 401-K, Life & Disability Insurance, PTO, Tuition Reimbursement, Health Fairs, Gym Membership Discounts, and so much more!

Pay Range for this position is: $78,000-$95,000 plus annual bonus, depending on experience and geographical location. 

POSITION SUMMARY
*** This is a hybrid role, and requires being on-site at our Cherry Hill office at least 2 days/week.

The FP&A Analyst is a well-rounded finance business partner responsible for supporting financial planning, forecasting, costing, supply chain analysis, and pricing decision support. This role provides actionable insights across manufacturing, procurement, logistics, inventory, and commercial finance to improve forecast accuracy, cost visibility, margin performance, and operational decision-making.

The FP&A Analyst partners closely with Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Commercial, Sales Finance, Revenue Management, and Accounting teams to translate operational drivers into financial impacts and support strategic business decisions. The ideal candidate combines strong financial acumen, analytical discipline, and cross-functional communication skills to provide meaningful financial insights that support organizational performance and growth.

 

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Support budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis across cost of goods sold (COGS), supply chain costs, pricing actions, and margin performance.
• Analyze standard costs, purchase price variance (PPV), manufacturing variances, freight, warehousing, inventory, and cost-to-serve drivers to identify margin risks and opportunities.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, Procurement, Commercial, Revenue Management, and Accounting teams to translate operational activity into meaningful financial insights.
• Support pricing initiatives, customer profitability analysis, bid evaluations, and margin impact assessments using accurate cost assumptions and business drivers.
• Develop and maintain financial models, dashboards, and executive-ready reporting to support decision-making, scenario planning, and process improvement initiatives.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial planning and reporting processes.
• Analyze financial and operational performance trends and communicate findings to management.
• Assist in developing reporting tools and analytical frameworks to improve financial visibility and operational decision-making.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, reporting automation, and enhanced data integrity.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

 

 

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Analytics, Supply Chain, or related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in FP&A, financial analysis, cost accounting, manufacturing finance, supply chain finance, commercial finance, or related analytical roles.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, cost of goods sold, gross margin, variance analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including financial modeling, lookup functions, pivot tables, data validation, and scenario analysis.
• Ability to synthesize large data sets, identify trends, explain variances, and communicate insights clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, accountability, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating across multiple functions.

 

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in food and beverage, consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, or distribution environments.
• Knowledge of cost accounting, standard costing, purchase price variance, inventory valuation, freight, warehousing, and cost-to-serve analysis.
• Experience with ERP, planning, reporting, or visualization tools such as QAD, Power BI, QlikView, Tableau, Anaplan, OneStream, or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with S&OP, demand planning, supply planning, pricing processes, and commercial margin analysis.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a demonstrated ability to improve processes, automate recurring reporting, and strengthen data integrity.
• Experience developing management reports, dashboards, and presentations for business leaders.

 

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS

This position requires sufficient physical ability to work in a typical office setting, driving a motor vehicle and occasionally working in the field.

 

FREQUENT: sitting, upward and downward flexion of neck; fine finger dexterity and light to moderate finger pressure to include extended periods of keyboard and mouse use, side-to-side turning of neck, walking, standing, bending and stooping, pushing/pulling, twisting at waist, moderate wrist torque to twist equipment knobs and dials.

 

OCCASIONAL: squatting, kneeling, reach above and at shoulder height, moderate grasp to manipulate reference books and manuals; lifting objects weighing 20 – 35 lbs. from below waist to above shoulders and transporting distances up to 50 feet.

 

VISION: Ability to see in the normal visual range with or without correction.

 

HEARING: Ability to hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

 

 

 

This job description is not intended to contain a comprehensive list of the responsibilities that are required to successfully perform in this position. Other duties as assigned are part of every job description. The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential job functions.

Lassonde Pappas & Co., Inc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.