Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Meet Us: King Arthur Baking Company has been sharing the joy of baking since 1790. Headquartered in Norwich, Vermont, we’re the ultimate baking resource – providing education, inspiration, and the highest quality products, all while fostering connections and community through baking. Our superior flours and mixes are available in supermarkets nationwide, and our direct-to-consumer business – website and retail stores – offers an even wider selection of specialty baking ingredients, mixes, gluten-free products, baking tools, and more. We bring baking education to millions of bakers through our cookbooks, podcast, recipe app, website, and baking school. We’re proud to be 100% employee-owned, which means everyone who works here has a real voice and a shared stake in what we do. This creates a strong sense of community built on trust, teamwork, and love of baking. As a benefit corporation, we’re committed to the best interests of all our stakeholders - employees, our local communities, our broader community of bakers, and our planet. Join us and help spread the joy of baking. King Arthur – where, as an employee-owner, your passion and ideas can truly make a difference.

The Position: The Senior Financial Analyst provides consultative and strategic financial support to business leaders, including forecasting, planning, and insightful financial analytics. They are focused on the e-commerce, retail and marketing channels, providing timely models that help leaders better manage their business, improve financial performance, and meet annual financial and operating goals. They are a systems thinker who can connect financial outcomes to sales strategy and consumer insights. They have ownership of key performance indicators, profitability reporting and margin analysis, and are a key contributor to enterprise-wide financial budgeting and modeling.

The Benefits: Yes, we have the regular "stuff" - medical, dental, vision, company paid short- and long-term disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, paid time off to rest, paid holidays to have fun, a 401(k) with a company match. But here's what makes us different: 40 paid volunteer hours a year, profit sharing*, participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)* and knowing that those working with you are dedicated and engaged co-employee owners that believe in you and your extraordinary abilities to move us all forward.

The Location: Hybrid combining working from home, and onsite in White River Junction VT roughly 2-3 days per month. Ideal candidates will be located within a 2–3-hour drive of our offices.

The Pay: $88,500 to $119,500 annual salary; commensurate with experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze monthly financial results, distilling key trends, and communicating business insights
• Lead forecasting and financial reviews for e-commerce, retail, marketing, and selected administrative functions, serving as a finance partner to business leaders.
• Contribute to enterprise budgeting, reforecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
• Partner with cross functional teams to support data-driven decision making through ad-hoc financial analysis and scenario modeling
• Designs, maintains and evaluates reporting for product and customer profitability and margin analysis
• Actively contributes to building payroll analysis, including reports, scorecards and databases related to HR and compensation
• Work with internal teams to lead financial evaluation of retail expansion opportunities, capital return on investment and other direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategic opportunities
• Designs and executes regular company-wide analyses to high level, using monthly performance analytics vs. budget, forecast and prior year
• Support special projects as assigned by management and senior leadership

This should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties and responsibilities. There may be some variation and/or development of the above duties and responsibilities without changing the general nature of the job.

Experience and Education

• Degree in business, accounting, or finance
• 5+ years of professional experience in finance or accounting field with progressive responsibility in financial planning and analysis, preferably in e-commerce or retail
• Advanced skills with Microsoft Office
• Proficient with advanced analytics tools – Data Cubes, MS Power BI, Tableau, SQL
• Strong knowledge of ERP platforms (SAP S/4HANA preferred), with an emphasis on ability to extract, analyze, and communicate financial information.
• Demonstrated track record of leading complex financial analyses through to completion, manage multiple deliverables and consistently meet deadlines.
• Proven ability to lead complex projects end-to-end, frame ambiguous problems, and deliver clear, actionable insights.
• We value those who can demonstrate capability and articulate how prior experiences will help them effectively transition into this role

Competencies

• Decision Making and Problem Solving: Analyze complex situations, weigh the pros and cons of various options, and make sound and timely decisions while considering the impact on the team and organization. Identify and define problems and analyze relevant information to generate and implement effective solutions.
• Financial Acumen: Ability to grasp the financial effects and relationships of supply chain activity and decisions on the P&L statement. Guide operational performance through a lens of fiscal responsibility.
• Technical system and database acumen: Demonstrated experience and expertise in automated Procure to Pay and Plannings systems – ERP, MRP, EDI/API, Forecasting (SAP S/4HANA preferred). Working knowledge of SAP S4/Hana, and experience in advanced analytics tools including Data Cubes and MS Power BI.
• Drives accountability: Able to effectively set clear expectations, define and articulate success milestones and metrics, and manage performance to the desired outcome while empowering and coaching others. Sets and demonstrates a high operational standard through actions and creates an environment that motivates team members and creates connection to the work.
• Communication and collaboration: Competence and confidence to function as a supply chain expert with cross-functional teams, external partners, and business leaders. Proactively and intentionally communicates with the ability to appropriately articulate clear and concise messages, both written and verbal, to the circumstance and intended audience.
• Results oriented: Proactive problem solving and solution recommendations. Identifies opportunities for improvement and consistency across end-to-end supply chain and internal operations.
• Strategic Thinking: Capability to think critically and strategically to develop plans and recommendations that are aligned with organizational objectives and market demands.

Success Factors

• Genuine enthusiasm for King Arthur’s mission and products and a commitment to living our values
• Demonstrates a strong sense of community by actively engaging and volunteering

Physical Requirements/Work Environment/Safety

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here 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 with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical requirements

• Ability to work for prolonged periods at a desk, both in a home office and onsite, using a computer and other standard office equipment.
• Regular use of computer keyboard, mouse, and video conferencing tools.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, over the phone, and through digital platforms.
• Occasional standing, walking, bending, or reaching within the office environment.
• May occasionally be required to lift or move items up to 15 pounds (e.g., office materials, documents).
• Visual acuity needed for reviewing documents, spreadsheets, and data on screens.
• Ability to commute to the office for in-person meetings, trainings, or other business needs as required.

Work environment

• Indoors, a normal office environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, or temperature changes.
• This role operates in a professional office environment where most work is performed at a desk.
• Remote work environment that meets KAB standards for work.
• Occasional work in manufacturing facility

Safety

• Understands that safety is the responsibility of everyone at the organization and is responsible for adhering to/providing work in a safe and ergonomic manner, identifying unsafe conditions and correcting conditions immediately or reporting them promptly.
• Participates in safety and compliance training and safety and health programs.

Supervision

• N/A

Travel

• <10%

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive and safe work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors. As a proud Benefit Corporation, King Arthur Baking expects our employees to adhere to company-wide green norms and remain educated on company impact campaigns.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors protected by law. King Arthur Baking provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to participate in both the application process and during employment. Such individuals are encouraged to seek accommodations to allow them to apply for a position, participate in the application process, and meet the essential functions and requirements of the position.

*Amounts vary based on achievement of financial targets. Participation based on hire date and program entry date.