Financial Analyst, Foodservice

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Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid
64K-95K Annually
Mid level
Consumer Web • Food • Manufacturing
The Role
Lead trade spend planning, forecasting, and period-end close for customer investments. Provide monthly trade spend analyses, ensure SOX-compliant journal entries and reconciliations, support SAP S/4HANA upgrade and master data governance, partner with Sales and Marketing, support audits and tax requests, and drive automation, analytics, and process improvements to strengthen margins and financial controls.
Summary Generated by Built In

Reporting to the Manager Foodservice Finance; Business Development, you will help lead trade performance management and planning while partnering with Sales, Marketing, and Category Finance to drive growth, strengthen margins through customer investment return on investment analyses, and modernize how Finance operates through automation, analytics, and artificial intelligence‑enabled tools.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

  • Support end‑to‑end planning, forecasting, and management of trade expenditures, including promotion‑level investment strategy and execution
  • Lead period‑end close activities for trade spend and customer investments, ensuring timely journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and full SOX compliance
  • Deliver actionable trade spend analyses each month while partnering with Sales and Category Marketing to drive smarter, data‑backed trade investment strategies
  • Deliver SG&A expense, product samples, and tax reporting to leadership; drive continuous process improvement initiatives for these expenditures,  to enhance visibility, control, and efficiency
  • Support the successful upgrade to SAP S/4HANA, including integration of Sales and Marketing systems to improve reporting capabilities while maintaining continuity of existing processes
  • Govern SAP Master Data to ensure accurate sales hierarchies and reliable reporting to support business decision making
  • Serve as a key finance partner for internal and external audits and tax requests, ensuring compliance and timely resolution
  • Support special projects and strategic initiatives that improve financial performance and support evolving business needs

Ingredients Required for Your Success

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or related degree required
  • Minimum three years of professional general business and financial experience
  • Experience in P&L management, along with knowledge of financial systems and general accounting concepts.
  • Experience working across multiple departments to complete a project or resolve an organizational challenge.
  • Experience with SAP or other software tools preferred.

Number of Days in Office: 3
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Compensation 

Pay Range:$64,000-$95,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee’s actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees’ equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement

  • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan

  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement

  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions – within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related degree
  • Minimum three years of professional general business and financial experience
  • Experience in P&L management and knowledge of financial systems and general accounting concepts
  • Experience working across multiple departments to complete projects or resolve organizational challenges
  • Experience with SAP or other software tools

Conagra Brands Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Conagra Brands and has not been reviewed or approved by Conagra Brands.

  • Retirement Support 401(k) plans with company matching and additional company contributions, plus pension eligibility for certain groups, strengthen long‑term savings. Plan design and vesting are described as straightforward and beneficial.
  • Healthcare Strength Medical, dental, and vision coverage starts on day one for many roles and includes wellness, mental health, and transgender health benefits. Life and disability insurance further broaden protection.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Bonuses, profit sharing, and incentive opportunities are included broadly, with an annual incentive plan spanning career levels. Payouts and upfront clarity about bonus eligibility are characterized as dependable.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
18,500 Employees
Year Founded: 1919

What We Do

Conagra has the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. Our diverse team embraces debate to challenge marketplace/business conventions. We are respected for our great brands, great food, great margins and consistent results. We combine a rich heritage with a sharpened focus and entrepreneurial spirit. Conagra’s portfolio of iconic and emerging food brands continues to evolve to offer contemporary choices for every occasion. We are a 100 year-old company with a startup attitude - an imperative to transform how we do business. What’s not changing? Our timeless values: integrity, external focus, broad-mindedness, agility, leadership by all, and a focus on results.

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