Your Opportunity as the Senior Analyst, Finance
Become a trusted finance partner, using data, analytics, and business insight to help drive decisions across areas like Marketing, Innovation, and Brands. You'll lead financial planning, forecasting, and strategic analysis while working closely with cross-functional teams to influence business outcomes and identify growth opportunities. What makes this role especially exciting is the chance to build a broad understanding of the business, gain exposure to senior leaders, and develop skills that can open doors to a variety of future finance career paths.
Location: Orrville, OH
Work Arrangements: hybrid, 30% in office expectation
In this role you will:
- Prepare financial analysis and projections for various initiatives
- Perform pre/post initiative analysis and recommendations
- Provide fact-based decision support to business partners and leadership team(s)
- Present financial data at monthly business reviews and financial reviews as needed
- Partner with cross functional teams to ensure complete and accurate understanding of financial results and outlook; identify improvement opportunities and solutions as appropriate
- Lead analysis and processes to support the development of the Annual Financial Plan and Long-Range Plan
- Support functional and cross-functional projects as needed. This may include process improvement, standardization, simplification, and technological advancement
- Analyze business scenarios and communicate implications/outlook
- Maintain focus on business trends to deliver short and long-term objectives for a Strategic Business Area or the Company.
- Develop understanding of packaged food categories, retailers, consumers, and competition to drive decisions rooted in strategy
- Provide cross-functional business support to constituents (e.g., Marketing, Innovation, Brand Commercialization, etc.) by sharing financial perspective to inform business decisions
- Understand corporate, brand, customer and production planning/forecasting cycles interact to create financial outlook
- Ensure accurate and timely completion of month-end actuals and forecast
- Communicate actual and anticipated results through insightful dialogue and reporting
What we are looking for:
Minimum requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field
- 3+ years of experience working in a corporate finance, accounting, audit, or similar function
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Ability to develop relationships, communicate effectively, and influence others
- Proficient in Microsoft Office tools
Additional skills and experiences that we think would make someone successful in this role:
- Experience with financial systems such as Hyperion, Spotfire, and Oracle
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or other advanced degree or certification
The Right Place for You
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
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We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, age, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field
- 3+ years of experience in corporate finance, accounting, audit, or a similar function
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Highly organized and detail-oriented
- Ability to develop relationships, communicate effectively, and influence others
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools
- Experience with financial systems such as Hyperion, Spotfire, and Oracle
- MBA, CPA, CMA, or another advanced degree or certification
The J.M. Smucker Co. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are described as strong, with a company 401(k) match, immediate vesting in some materials, and access to an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. These elements contribute to a favorable view of total compensation value.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave for all parents and on-site childcare at key locations signal a family-forward approach. Additional supports such as adoption assistance and pet-related leave reinforce this emphasis.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, seasonal compressed schedules, and flexibility options are highlighted across materials. The ability to start with substantial PTO and buy additional time enhances perceived time-off breadth.
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What We Do
Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets with products found in 90 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® and Milk-Bone® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker’s® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer and pet parent preferences for food, how it’s purchased and how the companies that make it should operate, we will maintain the important role we play in their lives. This will allow us to continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on all of those who count on us.
