HersheyCareers Hiring for Manager, THE Finance Retail FP&A Franchise Job at Hershey, PA Full Time

Job Title: THX FP&A Manager

Job Location: Hershey, PA

THX FP&A Manager is the business partner to the Global Retail business and has full P&L responsibility, assisting the business as it connects directly with our Hershey consumers. Some main activities include driving alignment between Operations and Marketing on Financial targets, working on models to define investment (CapEx, OpEx) decisions, and managing SG&A budgets ($40M expense budget).

THX FP&A Manager is responsible for the total The Hershey Experience (THX) FP&A roll-up. Consolidates THX areas together for a full P&L view during BU’s/Plan and provides P&L analysis and recommendations. Responsibilities also include the annual THX Strategic Plan and coordinating the IBM monthly process.

THX FP&A Manager also leads various ad-hoc analyses and requests, including Partner retail planning, Store in Store concept analysis, and analysis of new Marketing initiatives (including build-out of ROI analysis, P&Ls, and leadership decks).

This role is an exciting opportunity to establish, learn, and operate multiple full P&L’s and businesses under the Finance function in a unique region!

Duties & Responsibilities:

Global Retail Finance Lead

• Expectations include value-added decision support, capital planning, and robust financial analysis around $75M NS.
• Responsible for various in-depth modeling around concept and capability. Build Finance resource plan over Strategic Plan horizon.
• Support Director of Global Retail in strategic decision-making processes around resource allocation, SG&A budgets, and presentations
• Elevate the Owned Retail business through enhanced data & analytical capabilities to drive business growth and support key initiatives
• FP&A outputs produce weekly, monthly, and annual KPI information to support the Operations teams business targets
• Lead ad hoc financial requests based on ever-evolving needs and priorities (COGS analysis, Hourly labor spend, SG&A planning)
• Provide support for capital & OpEx project work to ensure projects remain on budget and within scope
• In depth analysis around COGs and capital projects / depreciation.
• Support includes SKU rationalization, pricing, promotion analysis, and planning activities.
• Responsible for corporate capital planning cycle adherence and cash-flow models.

THX FP&A

• Coordinate Annual Plan, monthly BUs, Strategic Plan, and out-year capital and IS plans.
• Support a fast-moving environment to update financial models quickly and efficiently.
• Responsible for overall THX MBR process, timeline, and monthly meeting coordination.
• Responsibilities include SG&A/cost center budgeting on $43M of annual spend.
• Responsible for THX company structure in various systems including multiple THC entities.
• Prepare executive level decks on business performance, and effectively communicate and review with the THX leadership team.

Other THX Projects

• Responsibilities include modeling, planning, and analysis on various ad-hoc projects and new initiatives. This could include partnerships, unique licensing opportunities, Store in Store concepts, and new distribution customers.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education/Certifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or business-related field required, MBA or equivalent marketplace experience preferred

Experience:

• 5 – 7 years’ work experience in planning, analytical and/or strategic capacity.
• CPG and/or other consumer-facing products experience preferred.
• Experience developing processes and driving adoption preferred.

Skills / Knowledge:

• Solid understanding of financial planning and analysis functions, including design of risk modeling, annual planning, monthly outlook processes, and business case development.
• Self-starter capable of taking the initiative with minimal direction and demonstrates initiative by working proactively by raising key opportunities and risks/issues to management teams.
• Comfortable working with a wide variety of models and businesses
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills; an ideal candidate is comfortable presenting to all levels of management.
• Ability to summarize, simplify, and communicate to drive decisive decision-making.
• Dynamic, highly motivated, and energetic with strong personal leadership
• Strong ability to work cross-functionally and understand resource constraints/obstacles
• Ability to interact and communicate with all levels of employees
• Works effectively in a team environment
• Knowledge and experience with SAP systems and processes
• Knowledge and experience with other ERP systems (example: Microsoft A/X)
• Proficiency in using PowerBI, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint

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