Financial Analyst - Overheads

About Flora Food Group

We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.

Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.

Location: Hackensack

Hybrid - 2X per week

Salary- 75-90K

About the position

In this role you will be responsible for maintaining the day-to-day Overheads activities for USA and CAN. This includes budgeting and building relationships with other department leaders to be able to reach success.

Overheads Management

• Partner with Cross functional Department owners to plan, forecast and understand Overhead costs
• Responsible for creating the annual operating budget.
• Monitor development of Overhead expenses throughout the month and at month end close.
• Reconcile GL activity and process journal entries in the form of accruals or reclasses.
• Provide insights to the FP&A team on actual spend vs budget.
• Analyze financial results and key trends to assess risk & opportunities and communicate to the controller and CFO.
• Responsible for alignment across functions of month-end closure and forecasting timelines
• Prepare and submit monthly Overheads forecast in financial planning system - SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) Software
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with different departments key players to ensure that expenses are posted correctly.
• Prepare monthly Overhead reports and share them with department leaders.
• Consolidation of monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting.
• Work closely with various global teams including 3rd party service providers.
• Submit R&D, Legal, IT and Communications recharges to global.
• Implement process and improvement in areas where we can improve efficiency.
• Oversight of insurance, 401K and payroll requirements including maintenance of the prepaid schedules, completion of annual forms and invoicing.

General

• Support Controllers team on month end close processes including reconciliations of accruals, posting payroll entries, benefits group reporting and treasury reporting
• Assist with the internal and external audit processes
• Provide assistance on new projects and initiatives

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in accounting, finance or equivalent;
• +5 years of experience in accounting
• Excellent analytical and communication skills with ability to respond under pressure
• Ability to meet deadlines and enforce time management
• Flexible and open minded, quick to adapt to changing requirements
• Very strong work ethic and reliable
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong system knowledge: (SAP (S4 Hana), BPC, Power BI, AFO, Microsoft Office, MS Excel)

About you!

You’ll have to enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and it will take hard work and determination; we will give you the ownership you need to make an impact.

You’ll have to deliver on the commitments you make. And we’ll give you the freedom and flexibility to do your job and build your own career.

What’s next

If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now!

We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.

Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.

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