The Hershey Company Hiring for Analyst MKT Finance Job at Jalisco Full Time

Analyst MKT Finance

Summary

Provides financial analysis to the Marketing division. Specific areas of analysis would include brand P&L analysis, projects evaluation, portfolio analysis, marketing expense analysis, costing and sourcing analysis. This will require strong collaboration with other functions including Marketing, Trade Marketing, Finance, Category Management, Insights and Supply Finance. This is an exciting opportunity to build a core competency in support of Hershey’s ambition to create a best-in-class MKT Finance Function.

This position requires personal leadership, initiative, cross-functional teamwork, ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and strong analytical skills and financial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Profitability Analysis: Analyze SKU, Customer, Brand, Packtype profitability by market. Identifies trends and developments in the competitive environments and presents findings to senior management
• Support DME forecasting and budget control with Marketing and Trade Marketing teams ensuring accuracy among business updates
• Financial analysis: Evaluates all significant new proposals. Process owner for the function to ensure consistency in analytical principles across the company and ensures sound business decisions are made
• Support adhoc analysis and reporting needs for the function. This will include special projects, management requests and reports, etc.
• Performs special studies on request

Knowledge, skills and abilities required

• Very strong technical skills (e.g., Excel, Powerpoint), with proven ability to synthesize multiple data sources (e.g., internal databases and P&L data, 3rd party syndicated data) to develop insights and strategy recommendations
• Strong analytical skills and business / financial acumen
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Problem-solving mentality, intellectually curious, strong critical thinking skills
• Entrepreneurial skills and style
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously
• Strong knowledge of syndicated data (e.g. IRI, Nielsen, Iscam) and its nuances
• Ability to sell ideas and influence both peers and senior members of the organization
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

Education

BA/BS in Finance, Accounting or equivalent

Experience

1+ years of business experience preferred, with strong preference for multiple years of experience in FMCG analytical role(s)

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