Commercial Pricing & Insights Analyst

Ellison Custom Food Ingredients; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Optical

Life Insurance

EAP

401(K) with Matching

Paid Personal Time Off

Paid Holidays

Paid Uniforms

Boot Reimbursement

Job summary

Ellison Bakery in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a Commercial Financial Analyst to evaluate pricing opportunities, support profitable growth, and deliver actionable insights. You will partner with Sales, Operations, and Cost Accounting to analyze opportunities, costs, and market pricing.

Responsibilities include developing pricing models, tracking KPIs, preparing dashboards, and delivering financial analyses on new opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in accounting, financial analysis, or cost accounting.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities.
• Solid understanding of cost structures, margins, and pricing strategies.
• Experience working with ERP systems and CRM data.
• Advanced Excel skills; experience with BI tools a plus.
• Ability to communicate financial insights clearly to Sales and Operations teams.
• Detail-oriented with strong business acumen and problem‑solving mindset.

Responsibilities

• Analyze pricing requests from the Sales team for new and existing opportunities.
• Develop pricing models to support customer proposals and contract negotiations.
• Recommend target selling prices based on cost, margin expectations, and market dynamics.
• Partner with Sales to ensure pricing strategies align with company profitability goals.
• Work closely with Operations to understand production capabilities, efficiencies, and cost drivers.
• Collaborate with Cost Accounting to validate product costs, assumptions, and margin expectations.
• Evaluate raw material, labor, and overhead inputs to ensure accurate cost structure.
• Identify risks and opportunities in cost assumptions impacting pricing.
• Develop and maintain key commercial KPIs to monitor business performance.
• Analyze historical sales data to identify trends, margin performance, and growth opportunities.
• Leverage pipeline and CRM data to provide visibility into future revenue and profitability.
• Track conversion rates, pricing realization, win/loss trends, and customer profitability.
• Partner with Sales leadership to translate data into actionable insights.
• Prepare dashboards and recurring reports summarizing commercial performance.
• Prepare financial analysis on new business opportunities, including margin and profitability assessments.
• Track actual performance of new business versus initial pricing assumptions.
• Support ongoing reporting related to pricing effectiveness and margin trends.
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support strategic and customer decisions.
• Standardize pricing tools, templates, and approval workflows.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls and pricing governance.
• Improve data integration between ERP, CRM, and reporting tools.
• Identify opportunities to enhance speed, accuracy, and consistency of commercial analytics.

Skills

Financial modeling

ERP data

CRM data

Advanced Excel

BI tools

Communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

CRM data

Job description

Ellison Bakery in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a Commercial Financial Analyst to evaluate pricing opportunities, support profitable growth, and deliver actionable insights. You will partner with Sales, Operations, and Cost Accounting to analyze opportunities, costs, and market pricing.

Responsibilities include developing pricing models, tracking KPIs, preparing dashboards, and delivering financial analyses on new opportunities.