Senior Analyst - Financial Planning and Analysis

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company; Hershey (PA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free admission to Hersheypark

Employee discounts

Health, Dental, Vision coverage

Job summary

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to drive financial planning processes, including forecasting and budgeting, across the organization. You will lead data modeling, dashboards, and strategic analysis to support decision-making.

The role emphasizes developing tools for streamlined FP&A, collaboration with multiple teams, and ensuring internal controls while working onsite in Hershey, PA.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of Financial Planning and Analysis or related experience.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Hospitality Management or related field.

Responsibilities

• Create and distribute monitoring tools such as labor reports, cost of sales analyses, and P&L statements and suggest improvements.
• Assist with capital planning, tracking, reporting, and forecasting capital spend; ensure compliance with asset policy.
• Develop automated, user-friendly templates for financial analysis and reporting.
• Provide strategic thinking and advanced problem solving and support FP&A deliverables to non-financial partners.
• Assist with other projects as assigned.

Skills

Analytical skills

Detail oriented

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree - Business Administration, Finance, Hospitality Management

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

MS Office

Job description

Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company (HE&R) is an award-winning entertainment & hospitality organization with properties including: Hersheypark, The Hotel Hershey, Hershey Lodge, Giant Center, Restaurants, and more. Our team members share a common goal of upholding the legacy of our founder, Milton S. Hershey, while striving to live by our company's Core Values: Devoted to the Legacy, Selfless Spirit of Service, Team Focused, and Respectful of Others. Hershey Entertainment & Resorts is committed to cultivating diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce, marketplace, and community, and is proud to help fulfill the dream of our founder by providing value to Milton Hershey School. This is an onsite role in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

This position will work as a business liaison with others across the organization to drive key financial planning processes such as forecasting, budgeting, data aggregation, and analytics. The Senior Financial Analyst will provide daily oversight, guidance, and strategic analysis of key financial metrics and will support the implementation and enforcement of internal controls. This position will also be responsible for data modeling and dashboard creation.

As a Full-Time Team Member, you will enjoy sweet perks like FREE admission to Hersheypark, discounts, and more as soon as you receive your Employee ID!

• Your total compensation consists not only of the wage that you are paid, but also includes Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage beginning the first day of the next month after you begin working, 401K Contribution, paid time off, and so much more!

Job Duties (Duties marked with an asterisk are essential functions of this job):

• Create and distribute a variety of monitoring tools such as labor reports, cost of sales analyses, and profit and loss statements and offer suggestions for operational and/or financial improvement based on this analysis.*
• Assist with the capital planning and spending process, which includes analyzing, tracking, reporting, and forecasting capital spend as well as ensuring compliance with the capital asset policy.*
• Continually seek new and improved ways to analyze and present data to management with greater automation and clarity. *
• Develop user-friendly, standardized templates for financial analysis, incorporating automation where possible.*
• Provide strategic thinking and advanced problem solving skills.*
• Assist in the development and deployment of tools to enhance the FP&A function as well as deliverables to non-financial partners.*
• Assist with other projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 18 years of age or older.
• Minimum of 5 years of Financial Planning and Analysis or related experience.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree - Business Administration, Finance, Hospitality Management.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Comprehensive knowledge/experience working with advanced functions of Excel and Google Sheets, as well as other Microsoft Office and Google Suite applications.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Detail oriented and organized.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and effectively manage multiple priorities with competing deadlines.
• Must embody HE&R Core Values (Devoted to the Legacy, Selfless Spirit of Service, Team Focused, Respectful of Others).

Job Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Reaching Forward Frequent (34-66%)
• Lifting Occasional (<33%) (50 lbs maximum weight)
• Reaching Overhead Occasional (<33%)
• Finger Dexterity Constant (>67%)
• Stooping Occasional (<33%)
• Bending Occasional (<33%)
• Standing Frequent (34-66%)
• Walking Frequent (34-66%)
• This job requires the visual ability to perform detailed work at close distances (computer screens, accounting ledgers, using measurement devices).
• This job regularly requires verbal communication of detailed information to others either by phone or in person.
• Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers (Repetitive motion).
• May include working on evenings/holidays/weekends as business level/job responsibility dictates.

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Hershey Entertainment and Resorts is an Equal Opportunity Employer.