Senior Financial Analyst - Finance Operations

Give and Go Prepared Foods; Shirley (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Give & Go in Shirley, NY is seeking a financial analyst to assist with budgeting, forecasting, tracking, and reporting across Sales, Marketing, and Operations. You will develop Excel models and provide analytical support to senior management for key decisions.

The role emphasizes partnership with multiple departments, accuracy, and proactive process improvements while ensuring strong internal controls and timely month-end activities. A dynamic, growth-focused environment awaits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of financial analysis experience.
• Job-specific knowledge of consumer-packaged goods industry and proven financial analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal skill building strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Results oriented with strong attention to detail, initiative and independence.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written; strong listening skills).
• Proven initiative and willingness to drive change, with a focus on innovation, process improvement and solving problems.
• Strong computer systems (MS Office, ERP systems).
• Intermediate Power BI skills required.
• Ability to prioritize demands in a fast-paced work environment.

Responsibilities

• Proactively support the annual budgeting process by working closely with other departments to produce a quality bottom-up budget.
• Prepare reports on monthly financial results and forecasts with detailed analytical support for all projections.
• Develop analytical models in Excel to support senior management decision making on special projects.
• Prepare, analyze and present recommendations on financial forecasts, future trends and the impact to operational goals and objectives impacting both short- and long-term financial objectives. Establish and maintain linkages with commercial and operational functions.
• Seek opportunities to improve efficiency of processes while maintaining accuracy.
• Analyze weekly and monthly variance reports and provide explanations for deviations.
• Provide analytical and technical expertise on major initiatives.
• Responsible for various month end activities.
• Ensure effective internal controls are in place, monitored, and adhered to throughout the Company.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Power BI

ERP systems

Stakeholder communication

MS Excel

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business

Job description

Job Overview:

Responsible for assisting with budgeting, forecasting, tracking, analysis and reporting of various financial data for numerous departments such as Sales, Marketing, and Operations that support the achievement of short and long-term business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively support the annual budgeting process by working closely with other departments to produce a quality bottom-up budget
• Responsible for preparing reports on monthly financial results and forecasts with detailed analytical support for all projections
• Develop analytical models in Excel to support senior management decision making on special projects
• Prepare, analyze and present recommendations on financial forecasts, future trends and the impact to operational goals and objectives impacting both short- and long-term financial objectives. Establish and maintain linkages with commercial and operational functions
• Seek opportunities to improve efficiency of processes while maintaining accuracy
• Analyze weekly and monthly variance reports and provide explanations for deviations
• Provide analytical and technical expertise on major initiatives
• Responsible for various month end activities
• Ensure effective internal controls are in place, monitored, and adhered to throughout the Company

The Recipe for Success:

• Completion of Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related field
• Minimum 3 years of financial analysis experience
• Job specific knowledge of consumer-packaged goods industry and proven financial analysis and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skill building strong relationships with stakeholders
• Results oriented with strong attention to detail, initiative and independence
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written; strong listening skills).
• Proven initiative and willingness to drive change, with a focus on innovation, process improvement and solving problems.
• Strong computer systems (MS Office, ERP systems)
• Intermediate Power BI skills required
• Ability to prioritize demands in a fast-paced work environment

What we can offer:

• It’s an exciting time to be part of the Give & Go team as we are growing rapidly and want you to become a part our growth and extraordinarily bright future.
• As we grow, we are committed to preserving the parts of our diversity & culture that is unique, people-focused and are core to our success at every size. Our values of Quality, Direct Communication and Respect mean something.
• Learning and growth; we are working to create an environment where sharing new ideas, experimenting and learning from each other is strongly encouraged.