Strategic FP&A Partner for Sales, Margin & Innovation

Amylu Foods, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match up to 3.5%

Job summary

Amylu Foods, Inc. seeks an FP&A Business Partner, Sales Finance to lead planning, reporting, and profitability analysis from our Chicago HQ. You will own P&L models, partner with Sales, Marketing and Innovation, and drive pricing and trade decisions that improve margins.

The role requires 5–8 years in Corporate Finance/FP&A with strong Excel, Power BI, and NetSuite experience, plus fluency in translating data into strategic actions for senior leaders in a fast-growing CPG business.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of progressive Corporate Finance / FP&A experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or CPA a plus
• Hands-on experience with customer P&Ls, trade spend, gross-to-net and price/volume/mix analysis
• Experience owning innovation financials (business cases, launch P&Ls, new item margin evaluation)
• Working knowledge of syndicated data (Circana/IRI, Nielsen and/or SPINS)
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with BI tools (Power BI), ERPs (NetSuite a plus) and EPM/planning systems (Vena a plus)
• Proven track record of turning analysis into decisions that improve margin and profitability
• Exceptional analytical skills, attention to detail and proactive problem-solving
• Strong storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to influence and challenge senior commercial leaders
• Builder mindset: standing up processes and tools in a fast-growing environment
• Experience coaching or mentoring junior analysts is a plus
• CPG food or beverage experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the sales planning and forecasting cycles (monthly, quarterly and annually).
• Own the gross-to-net and trade spend forecast; maintain R&O trackers.
• Build driver-based customer and item P&L models connecting commercial decisions to net sales and margin.
• Design and own customer and item profitability reporting, including waterfalls and margins.
• Produce sales performance packages with actionable insights.
• Perform price/volume/mix analysis and explain drivers to leadership.
• Integrate syndicated data with shipments to analyze trends and velocity.
• Build Excel blueprints and automate recurring reporting (NetSuite, Power BI, Vena).
• Identify margin improvement opportunities across customers and items and track multi-year margin roadmap.
• Turn insights into action with cross-functional partners and drive measurable bottom-line impact.
• Own innovation financials from ideation through launch and post-launch tracking.

Skills

Sales Finance

FP&A

Excel modeling

Power BI

NetSuite

Vena

Communication

Leadership

CPG/food industry experience

Education

Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA or CPA a plus

Tools

Power BI

NetSuite

Vena

Excel

Job description

Amylu Foods, Inc. seeks an FP&A Business Partner, Sales Finance to lead planning, reporting, and profitability analysis from our Chicago HQ. You will own P&L models, partner with Sales, Marketing and Innovation, and drive pricing and trade decisions that improve margins.

The role requires 5–8 years in Corporate Finance/FP&A with strong Excel, Power BI, and NetSuite experience, plus fluency in translating data into strategic actions for senior leaders in a fast-growing CPG business.