FP&A Senior Analyst – Retail Sales

Hello potential future Oatly employee. It’s us, the original oatmilk company that started in Sweden back 25 or so years ago and has since expanded to the U.S. where we’ve continued growing at a rate such that we need more brilliant minds to come work with us to keep the momentum going and the oatmilk flowing.

Sustainability, health, and transparency are the core values that guide everything we do. Basically, we exist to help people live a healthier life without recklessly taxing the planet’s resources in the process, and to change the food system for the better. We drive that change through the power of oats and through a significant reduction in cow’s milk consumption. If any of this resonates with you, then maybe you’d like to work for Oatly, too. Now onto the formal stuff.

The FP&A Senior Analyst – Retail Sales, will provide critical oversight and support to customer revenue and trade spend performance. This role will support the enhancement and refining of the company's financial results as well as budgeting and forecasting processes. They will be responsible for aiding in the successful execution of our strategy through sound business planning and reporting, and through the continued development of financial and trade management systems. This person must bring a continuous improvement mindset to business operations and processes.

This position will report directly to the Manager of Sales Finance FP&A - Retail and work closely with the other members of the FP&A team, Accounting and Sales.

Due to business needs, all qualified candidates must reside in Eastern Standard Time zone.

Here are the things we want to hire you to do:

• Ensure financial controls by aiding monthly trade reconciliation and budget management process, utilizing systems to enable monthly tracking and forecasting of Sales related spend

• Support the Sales Teams (Retail) with relevant forecasting and reporting of all trade spending, as well as gross sales, net sales and profitability by customer and category

• Support the continued development of a trade planning tool, ensuring its accuracy, building reporting and training to drive success

• Assume responsibility for preparation of month end trade accrual and provision of variance explanations to accounting and finance leadership

• Partner with accounting to ensure proper coding of trade spend invoices to the general ledger, and with business solutions to ensure accuracy of master data

• Contribute to development of Customer P&Ls, including Volume, Gross Sales, Net Sales, Gross Profit, Contribution Profit and Customer Margin, and be able to articulate any changes in trade, revenue or profitability

• Be hands-on with annual business planning, monthly forecasting, budget tracking, month-end close accounting duties, and monitoring and supporting the business via financial analysis

• Continuously improve, automate, and scale forecasting and reporting tools, processes, and methodologies with a continuous process improvement mindset and liaison with the various business departments

• Prepare and provide senior leadership with regular reporting, dashboards, and presentations to make informed, strategic decisions for the business

• Function effectively in an especially fast-paced start-up operating environment, managing time effectively to address high priority items in a timely manner
  
  

Here Are The Things We Think You Need

• At least 2 years of experience CPG or food company in a Finance or Sales analytical role preferred

• 1-2 years of experience with trade management, consumer products and cost structure systems

• Anaplan and Power BI experience preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance/Accounting, or Economics

• Advanced Excel and data modeling skills required, and strong skills in PowerPoint

• Excellent interpersonal collaboration skills, ability to think creatively, highly driven and self-motivated

• Disciplined approach toward execution, attention to detail, and ability to navigate within large and complex data environments and draw meaningful conclusions

• Ability in working in dynamic, fast-moving business environment and to manage time, multiple priorities and handle a high volume of work

• An ability to function both independently and in a team environment and communicate effectively with key stakeholders

• Eagerness to work in support of others and to take initiative in building things from the ground up

• Ability to travel for in-person meetings (anticipated 10-15%)

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