Senior Financial Analyst, Commercial Finance


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Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst, Commercial Finance
Location: Oakbrook Terrace, Midwest United States, USA

Company: McCain Foods
Industry Sector: Food/Processing
Industry Type: Food & Beverage Products and Processing
Career Type: Accounting/Finance/Asset Management
Job Type: Full Time
Minimum Years Experience Required: 3

Job Description:

 

Job Code: 37074 

 

Job Description:

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
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About the role.

The Senior Financial Analyst, Commercial Finance, is responsible for partnering with McCain’s Commercial Team to achieve the organization’s business objectives. This highly collaborative and analytical role will be a key player in monitoring and influencing business performance, providing insightful and actionable intelligence to Commercial Partners. A passion for process improvement and data analytics, this individual will assist the organization in its digital transformation journey working cross-functionally.

 

What you’ll be doing.

Commercial performance review and forecasting

  • Deliver accurate, insightful, and timely analysis of financial results. Perform investigation of commercial variances, highlighting financial issues with strategic and operational impacts, and recommend options to resolve or address gaps.
  • Assist in the monthly reporting process for Pricing and Trade Strategy producing value added reporting and analysis on contract negotiation status, variance to budget, and contract postmortems.
  • Develop and maintain price forecasting model to support planning and analyze monthly/quarterly vs. appropriate benchmarks, make value-added recommendations, and prepare ad hoc analyses as requested to facilitate the formation of business plans.
  • Support the finance digital transformation, developing and enhancing reports in Power BI.
  • Leads, embraces, and has a passion for process improvement, capacity creation, standardization and implements in collaboration with the Finance Manager, Commercial Finance

 

Innovation stage-gate business case development

  • Provide financial analysis on cross-functional project teams, inclusive of product launches, helping to build the financial business case P&L's, challenging assumptions, providing insights and strategic direction for commercial activities
  • Serve as a key financial resource in new product development teams in defining customer pricing requirements.  Model pricing strategy and margin expectations on new product launches.
     

Budgeting and planning

  • Integral member of the S&OP process by providing Sales and Marketing support from demand forecasting to financial modeling.
  • Support the Sales and Marketing Teams in their forecast for the balance of the year as well as looking to continuously improve on departmental forecast submissions
  • Partner with Marketing to lead the financial modeling of potential promotional activities, analyze the impact of new business proposals, and manage overall margins as it relates to product pricing and promotions.
     

Marketing Support

  • Support financial analysis for business decisions impacting marketing expenditures, including preparing reports with supporting documentation for monthly review of marketing expenditures
  • Produce postmortem financial analysis on investment profitability and effectiveness vs. ROI/Business case

 

What you’ll need to be successful.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. CPA or MBA a plus
  • 3+ years of progressive and related experience
  • Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
  • Natural collaboration skills
  • Influencing and leadership skills
  • Results driven and action oriented (initiative)
  • Strong financial, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Good business acumen
  • Knowledge of SAP or similar ERP, Advanced Excel skills, and Power BI


The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you’ll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we’re better together.

 

Compensation Package: $81,600.00 -$108,900.00  USD annually + bonus eligibility

 

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.

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Job Post Date: 07/15/25
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