Finance Analyst, Commercial
Chicago, IL, United States
The launch of Tropicana Brands Group represents an exciting fusion of some of the world's most beloved and up-and-coming brands in the juice category, including Tropicana, Naked, KeVita, Izze, Dole, Copella and Punica. Established in 2022 as a joint venture between PAI Partners and PepsiCo, our new company blends the best of two worlds: one steeped in industry-leading expertise and the heritage of prestige juice brands, and another rooted in a true entrepreneurial, agile mindset.
With a global footprint of more than 2,000 associates that spans North America and Europe, we are proud of our industry-leading capabilities in areas that include innovation, R&D, manufacturing, distribution, sales, marketing and nutrition expertise.
The company’s focused on the vision to quench the world's thirst for more delight and nourishment, while continuing to build upon the many important diversity, sustainability, local community and philanthropic activities that our people and brands have historically supported.
Key Responsibilities:
Tropicana Brands Group is looking for a highly qualified Finance Analyst to support the Finance Manager, Traditional Sales to ensure the company’s goals and initiatives are met.
The Finance Analyst contributes to Tropicana’s success by acting as an key part of the Tropicana Finance team in support of the sales organization. In addition to providing business and analytics support, this position contributes to the company’s success by proactively monitoring Customer trends and identifying risks and opportunities to maximize business performance. Success in this role will require results-driven behavior, solid organizational skills, intellectual curiosity, strong financial analytical skills, technical strength, interpersonal skills, and the ability work both independently and as part of a team. Tropicana is looking for a critical thinker with exceptional communication, influencing and relationship management skills who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
We are seeking a candidate based in Chicago, IL.
Additional responsibilities include:
Provide customer insight and analysis into drivers of change for key metrics: volume, price, margin and profitability by product
Identify any fluctuations between the plan/forecast and actual sales trend, communicate with the sales team and develop solutions to drive sales
Provide insights and analytics that help the sales teams develop robust customer programming that delivers against AOP metrics and accurate business forecasts
Execute trade management and support analysis for pricing events and promotions
Support the design and implementation of post gaming tools, to assess ROI of Tropicana investments, and highlight areas of opportunity
Improve/simplify processes by analyzing current tools and systems, and designing and implementing new procedures for more efficient reporting
Assist with ad-hoc and cross-functional projects as required
Tackle ambiguous problems to determine and prioritize business strategies
Ability to structure and prioritize tasks, and focus efforts in an ambiguous work environment
Demonstrated ability to implement short and long term strategies to support organizational operation and transformation
Professional Experience / Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree (business or accounting specialization preferred)
Minimum 2+ years of financial analytical and planning experience
Ability to prioritize and excel in a fast-paced environment
Excellent analytical and financial modeling skills
Strong collaboration and communication skills
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