Mrbeastyoutube
Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A (Consumer Goods)
Chicago, IL. Posted 2 months ago
The role
This role supports financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across the business. You will partner with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams to provide financial insight and support decision-making in a CPG environment.
What you will do
- Support annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and scenario planning activities
- Build and maintain customer-specific forecasts incorporating trade spend, pricing, commodity costs, and consumer demand trends
- Prepare monthly and quarterly variance analysis and management reporting packages
- Develop KPI dashboards and financial reporting to support leadership decision-making
- Build financial models for new product launches, pricing analysis, profitability analysis, and ad hoc business cases
- Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Supply Chain teams to evaluate business initiatives and performance drivers
- Analyze promotional effectiveness, product portfolio performance, and cost savings opportunities
- Improve reporting processes and data analytics capabilities through existing platforms and AI-enabled tools
- Conduct ad hoc financial analysis and support executive-level presentations
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field
- 3–5+ years of progressive financial analysis experience
- Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and variance analysis
- Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, complex formulas, and macros
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar data visualization tools
- Experience working with ERP systems such as NetSuite or SAP
- Strong understanding of financial statements, GAAP principles, and CPG financial metrics including gross margin, trade spend, and category profitability
- Ability to analyze complex data sets and translate findings into business recommendations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to finance and non-finance stakeholders
- Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a matrixed environment
- High attention to detail combined with strong business and commercial acumen
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt quickly as business needs evolve
Nice to have
- preferably in FP&A or Commercial/Category Finance within the CPG, food and beverage industry
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental, Vision and company-paid Life Insurance
- Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
- 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
- Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
- Company-provided technology package
- Relocation assistance where applicable, including travel and company-provided housing for the first 90 days
Before you apply
- We do not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms or recruitment agencies
About the company
Beast Industries is a multifaceted media and entertainment company founded by Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast. The company operates across various domains including digital media, philanthropy, consumer products, and innovative business initiatives.