Sr. FP&A

As a Senior FP&A Analyst at Shearer’s Snacks, you'll be responsible for leading the plant's financial reporting, spend management, annual budgeting, and variance investigations. You'll collaborate with plant leadership to offer financial impact analyses and recommendations while ensuring compliance with corporate policies. Your role is vital in supporting plant initiatives and synthesizing data into actionable insights for improved productivity and cost savings.

To join Shearer’s Snacks as a Senior FP&A Analyst, you’ll need a Bachelor’s degree along with 3 to 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment. Proficiency in financial metrics is crucial, as well as strong Excel capabilities and excellent communication skills. Moreover, your ability to work collaboratively and influence decision-making across various organizational levels will be key to your success.

The Senior FP&A Analyst at Shearer’s Snacks plays a crucial role in enhancing the financial processes and productivity outcomes within the plant. By providing timely analysis and actionable insights, you will support decision-making related to spend management, inventory control, and various operational initiatives. Your contributions will directly influence cost savings and productivity improvement efforts at the plant.

Essential skills for a Senior FP&A Analyst at Shearer’s Snacks include robust analytical abilities to interpret financial data, strong relationship management skills to collaborate effectively, and excellent verbal and written communication skills for clarity in reporting and recommendations. Additionally, advanced proficiency in Excel and familiarity with financial modeling will greatly support your role.

Shearer’s Snacks offers a vibrant and inclusive workplace culture, especially for the Senior FP&A Analyst role. Here, collaboration is key, and you’ll find yourself working closely with cross-functional teams. The company is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities and values diverse perspectives, which helps foster an environment where innovative ideas can flourish.

In answering this question, provide a specific example where you detected an anomaly in financial reports. Explain the steps you took to investigate the issue, the tools you used to analyze the data, and the solutions you implemented to resolve it. Emphasize your attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.

Share your budgeting process, including how you gather data, involve stakeholders, and monitor expenses throughout the fiscal year. Highlight your analytical skills and ability to forecast aligned with the company's strategic goals. Mention any tools or software you prefer for budgeting and how you ensure financial integrity.

Discuss key metrics such as profit margins, production costs, variance analysis, inventory turnover, and cash flow. Provide examples of how these metrics influence decision-making in a manufacturing context, demonstrating your understanding of the financial landscape relevant to Shearer's Snacks.

Explain your familiarity with relevant financial reporting standards and how you stay current with changes in regulations. Discuss your process for auditing financial reports and collaborating with compliance teams to ensure all operations align with legal requirements and corporate policies.

Highlight your proficiency in developing financial models that support strategic planning and decision-making. Discuss any specific models you've created, particularly emphasizing their impact on productivity forecasting, and how they have helped previous employers achieve their financial goals.

Illustrate your time management and prioritization strategies, perhaps mentioning your approach to task lists, deadlines, and communication with team members. Describe how you balance ongoing projects with time-sensitive reporting needs to ensure both high performance and adherence to timelines.

Emphasize the importance of teamwork in achieving financial objectives. Discuss your experience working with various departments and how effective communication and collaboration lead to better financial insights and decision-making at all levels of the organization.

Describe your strategies for continuous learning, such as attending industry conferences, participating in webinars, reading financial and industry publications, and networking with professionals in the field. This shows your commitment to evolving your expertise in line with industry changes.

Discuss how you would present financial analyses that highlight potential savings opportunities, using data visualization tools and clear reporting to communicate your points. Explain your approach to building relationships with stakeholders to gain their buy-in for initiatives.

Provide insights into how you identify discrepancies, conduct root cause analysis, and verify data accuracy. Discuss the importance of transparency in communications with your team and stakeholders, and how you would implement corrective measures for future reporting.