Sr. Financial Analyst FP&A

Position: Sr. Financial Analyst, FP&A

Department: Finance, Plan & Analysis

Reports To: Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Salary Type: Salary

Location: Irwindale

Pay: (If in CA - $82,157 - $123,236)

Groupe Bonduelle is a company that is making a positive impact

Groupe Bonduelle is the world leader in ready-to-use plant-rich food. By joining our company you will have an opportunity to make a positive and sustainable impact on yourself, others and the planet. You will play an active part in our mission to inspire the transition toward a plant-rich diet to contribute to people's well-being and planet health.

Groupe Bonduelle Fresh Americas is the U.S. business unit of France based Groupe Bonduelle (BON.PA). We are the first business unit of Groupe Bonduelle to become a Certified B Corporation. We operate four processing facilities throughout the U.S. and employ nearly 3,000 Associates who focus on producing and bringing to market fresh vegetable products, prepared salads and plant-based meal solutions.

Groupe Bonduelle is a 170 year old French family-owned company that has been at the forefront of plant rich food innovations since 1853. Our ready-to-use plant-rich food products are grown on 173,000 acres by our grower partners and marketed in nearly 100 countries. The company currently employees more than 12,000 Associates globally.

Join us at Bonduelle Fresh Americas for an opportunity to advance your career in a culture that places people first. As a valued member of our company, you will have the opportunity to support our environmental and social initiatives to drive progress against our corporate social responsibility and B Corp certification ambitions.

At Bonduelle Fresh Americas, we make contributing to a better future through plant-based food our top priority.

Position Summary:

The Sr. Financial Analyst, FP&A is leading all Finance activities related to budgeting, forecasting and analysis in the context of an emergent IBP (Integrated Business Planning) process. The candidate will be a key member of our Finance team and is critical to Bonduelle’s ongoing growth and success.

The key accountability will be to oversee the implementation, coordination and ongoing governance of the IBP process in conjunction with all Sales and Operational functions of Bonduelle (Procurement, Manufacturing, Planning, Engineering,..). You will be part of each IBP step (Portfolio, Demand, Planning, Supply, Master Reviews) and will provide financial outlook to drive business on the short and long term.

• Develop all regular budgeting and forecasting financials as well as long term plan views
• Lead the financial forecast based on the projected fulfilled demand and capturing any risks or opportunities in the buy/make/move spectrum
• Own the one source of truth for the financial translation of the different IBP steps
• Determine potential financial deviations to plan and elaborate remedial actions (gap closing suggestions)
• Challenge status quo and Manage communication around risks and opportunities
• Participate to the Master Business Review
• Partner with the VP, IBP to continuously improve the process
• In addition to this IBP focus, the Sr. Financial Analyst, FP&A will take part in ad-hoc analyses and other projects. As an example: This person will participate in designing and building our ESG Reporting/Monitoring environment, partnering with the ESG Team.
• This is a key position in our company. You will be supporting our environmental and social initiatives to drive progress against our 2025 corporate social responsibility and B Corp certification ambitions.

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years of relevant experience. A part of your career has been in a position of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) finance, ideally for an Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) environment.
• Ability to develop solutions and implement action plans
• Pragmatic, customer-centric, persuasive
• Demonstrated knowledge working with multiple stakeholders while driving one common goal
• Courage to make tough decisions, challenge current processes and to deliver difficult messages with professionalism
• A passion for learning and a craving to work in a fun culture
• Systems: Logility or similar Supply Chain system, JDE or similar ERP system experience. Tableau or similar reporting database experience.