Manage monthly consolidation, variance analysis, reporting, and forecasting for North America Operations sites, including purchase price variance, retail locations, cash, capital expenditures, and matrix spirits' inventory.
Provide insight to Operations and Finance leadership to support decision-making and improve visibility of business performance.
Support manufacturing accounting teams with monthly outside operations activity by analyzing cost and volume variances, preparing accrual entries, and partnering with the master planner to align operational plans and financial results.
Support the development of business cases for in-source and outsource decisions and large-scale capital investments.
Support the annual three-year capital investment budget submission process and other ad hoc reports for North America operations business partners.
Deliver insightful analysis with actionable recommendations and quantifiable opportunities and risks.
Improve understanding of purchase price variance, business performance, and strategy through the development of visuals, dashboards, and other reporting tools.
Support training needs on business performance tools and best practices.
Provide internal championing for reporting, analytics, and data management.
Continually look for areas of improvement in processes, reporting, analytics, and decision support.
Lead the measurement and management of key financial and business performance indicators across Pernod Ricard North America Operations stakeholders.
Act as a finance business partner to operations teams, helping teams understand performance, risks, opportunities, and business implications.
What's in it for me?
Additional Information
Where Conviviality is at work.
North American Distillers (NADL) is where we manufacture our award-winning American Whiskeys such as Jefferson's, Rabbit Hole, TX Whiskey, Skrewball, and Smooth Ambler. NADL is part of Pernod Ricard, a global premium spirits and wine company. We're the team behind leading brands such as ABSOLUT® Vodka, Jameson® Irish Whiskey, Malibu®, Kahlúa® Liqueur, and The Glenlivet® Scotch whiskey, as well as many more superior wines and exquisite champagnes!
Working at NADL is all about igniting conviviality in all that we do. Derived from the French word, convivialité...it means human connection, authenticity, friendly, and jovial. Conviviality is energy and spirit with a splash of je ne sais quoi and is a core philosophy around how we live and work at Pernod Ricard.
Guided by our 4 core values: (1) grounded in the real; (2) fiercely authentic; (3) passion for challenge; and (4) connected beyond borders; we are team players, dream makers, trailblazers, movers and (cocktail) shakers. We have a passion for living life to the fullest, making new friends every day, and realizing our potential as people and as a business!
The salary range for this role, based in New York, is $91,300.00 to $114,180.00. The range may vary if the role outside of this location. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a candidate's experience, skills against internal peers and against the scope and responsibilities of the position.
Job Summary:
The Senior Finance Analyst, Operations will partner with Operations and Finance teams across Pernod Ricard North America to empower business performance through reporting, analytics, and insights. This role supports the Senior Manager, Operations Finance, in delivering cost reporting and forecasting, monthly operations performance reviews, business case development, key performance indicator reporting, and improved ways of working across the company.
This position is critical in helping standardize reporting and analytics across all North America production sites. The successful candidate will work across functional business partners to leverage technology, business intelligence tools, and data management best practices to bring efficiency and visibility to the operations organization.
Who will love this job:
You will thrive in this role if you are highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to connect the details to the bigger picture. You enjoy extracting insights from data, building clear reporting, and translating financial and operational information into actionable recommendations.
You will also enjoy this role if you like working as a finance business partner across teams. This is a strong fit for someone who enjoys cross-functional collaboration, learning new tools and systems, managing multiple workstreams, and improving processes through new technologies and fresh ideas.