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Team Leader Finance

Indianapolis, IN
Full-Time

Job Description

Job Summary

Reporting to the Plant Finance Manager, you will be a partner with the finance team to the Indianapolis Plant and Supply Chain Finance. You will perform complex and interpretive financial analysis for assigned areas and present recommendations to management. Main responsibilities include Finance, Cost Accounting, General Accounting, and Financial Systems. Be a leader to less experienced staff. Lead small teams and work well with small ad-hoc project teams across the plant.

Position Responsibilities

  • You will collaborate with others in the department on communication of weekly and monthly variances of labor, yield loss, materials usage, product costs, and overhead expense.

  • Improve reporting analytics.

  • You will contribute to the update of the monthly forecast and assist with the annual operating plan for assigned areas. Communicate changes to partners by providing specific, forward-looking commentary on the changes and guidance on potential risk.

  • You will partner with Continuous Improvement and Operations teams to identify cost savings projects across the plant. Provide financial analysis for new projects, capital requests and new retail products.

  • New product costing estimates and annual product costing in SAP.

  • Contribute to month-end/quarter-end close activities to ensure completion of assigned tasks, including identification and resolution of unusual items and issues promptly, review of variances, reporting and journal entry coordination.

  • Active involvement and participation in plant continuous improvement and engagement activities.

  • You will help ensure compliance with Sarbanes/Oxley, internal controls and external audit requests in the facility including reviewing inventory controls and safeguarding of company assets.

  • Provide ad hoc financial analysis as requested

Position Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required in Finance or Accounting

  • 5 years general business and financial experience

  • Experience with financial modeling.

  • Fundamental knowledge of, understanding of internal and external research methods for, and driving compliance of GAAP

  • Proficient with Microsoft Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)

  • Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookups and other data manipulation formulas).

  • Experience working with and making recommendations for efficiencies with systems and tools, such as SAP (R/3, FICO, BI)

  • Identifying areas for continuous improvement and/or cost reductions and making recommendations for enhancement

  • Consolidate complex information into usable customer oriented formats

  • Experience working closely with internal customers, peers and effectively managing those relationships

  • Experience providing insightful analysis to business partners in response to business need or opportunity

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#LI-MSL

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Compensation:

Pay Range:$81,000-$118,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity.Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
  • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions - within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye , Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

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Job Summary

Reporting to the Plant Finance Manager, you will be a partner with the finance team to the Indianapolis Plant and Supply Chain Finance. You will perform complex and interpretive financial analysis for assigned areas and present recommendations to management. Main responsibilities include Finance, Cost Accounting, General Accounting, and Financial Systems. Be a leader to less experienced staff. Lead small teams and work well with small ad-hoc project teams across the plant.

Position Responsibilities

  • You will collaborate with others in the department on communication of weekly and monthly variances of labor, yield loss, materials usage, product costs, and overhead expense.

  • Improve reporting analytics.

  • You will contribute to the update of the monthly forecast and assist with the annual operating plan for assigned areas. Communicate changes to partners by providing specific, forward-looking commentary on the changes and guidance on potential risk.

  • You will partner with Continuous Improvement and Operations teams to identify cost savings projects across the plant. Provide financial analysis for new projects, capital requests and new retail products.

  • New product costing estimates and annual product costing in SAP.

  • Contribute to month-end/quarter-end close activities to ensure completion of assigned tasks, including identification and resolution of unusual items and issues promptly, review of variances, reporting and journal entry coordination.

  • Active involvement and participation in plant continuous improvement and engagement activities.

  • You will help ensure compliance with Sarbanes/Oxley, internal controls and external audit requests in the facility including reviewing inventory controls and safeguarding of company assets.

  • Provide ad hoc financial analysis as requested

Position Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required in Finance or Accounting

  • 5 years general business and financial experience

  • Experience with financial modeling.

  • Fundamental knowledge of, understanding of internal and external research methods for, and driving compliance of GAAP

  • Proficient with Microsoft Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access)

  • Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookups and other data manipulation formulas).

  • Experience working with and making recommendations for efficiencies with systems and tools, such as SAP (R/3, FICO, BI)

  • Identifying areas for continuous improvement and/or cost reductions and making recommendations for enhancement

  • Consolidate complex information into usable customer oriented formats

  • Experience working closely with internal customers, peers and effectively managing those relationships

  • Experience providing insightful analysis to business partners in response to business need or opportunity

#LI-SG1

#LI-MSL

#LI-Onsite

Compensation:

Pay Range:$81,000-$118,000

The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity.Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.

Our Benefits:

We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:

  • Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
  • Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
  • Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
  • Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company:

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions - within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye , Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.

Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

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About Conagra Brands

Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG) is a $12.3 billion branded food company with 50 locations across North America, employing approximately 18,600 talented professionals. We combine a rich heritage of making great food with a sharpened focus and entrepreneurial spirit. We’re transforming the way we operate to fulfill what consumers and customers want, in a smart, simple way. We’re modernizing our food brands, leveraging fresh opportunities and adapting to a changing landscape – all with a culture that’s ready to capture growth and drive shareholder value.

Our iconic brands, such as Birds Eye, Duncan Hines, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender's, Reddi-wip, and Slim Jim, as well as emerging brands, including Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera, offer choices for every occasion.

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