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Commercial Finance Manager
Tootsie Roll Industries —Chicago, IL
- $130,000 - $170,000 a year
- Full-time
- Background check
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- Health insurance
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Boston Consulting Group —Chicago, IL
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Senior Analyst - BCG Vantage, B2B SaaS (Client Focus Track)
Boston Consulting Group —Chicago, IL
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Senior Analyst - BCG Vantage, Metals & Mining
Boston Consulting Group —Chicago, IL
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Investment Associate
The Scion Group —Chicago, IL
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International Affairs Analyst (Remote)
Amyand Consulting —Chicago, IL
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Nanhua USA Futures LLC —Chicago, IL
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American Institutes for Research —Chicago, IL
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Robert W. Baird —Chicago, IL
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Data Scientist, Financial Services Consulting
TransUnion —Chicago, IL
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- Full-time
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Business Analytics Analyst
Roadrunner Transportation —Downers Grove, IL
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Junior Commercial Property Tax Analyst
Flanagan - Bilton LLC —Chicago, IL
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Clearwater Analytics, LLC —Chicago, IL
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- Full-time
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Data Strategist
Chicago Public Schools —Chicago, IL
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AECOM —Chicago, IL
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- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Research
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Commercial Analytics Manager
USG Corporation —Chicago, IL
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- Computer Science
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- Paid holidays
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Thunderbird LLC. —Elk Grove Village, IL
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Commercial Finance Manager

Tootsie Roll Industries -
Chicago, IL

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Job Details

Full-time
$130,000 - $170,000 a year

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending account
Paid time off
Employee assistance program
Vision insurance
401(k) matching
Professional development assistance
Life insurance
Retirement plan

Qualifications

Teamwork
Microsoft Excel
Finance
Expense management
Research
Finance
Bachelor's degree
Data-driven problem-solving
Master of Business Administration

Full Job Description

THE ROLE

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) has been manufacturing iconic confectionary brands such as Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Pops, Blow Pops, Dots, Dubble Bubble, Junior Mints, Andes, and Charleston Chew for over 125 years. The Company is searching for a Commercial Finance Manager to join the finance team in support of the sales and marketing teams. The role will report to the Director of Finance but is expected to become a trusted financial advisor and resource to the Vice President of Marketing. This is an exciting time to join the team as this role presents the opportunity to build a new finance discipline. Business leaders are performing their own analysis and will find value in this role through thought leadership and deeper analytical insights.

The successful candidate will need a strong finance and accounting background, knowledge of best practices in terms of CPG pricing and promotion actions and revenue modeling with the ability to communicate within financial and non-financial audiences. It will be important to cultivate strong relationships with internal stakeholders to know what questions have not been asked and to collaborate with cross-functional teams. The candidate will leverage experience within brand and / or sales finance teams and the latest tools in the net revenue management space to optimize our processes.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES & HIGHLIGHTS

Net Revenue Management

Under the leadership of the Director of Finance and in service of the marketing and sales teams, assume the role as lead financial advisor and analyst helping dissect large data sets to distill actionable insights about SKU, brand, and customer level trends to help the Company maximize profitability.

Revenue Forecasting and Budgeting

· Partner with Sales, Marketing and Demand Planning on revenue forecasting and budgeting.

· Maintain, collect and reconcile revenue bridges across customer, brand, and seasonal lenses.

· Track and scorecard sales performance using Business Intelligence tools.

Trade Promotion

· Oversee the trade promotion accruals and assist in the annual trade rate setting process.

· Partner with the Trade Promotion Manager to review annual accrual forecasts from sales team and brokers.

· Perform, or assist with, analyses to quantify return on trade investment and optimization of trade spending.

Pricing and discounts

· Support the VP of Marketing with pricing analyses including price increase and weight decline at the customer/item level using elasticity and lift modeling; manage price list distribution and internally communicate price adjustments.

· Evaluate the gross list price to net waterfall to ensure pricing discipline.

Commercial Finance and Margin Analysis

Develop tools to monitor customer and brand level margins, monitor trends and identify opportunities.

· Prepare and analyze customer, brand and channel-level P&L statements; identify trends to inform profit opportunities, develop real-time tools for management to track performance, identify opportunities to improve commercial governance and controls (e.g. trade spend, financial transparency to customer concessions).

· Develop the source of truth for standard margin analysis by becoming a key partner during the marketing calendar to develop new produce and identify margin gaps over time; track margin performance trends, benchmark relative to other brands, leverage insights to ensure the business focuses on the largest opportunities using the latest decision frameworks.

· Review and redesign the process and tools used to determine unitary profit calculations in accordance with internally defined standard costing metrics; the process and calculations are used by marketing to make new item decisions and involve input from a variety of cross functional sources including operations, purchasing, and quality control.

Business Partnering

Provide traditional financial support to the Vice President of Marketing to budget and track related expense and develop tools that can be used more broadly to monitor SKU, brand and customer level KPI’s.

· Partner with the VP of Marketing to develop annual expense budgets and monitor variances to budget: significant marketing spend includes traditional advertising development and media buys, travel and entertainment, market research, and social media channel marketing.

· Expected to track and analyze drivers of sales-related spend such as broker commissions.

· Partner with marketing and plant managers to help quantify ROI for capital investment requests from a sales and margin perspective.

QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Finance, Accounting, or other business fields from a nationally recognized university, MBA preferred

· Minimum of 5 years in sales / customer finance and / or marketing / brand finance or operations, ideally within the CPG food industry

· Strong financial acumen with experience in doing profitability and pricing analysis

· Process oriented with a keen attention to detail

· Ability to develop strong cross-functional relationships

SOFTWARE / INFORMATION SYSTEMS

· Hyperion Cloud Financial Consolidation and Close reporting software

· Oracle EBS Software or similar large ERP system

· Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

· Deep experience with Business Intelligence tools and familiarity with Trade Promotion Management software

COMPETENCIES AND ABILITIES

Problem Solving Ability to spot trends that may lead to actionable insights; analyze, distill, and communicate interpretive commentary on financial information and metrics.

Communication Ability to clearly articulate issues, associated analysis and solutions clearly in both written and oral form and with both financial and non-financially savvy stakeholders

Leadership Capable of taking the lead in the resolution of issues and gain the commitment of others without direct reporting responsibility

Team Commitment Capable of gaining respect from others, to share ideas openly and to support team decisions; willingness to cross functional boundaries

Collaboration Patience to understand current processes and practices coupled with the experience and persuasiveness to propose and implement best practices appropriate for the Company and culture

The expected base salary range for this position is $130,000 to $170,000. The actual compensation offered will be determined based on a range of factors including skills, abilities, and prior experience.

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Professional development assistance
Retirement plan
Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

Are you comfortable working on-site in our office 5 days a week?

Education:

Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

Finance: 5 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

Chicago, IL 60629 (Required)

Work Location: In person

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