Why Hershey:
At The Hershey Company, our culture is rooted in purpose and inspired by Milton Hershey’s enduring vision that business should create opportunity for others. Through our commitment to corporate philanthropy, we create positive impact by supporting communities, helping children thrive, and operating as a business for good. This includes our deep and long standing partnership with Milton Hershey School, where we invest in education, workforce readiness, and hands on engagement to help students succeed beyond the classroom. Supported by strategic grantmaking, product donations, cross brand collaboration, and strong employee volunteerism, Hershey offers a place to work where making a difference—locally and globally—is part of how we do business every day.
The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) is an industry-leading snacks company known for making more moments of goodness through its iconic brands. With a strong portfolio across chocolate, confectionery, and salty snacks, Hershey delights consumers every day. Our beloved brands include Hershey’s, Reese’s, KitKat®, Dots Pretzels, Lesser Evil, Jolly Rancher, Twizzlers, Ice Breakers, and more.
At Hershey, we are committed to making a meaningful difference in the communities where we live, work, and do business. This commitment originated with our founder, Milton Hershey, and continues to shape who we are today.
Guided by our employee value proposition, Lead Today. Create Tomorrow, we empower our people to drive impact now while shaping what comes next. Our One Hershey mindset brings teams together across functions, geographies, and businesses, enabling us to operate with speed, collaboration, and shared purpose.
The Hershey Company is proud to be recognized as a top employer in the United States, reflecting our commitment to our people, culture, and purpose.
You will support recurring manufacturing finance reporting, consolidation, and analysis across Hershey’s global manufacturing network. Partnering with Manufacturing Accounting, Supply Chain Finance, Corporate FP&A, and cross-functional stakeholders, you will help deliver trusted reporting, explain performance drivers, and improve visibility to results, risks, opportunities, and operational trends. This is an opportunity to combine finance, analytics, and continuous improvement in support of better business decisions.
- Deliver timely monthly, quarterly, and annual manufacturing finance reporting; consolidate plant and business-unit inputs and validate completeness and accuracy.
- Analyze variances and operational drivers, including material usage, labor, overhead, production volume, efficiency, waste, and absorption, translating findings into clear business insights.
- Support budgets, forecasts, standard updates, planning templates, and global views of manufacturing risks and opportunities.
- Build and enhance scalable reporting and visualization solutions using Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau, Advanced Excel, SAP, and related tools.
- Reconcile outputs to source systems, investigate discrepancies, document processes and controls, and improve data integrity and reporting consistency.
- Collaborate across Finance and Manufacturing on business reviews, ad hoc analysis, special projects, and reporting enhancements.
Experience: 1+ years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, FP&A, manufacturing or supply chain finance, business analytics, or a related analytical role required; 2–4 years preferred. Experience with recurring reporting, large data sets, and visualization or automation tools is strongly preferred. CPG, manufacturing, cost accounting, or plant finance experience is a plus.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field required.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- High attention to detail, clear communication, sound prioritization, and a collaborative continuous-improvement mindset.
- Working knowledge of SAP, S/4HANA, or a related ERP system.
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with Alteryx or similar workflow automation and Power BI, Tableau, or similar visualization platforms.
- Strong financial analysis skills and the ability to connect operational activity to financial outcomes.
At Hershey, we offer competitive pay and a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, financial security, and life outside of work.
Health & Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness programs that support your physical and mental health
Benefits may vary based on role, location, and eligibility.
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans.
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