Financial Analysis Manager - CPD

Your Passion. Our Culture.
At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you. Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company. You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career. With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality. If you’re ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here.

Benefits that set us apart.

• Comprehensive medical including Fertility, Adoption benefits, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Remote ½ day Fridays
• Onsite Health & Wellness Center
• Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation
• Relocation Assistance
• Tuition Assistance
• Access to Employee Store

What You Do.

Make an impact where finance meets commercial strategy. In this role, you’ll serve as a trusted financial partner to commercial and cross-functional leaders, turning complex data into actionable insights that strengthen decisions, improve profitability, and accelerate sustainable growth.

• Shape profitable growth strategies by partnering with commercial leadership to evaluate opportunities, challenge assumptions, assess trade-offs, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend actions that improve business performance.
• Lead the annual SKU optimization process, collaborating across functions to identify low-margin or inefficient product offerings and recommending strategies to CPD Leadership, including pricing actions, cost savings, or product discontinuation.
• Drive the FP&A component of Customer Segmentation, using key performance indicators to categorize customers and help the organization strategically prioritize relationships, investments, and resources.
• Evaluate new distribution opportunities through robust financial modeling. Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Trade teams to determine the optimal product assortment, pricing, and promotional funding while ensuring customer and product margins align with corporate strategy.
• Influence business and innovation strategies by partnering with Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, R&D, and Innovation leaders to build and evaluate business opportunities and new product development through financial modeling and commercial analysis.
• Advance scenario planning and decision support by streamlining financial models to provide greater flexibility and make the financial impact of changing assumptions clear and actionable.
• Deliver forward-looking insights and recommendations that help the business achieve both short- and long-term financial objectives.
• Assess investment, pricing, and promotional strategies proposed by Sales, Marketing, and Trade teams, clearly communicating the net financial impact and identifying opportunities to strengthen results.
• Continuously improve FP&A processes, streamlining reporting and creating greater capacity for value-added analysis, strategic insights, and business partnership.

Your Education and Experience.

Bring a strong foundation in financial analysis along with the business acumen and curiosity to turn numbers into smarter decisions.

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university required.
• Minimum of five years of financial analysis experience required.
• Relevant experience in financial planning and analysis, commercial finance, or a related financial discipline.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, financial modeling, and variance analysis.
• CPA and/or MBA preferred.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience within consumer packaged goods (CPG), food manufacturing, or a related industry preferred.

Skills & Abilities

Success in this role requires more than strong financial capabilities. You’ll bring the ability to connect financial insights to business strategy and influence decisions across the organization.

• Advanced Excel capabilities, with proficiency required and advanced expertise strongly preferred.
• Proficiency across the remaining Microsoft Office suite applications.
• SAP experience desired, including Analysis for Office.
• Strong ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable business recommendations.
• Strong business acumen with a demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, constructively challenge assumptions, and bring a financial perspective to strategic decisions.
• Team-oriented approach with the ability to engage, collaborate with, and influence cross-functional partners.
• Strong analytical capabilities and the ability to connect financial performance, commercial strategy, and business opportunities.

Our Story.
With over 2,400+ employees and net sales of $1.8 billion, Sargento Foods is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 70 years. We created the world’s first, successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses. Sargento is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where we manufacture and market shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces. Sargento is known for the exceptional quality of our products and for product design, packaging and merchandising innovations that have transformed our industry.

To learn more about our culture and values, please visit our website at https://careers.sargento.com/us/en.