Job Description

Job Description

General Summary:

Responsibilities of this position include providing accurate and timely financial reporting, participating in certain aspects of the month-end reporting, annual planning, long range planning (LRP), and monthly forecasting processes. Additional responsibilities include performing mix analysis, presentation building, and ad hoc analysis as requested by Management

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:



Assists with monthly forecast process which includes loading the Forecast, assessing risk and opportunities, managing expectations, interpreting variances to Prior Forecast, Plan, and Prior year for Management presentations, and loading data. This also involves collaboration and partnership with Demand Planning, Pricing, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Accounting teams Participation in the annual plan process of Beer Division delivering +$5B in Sales and +$2B in Operating Profit. This involves adhering to very tight timelines, partnering with key stakeholders and departments, rationalizing and challenging results, utilizing strong analytical skills, and having access to sensitive information. Assists in long range financial planning (LRP) Occasional Balance Sheet/Cash Flow responsibilities Maintains price/volume/mix analysis which requires the ability to problem solve, tackle large data sets, and distill results in a manner that is actionable and informative to Management. Reporting responsibilities include reporting results in a timely and accurate manner, as well as communicating with various users of this information to explain trends or variations from expectations and provide additional detail as necessary. Monitors results during monthly close. Position requires performing detailed analysis including template building, file maintenance, mapping validations, and variance analysis Adhoc analysis as required by Director of FP&A, Vice President of FP&A, Senior Beer Management, and Constellation Corporate Management

Knowledge, Experience, and Abilities Required:

1. Minimum 4-year college degree in Finance or Accounting, MBA or CPA preferred

2. Minimum 1-3 years experience in Financial Planning and Analysis environment.

3. Must have strong analytical skills and capability to work well within team concept. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are a must.
4. Technical proficiencies in Excel and Powerpoint are required.

5. Experience with excel add-in tools (Hyperion Smartview, Analysis for Office, BPC, etc) preferred.

6. ERP Software Experience (JD Edwards, SAP, etc) is preferred.
7. Must be capable of developing strong and productive relationships with various personnel.
8. Must be detail-oriented, analytical, conscientious and industrious, with the ability to handle changing priorities and tight timeframes.

9. Requires ability to problem solve and understand complex concepts.

10. Strong financial skills including familiarity with profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow statements

11. Ability to travel if required

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Additional Locations

Job Type

Full time

Job Area

Finance & Accounting

Equal Opportunity

Constellation Brands is committed to a continuing program of equal employment opportunity. All persons have equal employment opportunities with Constellation Brands, regardless of their sex, race, color, age, religion, creed, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), marital status, gender (including gender identity or gender expression), familial status, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions (or any other group or category within the framework of the applicable discrimination laws and regulations).