Finance Manager Co-Pilot (Revenue Growth Management)

Nestlé USA is seeking a Finance Manager Co-Pilot focused on Revenue Growth Management to guide financial decisions for Direct-Store-Delivery, Drug, and Small Format accounts across divisions. The role delivers fiscal strategies, trade management analytics, and end-to-end Route-to-Market profitability insights, along with a monthly operator profitability overview and strict financial controls around trade spend. The position is based in Arlington, Virginia with a hybrid work arrangement.

Responsibilities

• Be the key financial co-pilot with a focus on the DSD/Drug/Small format accounts across all Nestlé USA divisions.
• Be a key contributor in building out fiscal strategies with the accounts.
• Play a key role in the Osprey trade management systems, analytics and processes.
• Provide a monthly overview of the E2E Route-to-Market to Operator Profitability analysis.
• Financial oversight includes detailed event level planning, promotional spend review, forecasting, reporting, and ad-hoc customer analysis, with an emphasis on maintaining sound financial controls around trade budget spending.
• Allocate resources to accounts, maintaining control of NPS, trade spend, NNS, and ensuring our customers are complying with the Nestlé Next terms and policies.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• Intermediate/Advanced in Excel and SAP (or other ERP System) required.
• Previous experience with Sales Analysis, trade fund management a plus

Technologies

• Excel, SAP (or other ERP System), Osprey trade management system

Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
• 5 years revenue growth management and/or finance management experience in Consumer Goods company/industry preferred.
• Intermediate/Advanced in Excel and SAP (or other ERP System) required.
• Previous experience with Sales Analysis, trade fund management a plus

Skills

• Demonstrated critical thinking and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Superior execution skills in a changing environment and ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong data management and analytical skills, and critically important to be able to deliver the message to non-finance professionals.
• Proven ability to not only deliver, but drive excellent work in a team and matrix organization
• Excellent inter-personal communication and the ability to influence others; negotiation skills a plus.
• Self-starter and shows initiative and quickly learns the specifics of the customer and revenue growth management.
• Ability to drive change
• Critical thinking/ Curiosity
• Strong Business acumen
• Understanding of Customer Profitability concepts and the use of customer P&Ls to drive business decisions.