Senior Finance Analyst Co-Pilot

A single sentence of context: Senior Finance Analyst Co-Pilot supporting FP&A for Nestlé Waters and Premium Beverages in Arlington, VA (onsite), delivering accurate analyses and forecasts while partnering with Brand Co-Pilots to optimize profitability across the end-to-end Market-to-Zone scope.

Responsibilities

• Assists the monthly planning cycle, collaborating with cross-functional partners to clarify inputs for dynamic forecasting, identify risks and opportunities, and propose actions to improve forecast accuracy.
• Delivers timely, precise financial analyses and insights, recommending actions that boost profitability and optimize the current brand portfolio.
• Monitors month-end results and explains variances versus prior year and forecast projections.
• Provides decision-support analyses to cross-functional teams and senior leaders.
• Provides solid financials to enable assessment of new product proposals.
• Leverages total delivered cost insights to produce analytics that inform business decisions.
• Acts as a primary FP&A resource, supporting the Senior Manager in process improvements and the adoption of best practices across the organization.
• Participates in special projects and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• At least three years of experience in finance.
• Proven ability to influence business decisions with solid financial rationale.
• Resolve conflicts and discrepancies in a constructive, professional manner.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently to resolve business issues.
• Collaborate with other functional teams to drive results and meet deadlines.
• Identify risks and opportunities.
• Experience managing projects.
• Apply best practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation abilities.