Financial Analyst Pricing

Job Summary:The Financial Analyst Pricing plays a key role in pricing analysis across the business supporting both customer pricing and broader financial decision-making. This position serves as a key business partner to cross-functional teams such as Sales Marketing R&D and Operations by providing new item costing purchase price variance insight and forecasting support. This work translates ingredient cost trends and customer pricing dynamics into accurate timely and actionable financial Functions of the Job:Customer Pricing & ProfitabilityAnalyze ingredient pricing and update internal formulations to reflect current and future costsCoordinate and manage new item cost estimates including sourcing and outbound freight analysisManage the quarterly price update process ensuring on-time delivery and accuracyProactively analyze pricing including price point analysis margin impact and profitabilityAssist in developing pricing models and margin analysis for strategic bids working with Business Management to evaluate trade-offs across various scenariosSupport ongoing customer and product profitability analysis helping identify margin improvement opportunities and track resultsBusiness & Financial SupportGather and analyze ingredient pricing data including monitoring and reporting of purchases and price variancesSubmit reports and insights to relevant department heads and leadershipIdentify patterns and trends in analyzed data helping answer key analytical questions and surface areas of opportunityAssist with preparation of the annual budget and monthly/quarterly forecastsParticipate in Commodity Reviews and provide resulting pricing recommendations as neededOverallActively identify profit & process improvement opportunitiesPrepare ad hoc analysis to facilitate decision making and planning and other project support as neededCross collaboration with other departments in both the establishment of valuable reporting and in analyzing and understanding resultsOther duties as assignedSupervisory Responsibilities: Qualifications:Bachelors Degree in Business Finance Economics or related 3-5 years in an analyst role with a strong knowledge of accounting systems planning financial modeling and business knowledge of manufacturing processes and practices a Qualifications:Expert in Microsoft Excel and Office productsExperience with ERP systems (e.g. Oracle SAP or similar)Knowledge and Skills:Detail-oriented with strong analytical (qualitative and quantitative) problem solving -starter with strong organizational and prioritization gathering and defining requirements analyzing data and delivering detailed business acumen and a leader that can work verbal written and visual presentation communication Considerations:Position will be based out of our Corporate Office in Eden Prairie MNApproximately 100% of the work is performed in an office or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be SunOpta employees enjoy the benefits of the SunFlex program where certain days of the week are designated for in-person (in-office) collaboration meetings and other days are available for remote (off-site) work and virtual meetings. This hybrid approach to work is designed to enable flexibility and support of SunOptas business needs.