Financial Analyst

Short Intro and About the Job

At Danone, manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams. We are currently looking to hire a Finance Analyst based in our Dallas, Texas beverage manufacturing plant.

This position is ideal for a candidate with a strong accounting and cost accounting background who is passionate about financial analysis and business partnering within a manufacturing environment. The role will have primary responsibility for supporting plant accounting activities including journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, inventory accounting, payroll analysis, fixed assets, cost center management, month-end close, and financial statement analysis.

The successful candidate will partner closely with Operations, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Corporate Finance to provide meaningful financial insights, improve financial controls, and support business decisions. This role will also support the Plant Controller in the month-end close process, weekly forecasting, annual operating plan development, and strategic financial planning through clear and concise variance analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities include:

• Prepare and post monthly journal entries while ensuring compliance with company accounting policies and internal controls.
• Maintain a strong understanding of general ledger accounting concepts, including debits, credits, accruals, prepaids, and account reconciliations.
• Perform monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations and support Income Statement reviews and variance analysis.
• Analyze and monitor plant cost centers, identifying risks and opportunities to meet financial targets.
• Support payroll accounting processes and labor cost analysis.
• Develop and present financial analyses, forecasts, and business cases to plant leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Create and manage purchase orders through Coupa and support procurement-related financial processes.
• Develop Power BI dashboards and reporting tools to improve visibility of key operational and financial KPIs.
• Support inventory accuracy initiatives and conduct periodic analysis of material consumption, losses, and manufacturing variances.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives through data analysis and process standardization.

The salary range for this position is $73k-99k USD. The exact salary offered will depend on several factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, geographic location, internal equity, and market conditions. Danone USA additionally offers a performance-based bonus and has a strong benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug Coverage, 401k Plan, Wellness Program, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Flexible Time Off, and Paid Parental Bonding Leave, among other benefit plan options. (**For worker level roles: Review for applicability for each site**). 

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required. CPA, CMA, or progress toward certification is a plus.
• Minimum of 3 years of accounting, cost accounting, or financial analysis experience in a manufacturing environment required.
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, journal entries, debits and credits, accruals, payroll accounting, account reconciliations, and month-end close processes.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing Income Statements, Balance Sheets, cost centers, manufacturing variances, labor costs, and operational performance metrics.
• Experience with inventory accounting, fixed assets, standard costing, and manufacturing financial reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH, advanced formulas, Power Query, and data analysis techniques.
• Experience with Power BI dashboard development and data visualization preferred.
• ERP experience required; SAP and Coupa experience strongly preferred.
• Strong financial modeling, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify trends and provide actionable recommendations.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills with the ability to explain financial concepts to both finance and non-finance audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to build relationships and partner effectively with Operations, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Engineering, and Plant Leadership teams.
• Ability to support a 24/7 manufacturing environment as business needs dictate.

About Us, We offer and What's next

Danone USA is an industry-leading food & beverage company, with a mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible. Founded in the Bronx in 1942 as Dannon Milk Products, Danone USA now employs 5,000 people across more than 10 U.S. manufacturing facilities.

When you join Danone USA, you’ll help make products for well-known brands including Activia®, DanActive®, Danimals®, Dannon®, evian®, Follow Your Heart®, Happy Family® Organics, International Delight®, Light + Fit®, Nutricia ®, Oikos®, Silk®, So Delicious® Dairy Free, STōK® Cold Brew Coffee ®, Too Good & Co™, and YoCrunch®.

You’ll be part of one of the largest Certified B Corps™ in the world, working to make sure our company creates real value for people and the planet. 

Danone USA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. It is our policy to give equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to legally protected characteristics, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state/provincial and/or local law. For our EEO policy statement and your EEO rights under law click here.

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