Senior Financial Analyst

Summer Gardens, a subsidiary of Lassonde Pappas, is a US Leader in food and beverage manufacturing dedicated to our team members, customers and consumers satisfaction. We remain committed to our small-town roots and rural values. Hardworking and caring are qualities that make our teams special. Since 1942, we’ve been producing delicious products for our customers across the country!

Here at Summer Garden Food Manufacturing, we are family-owned and operated. As an employer, we offer a safe, clean, and friendly work environment for our staff to grow. We frequently offer fun events, lunches, rewards, and other incentives to show appreciation to our employees for their dedication to our ever growing company.

To provide the best for our customers, we focus on building the best team by creating and advancing an inclusive environment amongst our diverse workforces. If you’re passionate about customer satisfaction, reliable, and committed to being and doing better, join us! 

We value each of our employees’ total wellbeing. To support employees in all stages of their wellness journey, we have a robust benefits program including medical, dental, and vision coverage options, growth and development potential, along with 401-K, Life & Disability Insurance, PTO, Tuition Reimbursement, Health Fairs, Gym Membership Discounts, and so much more!

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst reports to the Vice President, FP&A US Food and is based out of our Boardman, Ohio location. This role serves as a key strategic business partner to commercial, operational, and finance leaders and is responsible for providing senior-level insights into monthly, quarterly, and annual results; facilitating forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning; and translating financial and operational data into clear recommendations that support profitable growth and sound business decisions.

The successful candidate is self-motivated, highly engaged, and able to manage day-to-day responsibilities with a high degree of autonomy. This individual demonstrates strong ownership, pride in work, disciplined self-review, and a continuous improvement mindset while maintaining high standards for accuracy, responsiveness, and follow-through.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Partner with commercial and business leaders to evaluate performance, identify growth opportunities, and support customer, product, pricing, promotion, channel, and margin decisions.
• Provide senior-level analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results, including clear explanations of key revenue, volume, mix, margin, cost, and profitability drivers.
• Prepare executive-ready reporting, variance analysis, management commentary, and presentations that translate complex financial information into actionable business insights.
• Facilitate the quarterly forecast, annual budget, and long-range planning processes, coordinating assumptions, timelines, inputs, reviews, and consolidation across business functions.
• Develop and maintain robust financial models to support forecasting, scenario analysis, strategic planning, customer and product profitability, return on investment, and business cases.
• Identify risks and opportunities relative to plan and forecast, communicate potential impacts, and recommend practical actions to improve performance.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, and other functions to connect financial outcomes with commercial and operational performance.
• Support the Food Division with strategic initiatives, leadership reviews, growth opportunities, cost optimization, productivity, and other ad hoc analyses.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Five plus (5+) years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, accounting, or a related analytical role.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, pivot tables, financial modeling, data validation, and analysis of large datasets.

• Experience with ERP, financial planning, reporting, and business intelligence applications.

• Demonstrated ability to interpret financial and operational results, identify key business drivers, and communicate clear recommendations.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to support financial and non-financial stakeholders.

• Proven ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver accurate work with limited supervision.

• Strong attention to detail, disciplined self-review, sound judgment, and a consistent record of ownership and follow-through.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in food or beverage manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, distribution, or a related industry.

• Experience supporting commercial teams and analyzing customer, product, pricing, promotion, channel, and margin performance.

• Experience in a manufacturing or production environment, including exposure to operational cost drivers, supply chain, and productivity analysis.

• Experience with Microsoft Power BI, Power Query, data visualization, or comparable analytical tools.

• MBA, CPA, CMA, or other relevant advanced degree or professional certification.

• Continuous improvement orientation with demonstrated success improving planning, reporting, modeling, or analytical processes.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS

This position requires sufficient physical ability to work in a typical office setting; driving a motor vehicle and occasionally working in the field.

FREQUENT: sitting, upward and downward flexion of neck; fine finger dexterity and light to moderate finger pressure to include extended periods of keyboard and mouse use, side-to-side turning of neck, walking, standing, bending and stooping, pushing/pulling, twisting at waist, moderate wrist torque to twist equipment knobs and dials.

OCCASIONAL: squatting, kneeling, reach above and at shoulder height, moderate grasp to manipulate reference books and manuals; lifting objects weighing up to 50 pounds from below waist to above shoulders and transporting distances up to 50 feet.

VISION: Ability to see in the normal visual range with or without correction.

HEARING: Ability to hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

This job description is not intended to contain a comprehensive list of the responsibilities that are required to successfully perform in this position. Other duties as assigned are part of every job description. The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential job functions.

Lassonde Pappas & Co., Inc provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.