What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Financial Analyst, NOAM FP&A position at Givaudan?
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with our customers, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 17,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with.
In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Job Description
As a Senior Financial Analyst – Financial Planning & Analysis, you will play a key role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and insightfulness of financial performance for Givaudan's North America Taste and Wellbeing region. Working closely with business leadership, you will oversee closing activities, manage reporting and deliver performance analysis that guide strategic decisions. This is a high-visibility role that requires both technical knowledge and strong cross-functional collaboration. If this sounds interesting to you, go ahead and apply - we'd love to get to know you better.
Salary Range based on experience $80,000 - $110,000
Core Responsibilities
Month-End Closing and Reporting
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Givaudan takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications/certifications and education, and internal equity.
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity of perspectives fuels innovation and fosters deeper connections with our employees, customers, and partners. At Givaudan, we are dedicated to cultivating an inclusive environment where every individual’s voice is valued and has the power to shape our world. Join us in making a difference together.
In the USA, we develop, market and produce a wide array of solutions from our 25 most innovative sites, based across the country. Stretch your skills, create and get inspiration from passionate colleagues. Every day, your energy, your thirst for knowledge, and your creativity will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Job Description
As a Senior Financial Analyst – Financial Planning & Analysis, you will play a key role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and insightfulness of financial performance for Givaudan's North America Taste and Wellbeing region. Working closely with business leadership, you will oversee closing activities, manage reporting and deliver performance analysis that guide strategic decisions. This is a high-visibility role that requires both technical knowledge and strong cross-functional collaboration. If this sounds interesting to you, go ahead and apply - we'd love to get to know you better.
Salary Range based on experience $80,000 - $110,000
Core Responsibilities
Month-End Closing and Reporting
- Support month end process including journal entries and reclassifications, data validation and accuracy that supports regional financial reporting
- Own consolidated financial reporting including customer, segment, and business unit performance drivers, and product and margin analysis
- Consolidate monthly and quarterly results analysis into clear, actionable summaries for senior leadership review, and support monthly and quarterly business reviews with senior management team.
- Own financial regional forecasting model, process and consolidation of key assumptions including risk and opportunities. Coordinate with North America regional leadership and global FP&A to meet deliverables.
- Coordinate with department heads to understand cost drivers and ensure accurate forecast with focus on headcount and T&E spending.
- Provide backup support for weekly operational forecasting activities, ensuring accuracy, continuity, and updates in the absence of the primary owner.
- Co-lead the annual budgeting process, including bottom-up departmental budgets.
- Coordinate and validate data integrity between cost center reports, consolidation models, and corporate templates.
- Support variance analyses and manage communication of budget deliverables.
- Drive continuous improvements in reporting and SAP data processes, ensure adherence to Givaudan's internal controls and reporting standards, including backup support for validation and maintenance of customer, segment and business unit master data
- Assist in R&D expense reviews and revenue recognition validations according to defined internal controls guidelines
- Provide backup support for managing the regional finance email inbox, ensuring timely responses and effective communication during absences or peak workload periods.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field
- At least 3 years of FP&A or corporate finance, ideally within a multinational environment with understanding of P&L management, revenue recognition, and budgeting.
- Technical expertise in SAP and BI tools with strong Microsoft Excel skillset. Experience building financial driver-based P&L model .
- A collaborative mindset with strong communication skills, attention to detail, organizational skills, analytical capability, and ability to meet deadlines.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
Givaudan takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, qualifications/certifications and education, and internal equity.
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Diversity of perspectives fuels innovation and fosters deeper connections with our employees, customers, and partners. At Givaudan, we are dedicated to cultivating an inclusive environment where every individual’s voice is valued and has the power to shape our world. Join us in making a difference together.
Salary : $80,000 - $110,000