Description We are looking for an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Financial Analyst to lead sales forecasting, analytics, and promotional strategy for a dynamic multi-channel food business. This role focuses on leveraging data to optimize trade promotions, pricing strategies, and performance reporting across food service, retail, export markets, and co-manufacturing channels. The ideal candidate will excel in driving actionable insights and collaborating across departments to ensure forecast accuracy and maximize returns in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities: • Develop and refine monthly and weekly sales forecasts using statistical models, distributor data, customer orders, and syndicated sources. • Ensure forecast accuracy at the channel level by integrating promotional calendars, market trends, and seasonal factors. • Evaluate trade promotion strategies to determine effectiveness, incorporating redemption rates, lift, and customer behavior data. • Conduct in-depth analysis on pricing strategies, including elasticity modeling and competitive audits, to recommend adjustments and optimize margins. • Create and maintain executive dashboards to track key performance indicators, such as sales growth, forecast accuracy, and inventory turnover. • Partner with cross-functional teams, including Supply Chain, Marketing, Sales, and Finance, to align production planning and budgeting efforts. • Provide post-promotion analysis to measure campaign effectiveness and identify areas for improvement. • Lead scenario planning for product launches, new market entries, and potential supply chain disruptions. • Deliver detailed business reviews and channel performance updates to leadership on a regular basis. • Support financial planning efforts through budgeting, variance analysis, and accrual tracking. Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Statistics, Supply Chain, or a related field. • Minimum of 5 years of experience in sales forecasting, revenue growth management, or trade analytics within the food manufacturing industry. • Advanced proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables and Power Query, as well as expertise in BI tools such as Power BI or Tableau. • Strong knowledge of managing sales across multiple channels, including retail, food service, export, and co-manufacturing. • Familiarity with syndicated data platforms like Nielsen or Circana and distributor analytics tools. • Proven ability to develop actionable insights from complex datasets and communicate findings effectively. • Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills to handle competing priorities in a high-pressure environment. • Experience with financial modeling, variance analysis, and ad hoc reporting techniques Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles. Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/mobile-app) and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more. All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information. © 2025 Robert Half. An Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veterans. By clicking “Apply Now,” you’re agreeing to Robert Half’s Terms of Use (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/terms) and Privacy Notice (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/privacy) .