Commercial Finance Analyst

From a small family business to a multi-billion-dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 — all while keeping the heart of “People Build Businesses” alive.

Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people. 

In Sonoco's Metal Packaging Division, growing revenue profitably requires precise execution and data-driven decision support. We need a dynamic and highly analytical Financial Analyst III to ensure accuracy in our transactions with customers, plus support the sales team with such analyses as negotiation scenario modelling.  If you love problem-solving and keeping an eye on details, this could be a great spot for you and the next place to grow your career. 

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Serve as a resource to sales in the research, development, and/or revision of new and existing customer pricing.
• Work cross-functionally with the sales team, accounting team, and corporate finance; provide fast turnarounds and a high level of service to all functional areas.
• Conduct financial analyses and special project work to support commercial decisions, largely the preparation of margin analyses on customer deals, including current margins, new products, and capex analyses.
• Follow customer contracts, track contractual requirements, and communicate financial impacts.
• Ensure sales orders contain proper customer pricing through the building and maintenance of pricing tables.
• Calculate and submit special billings and credits to customers, such as reconciliations and contractually-required payments.
• Manage internal accruals/discounts for each customer based on contractual obligations ensuring accuracy.
• Assist with / coordinate Internal Audit and SOX requirements in the division.
• Contribute to price and net sales planning for budget and quarterly reforecasts.
• Prepare complex financial analyses on the Division’s revenue and margin, summarize results and quantify sources of variance and key drivers.
• Develop and implement approaches and templates to improve recurring processes, financial reporting, and analytics.
• Other duties as assigned.

This position would be considered for either our Broomfield, CO, Columbus, OH and or Milwaukee, WI locations.

We would like to hear from you if:

• Four Year Undergraduate Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business or equivalent
• MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred
• 5+ years work experience
• Strong analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail / accuracy
• Good organizational skills specifically around the management, analysis, and processing of large amounts of data to arrive at desired outputs
• Ability to work under pressure while meeting tight deadlines
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to grasp a general knowledge of multiple disciplines and technologies
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills
• Knowledge of, or ability to learn, Oracle, QAD, PowerBI

Compensation:

The annual base salary range for this role is from $104,720 to $117,810, plus an annual target bonus of 7.5% of base salary.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.