Requisition ID: 38009 

Cheers to creating an incredible tomorrow!  

At Molson Coors, we tackle big challenges and defy the status quo.  With a proud legacy of excellence, an incredible portfolio of beer, seltzers, spirits, and non-alcohol brands, and a bold vision for our future... we’re on the path to transforming the beverage industry.  That requires remarkable individuals who are curious, tenacious, and never afraid to fail forward. 

We seek, value and respect everyone’s unique perspectives and experiences knowing that we are stronger together.  We collaborate as a team and celebrate each other’s successes. 

Here’s to crafting careers and creating new legacies. 

Crafted Highlights:

In the role of Financial Analyst, working in Chicago, IL, you will be part of the Finance Team.  Supporting our Marketing and Partner Brands, you will work closely with the Molson Coors Brand Commercial Team including VP’s, Brand Directors, and Managers in all-encompassing brand financial analysis.

This role helps enable the Marketing team to effectively and wisely invest in our brands to drive top and bottom-line growth. You will support the financial feasibility analysis for all brand specific projects and promotional packages.  Financial analysis can include, but is not limited to, spend variance analysis, business cases, after the fact evaluations, and sku profitability assessments.  

This position reports to the Director – Finance Marketing.

What You’ll Be Brewing:

• Support the Value Portfolio including MHL, Keystone, Hamms, SRAS.
• Lead the annual budgeting process for the commercial team brand for the promotional packaging and marketing lines of the P&L.
• Generate a monthly LE: Latest estimate of brand spend estimating where current month and quarter financial performance is expected to be requiring constant communication with brand personnel to fine tune monthly estimated expenses and key program commitments to arrive at a monthly LE
• Deliver actionable brands insights that help our Marketing partners build and execute the best brands plans to win in the market and achieve our top and bottom-line targets.
• Produce accurate, complete, and timely financial analysis and reporting of the actual marketing spend and analyze and explain variances vs the AOP, LE and Prior Year results.  Identify risks or opportunities timely and seek ways to support customers work through covering gaps.
• Oversee and track the financial spend vs budget for all Brand Promotional pack investment.
• Produce Business feasibility analysis for all key promotional pack projects. Perform after action reviews to evaluate if project objectives and targets were achieved.
• Review and interpret commercial metrics such as share, velocity, distribution and provide concise synopsis of brand’s performance at national and regional level.
• Work cross functionally with other teams ie: ISC, Materials planning, FP&A, Analytics, Commercial COE and others to execute on common ground to deliver integrated goals ie: START projects, Promotional package management, etc
• Design optimal procedural solutions to deliver on key imperatives ie; AOP, BUBS [Bottoms up build], MBR [Monthly Brand performance reviews].
• Bring a challenger mindset to challenge ways of working and seek to implement sustainable deliverables leveraging automation while also simplifying front end process for marketing customers [making it easy for your customers to meet monthly deliverables: LE, Marketing MBR’s, AOP build and ZBB, financial asking as needed.

Key Ingredients:

• You hold a bachelor’s degree with an accounting designation, or you bring at least two years of relevant experience
• You may have a CPA designation, though it is preferred rather than required
• You have working knowledge of P&L management and understand how financial performance is measured
• You have experience with SAP, which is considered an asset
• You have strong Excel skills and are comfortable working with financial data and analysis
• You have exposure to Microsoft Power BI, which would be considered a plus
• You may have experience with SAP HANA analysis, though it is not essential
• You communicate clearly in writing and verbally, and you are comfortable presenting monthly results to customers
• You bring strong analytical ability, attention to detail, and critical thinking, while working effectively both independently and within a team
• You have a strong desire to learn, ask questions, grow, and create value for your customers
• You are comfortable operating in a fast-paced, dynamic environment 

Beverage Bonuses:  

• Flexible work programs that support work life balance including a hybrid work model of 4 days in the office
• We care about our People and Planet and have challenged ourselves with stretch goals around our key priorities  
• We care about our communities, and play our part to make a difference – from charitable donations to hitting the streets together to build parks, giving back to the community is part of our culture and who we are 
• Engagement with Employee Resource Groups, which can provide volunteer opportunities, leadership experience, and networking through the organization 
• Ability to grow and develop your career centered around our First Choice Learning opportunities
• Participation in our Total Rewards program with a competitive base salary, incentive plans, health, dental, vision, retirement plan with incredible employer match, generous paid time off plans, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with amazing resources
• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences  

Molson Coors is an equal opportunity employer.  We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or recruitment processes, please e-mail jobs@molsoncoors.com. 

Pay and Benefits:

At Molson Coors, we’re committed to paying people fairly and equitably for the work they do.

Job Posting Total Rewards Offerings: $69,800.00 - $91,600.00 (posting salary range) + 10% target short term incentive + $23,000 on average spent on benefits per employee, including but not limited to health, dental, vision, retirement with above market employer match, wellness incentives and EAP + paid time off (including holidays, vacation days and sick days).

The posting range provided above for salary is what we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We ultimately pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors that inform pay decisions including but not limited to the required work location, previous work experience, skill set and internal equity.