Career Foundation Program (CFP) Associate

About the Role

The Career Foundation Program (CFP) Associate – Corporate Finance plays a key role in analyzing business results and tracking financial targets. The program offers an opportunity to learn the business, question company performance, and identify threats and opportunities. The role contributes to the team's goal of providing insights and supporting business decisions. This is a training program designed for recent college graduates to explore career options through a function-specific rotation. Rotations can last 18-24 months.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide daily direction to business line managers and channel management, including:
• Evaluation of financial and business data to provide accurate and timely sales performance information.
• Analysis of key performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of variances.
• Performing competitor and industry analysis.
• Reviewing RFPs to ensure revenue rates, cost assumptions, and projected margins align with business goals.
• Support financial reporting and analytical data requests, including weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc reporting.
• Utilize a business intelligence tool and implement dashboard reporting to monitor daily sales against targets, update cost trend reports, and analyze results.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual financial forecasts.
• Improve and streamline the organization’s planning process.
• Design reports presenting actual and budget data for management decision-making.
• Perform special requests and participate in projects/presentations as needed.
• Assist in problem-solving, assume leadership roles for projects, and help achieve department objectives.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; or currently enrolled college student with an anticipated graduation by the end of the current semester.
• Knowledge of financial and business principles.
• High level of professionalism, discretion, and ability to self-manage time.
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• High standards of accuracy.
• Travel up to 15-25% of the time, with periodic overnight travel required.
• Currently authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to work well with others in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Other Skills That Make You Stand Out

• High level of organizational planning, teamwork, and analytical reasoning skills.
• Business Warehouse experience.
• Product costing experience.
• Experience in the use of SAP.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Strong self-motivation and organization skills.
• May be required to work long hours and weekends.
• Ability to be respectful, approachable, and team-oriented.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• The plant environment may include wet or humid conditions, extreme cold and heat, working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and chemicals.
• Noise level is usually moderate but can be loud in the production area.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

Compensation

The expected pay range for this position is $21.63 - $31.25 per hour.