Position Overview
The Analyst, Finance & Strategy is a high-impact role that will help shape Ready®’s next stage of growth. Reporting to the Senior Manager, FP&A & Commercial Strategy, the Finance & Strategy Analyst will work across commercial finance, accounting, cash and company-wide projects, with direct exposure to the CFO and the leadership team. This role will help the business make better decisions with numbers: retailer and product profitability, business cases for new items, pricing and promotions, month-end close support, cash and working capital reporting, and strategic topics with the CFO such as innovation, S&OP and the annual plan. The mix of work flexes to what the business needs most. This work will also be done the modern way. Ready® is building a modern finance data platform and uses AI tools every day, so this position will spend the time on analysis, judgment, and recommendations rather than building spreadsheets.
Responsibilities
Commercial Finance & FP&A · Build retailer and SKU margin views, and check new items and programs against our margin floors. · Support business cases for new items, pricing and promotions, including return on investment reads after launch. · Help prepare the weekly sales review and the monthly results. Accounting Support · Prepare bank and balance sheet reconciliations, accruals and agreed month-end close tasks with the Controller. Cash & Working Capital · Support cash reporting and forecasting, and help explain what is driving changes in cash. · Support working capital analysis, including receivables, payables and inventory. · Help prepare reporting for our lenders. Strategic Topics with the CFO · Innovation. Support new product and customer launches with cost, margin and return on investment analysis. · S&OP. Bring the financial view into the Sales & Operations Planning process, linking the demand plan to inventory and cash. · Planning. Support the annual budget and planning process and other ad hoc strategic priorities with the CFO. · Partner with Sales, Category, Marketing and Operations to turn numbers into clear recommendations. Technology, Data & AI · Use NetSuite as the system of record and help roll out our finance data platform, including data quality checks. · Use AI tools (for example, Claude or Copilot) and automation every day to speed up analysis, reporting and forecasting. · Build new reports, dashboards and AI-enabled workflows, and document processes and controls.
Qualifications
Must Have · Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field. · Experience: 2 – 4 years of experience in corporate finance, public accounting, banking or a finance rotational program. · Advanced Excel skills; clear, concise writing and presentation skills. · Curiosity, ownership and comfort moving between detail and the big picture. · Confidence using AI tools in your day-to-day work and learning new systems quickly. · A self-starter who stays organized in a fast-paced environment and follows through.
Nice to Have · Experience in consumer packaged goods, food, beverage or retail. · NetSuite, Power BI, SQL or similar. · Exposure to cash forecasting or working capital analysis. · Progress toward a CPA or CFA.
Ready® is a premium, protein-centric functional snack and beverage company and one of the fastest-growing brands in functional snacking. Founded by former University of Pittsburgh Basketball Team Captain, Pat Cavanaugh, Ready® been named to Bain & Company’s Insurgent Brands list for two consecutive years, a recognition of high-growth independent brands that outperform their categories at an accelerating pace in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. World Champion and future NFL Hall of Famer Aaron Donald is a co-owner of the company. Ready®’s all-natural portfolio includes Protein and Snack Bars, Plant-Based Functional Snacks, and Functional Protein and Hydration Drinks. Its products are available in more than 47,000 retail outlets, including Target, Walmart, Costco, Sam’s Club, BJ’s, Whole Foods, Wegmans, Meijer, Giant Eagle, Circle K, and The Vitamin Shoppe, and more than 200 colleges and universities provide Ready® to their student-athletes. Ready® is also the Official Snack and Sports Drink of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) and a proud National Partner of Susan G. Komen® in the fight against breast cancer. Our purpose is to inspire people to give great effort and achieve their goals, and we bring that same mindset to how we work. Our Team Members are aggressive in setting goals and humble in remembering that nobody completes their journey alone. We are unyielding in purpose, resilient in challenges, and committed to an open, collaborative environment where every Team Member can make a real impact on the business. As Ready® enters its next stage of growth, we are building a roster of Team Members who want to help shape what comes next.