Financial Analyst - Pricing

Job Summary:The Financial Analyst - Pricing plays a key role in pricing analysis across the business, supporting both customer pricing and broader financial decision-making. This position serves as a key business partner to cross-functional teams such as Sales, Marketing, R&D, and Operations by providing new item costing, purchase price variance insight, and forecasting support. This work translates ingredient cost trends and customer pricing dynamics into accurate, timely, and actionable financial data.Essential Functions of the Job:Customer Pricing & Profitability

Analyze ingredient pricing and update internal formulations to reflect current and future costsCoordinate and manage new item cost estimates, including sourcing and outbound freight analysisManage the quarterly price update process, ensuring on-time delivery and accuracyProactively analyze pricing, including price point analysis, margin impact, and profitabilityAssist in developing pricing models and margin analysis for strategic bids, working with Business Management to evaluate trade-offs across various scenariosSupport ongoing customer and product profitability analysis, helping identify margin improvement opportunities and track results

Business & Financial Support

Gather and analyze ingredient pricing data, including monitoring and reporting of purchases and price variancesSubmit reports and insights to relevant department heads and leadershipIdentify patterns and trends in analyzed data, helping answer key analytical questions and surface areas of opportunityAssist with preparation of the annual budget and monthly/quarterly forecastsParticipate in Commodity Reviews and provide resulting pricing recommendations, as needed

Overall

Actively identify profit & process improvement opportunitiesPrepare ad hoc analysis to facilitate decision making and planning and other project support as neededCross collaboration with other departments in both the establishment of valuable reporting and in analyzing and understanding resultsOther duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or related field.Minimum 3-5 years in an analyst role with a strong knowledge of accounting systems, planning, financial modeling, and business analysis.General knowledge of manufacturing processes and practices a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

Expert in Microsoft Excel and Office productsExperience with ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, or similar)

Knowledge and Skills:

Detail-oriented with strong analytical (qualitative and quantitative) problem solving skills.Self-starter with strong organizational and prioritization skills.Experience gathering and defining requirements, analyzing data, and delivering detailed conclusions.Strong business acumen and a leader that can work cross-functionally.Excellent verbal, written, and visual presentation communication skills.

Additional Considerations:

Position will be based out of our Corporate Office in Eden Prairie, MNApproximately 100% of the work is performed in an office environment.Relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.Many SunOpta employees enjoy the benefits of the SunFlex program, where certain days of the week are designated for in-person (in-office) collaboration meetings and other days are available for remote (off-site) work and virtual meetings. This hybrid approach to work is designed to enable flexibility and support of SunOpta's business needs.