Corporate FP&A 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.

While reporting directly to the Corporate FP&A Manager, as the Corporate Financial Analyst, you will be a key member of the Corporate FP&A team responsible for executing core FP&A activities. These include corporate departments analysis and reporting, long-range planning, budgeting and forecasting, management reporting, financial and performance analysis, and decision support. The role also supports net working capital and capital spend analysis, capital post completion evaluation, Goodwill testing, SOX compliance, and preparation of earnings release materials such as decks, scripts, and supporting analysis. The analyst may also be involved in ad hoc financial modeling including lease vs. buy assessments, ROIC analysis, and other business case evaluations.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Long Range & Strategic Planning: Develops efficient tools that support the long-range planning process. Builds report out models and presentations. Has proficiency in OneStream and full understanding of intercompany eliminations and currency translation. Acts as a project manager by verifying the business units complete the necessary steps for a full enterprise roll up. Keeps close communication with the business units FP&A partners and offers support to ensure the success of the overall process.
• Management Reporting & Insights: Develops and produces reporting packages including variance analysis to prior year, budget, and reforecast. Preparation of dynamic, automated and accurate reporting with professional presentation.
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Supports the annual budget process and the Corporate Allocations process including enterprise level intercompany items, currency translation, and consolidations. Supports recurring forecast processes by collaborating with business units, ensure that P&Ls reflect the right intercompany elimination, right tax jurisdiction, and correct level of detail. Supports the roll up of economic bridges and net working capital.
• Networking Capital Analysis: Develops tools, reports and decks to support the forecasting and analysis of Net Working Capital. Supports the preparation of annual targets and collaborates with business units and shared services to ensure an agile target setting process. Keeps records and communication to document the target setting process. Supports the preparation of decks. Interact with business units to have good understanding of the deviations to target.
• Performance Management and Decision Support: Enhance the capabilities, tools, techniques, and models to enable Finance to influence and drive better decision making in the organization.
• Enterprise Visibility: Engaged in Enterprise level analysis and presentations in support of Investor Relations, Board of Directors, Ratings Agencies, and the C Suite.

This position is hybrid position that will require quarterly in office attendance at our Corporate Headquarters in beautiful Hartsville, SC and close to exciting destinations (Myrtle Beach, SC Charleston, SC, Columbia, SC and Charlotte, NC).

Compensation:

The annual base salary range for this role is from $64,880 to $72,990.

We would like to hear from you if:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance is required,
• Preferred Certifications: CPA, CMA, CFA
• Strong collaboration & relationship management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Coachable and willingness to learn
• Ability to manage deliverables independently as well as perform under pressure
• Ability to work in cross-functional team environment across multiple levels of management
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to grasp a general knowledge of multiple disciplines and technologies

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.