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Lactalis American Group

Senior Financial Analyst - Yoplait

Lactalis American Group, Reed City, Michigan, United States, 49677

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Description Looking for a job that can grow into a lifelong career? At Lactalis USA, we believe in promoting from within and giving our employees meaningful opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Whether you’re just starting out or bringing years of experience, we’ll provide the tools and support you need to succeed. Lactalis is the world leader in dairy—a family‑owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Every day, we’re proud to produce award‑winning dairy products that bring people together. In the US, we offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond cheddar, and Parmalat milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s, Stonyfield Organic, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go‑Gurt®, ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with sour cream and a growing family of ethnic favorites. At Lactalis, we live by our core values— Ambition ,

Engagement , and

Simplicity . We’re building a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued. Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your

PASSION , your

STORY , and how your

EXPERTISE

can help us make an impact.

Job Type Full‑time

Requirements – From Your PASSION to Ours The Senior Financial Analyst position at our Reed City plant offers an exciting and differentiating opportunity to build your knowledge of Supply Chain! In this role you will gain important experiences, including working on productivity and transformational initiatives, building and executing a financial plan, partnering with plant operations to support business results and the plant mission, building a strong controls environment, and analyzing metrics to provide business insights.

Key Responsibilities

Developing, executing, and monitoring the annual operating plan for our Milk Plant including periodic financial forecasts, cream sale settlement/invoicing and monthly financial close.

Providing receipt, utilization and production information for the Federal Milk Market and USDA.

Developing and updating as needed white mass base Bill of Materials.

Monitoring financial performance and developing plans to close any gaps to plant targets, including communication with applicable platforms.

Supporting site delivery of annual productivity targets.

Ensuring effective financial controls for inventory and reporting.

Maintaining audit‑ready status of internal controls through periodic review and self‑audit.

Providing support and leadership on cross functional plant and corporate initiatives.

Providing fill‑in coverage to the Finance Manager as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or business with accounting experience

1+ years of related experience

Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment

Ability to work well on a team and build effective relationships across all levels of the organization

Initiative‑taking, self‑starter with attention to detail, able to establish processes, make process improvements, and effectively organize own work

Willingness to get outside of traditional financial roles to support plant operations

Able to identify and extract the right data from financial systems to provide meaningful analysis

Preferred Qualifications

2+ years of related experience

Experience working in a finance/accounting role within manufacturing

Working knowledge of Warehouse Management software

Experience in food manufacturing

Salary $81,000‑$95,000

Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type Full‑time

Job Function Finance and Sales

Industry Food and Beverage Manufacturing

Referrals Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Lactalis American Group by 2x.

Equal Employment Opportunity Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally‑recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.

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