Finance Specialist Full Potential Office

Job description

**Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!** **More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.** **Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!** **Top Reasons to Work at Bimbo Bakeries USA:** **Salary Range: $94,300 - $122,600** **Annual Bonus Eligibility** **Comprehensive Benefits Package** **Paid Time Off** **401k & Company Match** #LI-MJ1 **Position Summary:** The Specialist, Full Potential Office – Finance Transformation will play a critical role in supporting Bimbo Bakeries USA’s transformation agenda by partnering with Finance, Workstream Leads, the Full Potential Office, and EPMO stakeholders to strengthen initiative governance, financial discipline, value tracking, and execution readiness. This role will help ensure transformation initiatives are accurately reflected in Wave, aligned to finance guidance, and supported by clear reporting, issue resolution, and cross-functional follow-up. **Key Responsibilities:** - Partner with Transformation Finance leadership, Finance Leads, Workstream Leads, Initiative Owners, and EPMO partners to support the end-to-end financial governance of transformation initiatives. - Maintain and review initiative financials in Wave, including actuals, forecasts, adjusted actuals, annualized values, bankable plan alignment, L4/L5 progression, and recurring benefit estimates. - Identify and escalate data quality issues, forecast anomalies, timing variances, and initiative value discrepancies that may impact transformation reporting or decision-making. - Support period close and forecast processes by coordinating finance inputs, validating initiative updates, and ensuring financial impacts are reflected consistently across reporting views. - Prepare analysis and materials for Finance Lead calls, FPO check-ins, productivity reviews, EVA discussions, and SteerCo / SLT updates. - Coordinate follow-up actions with Finance Leads and Workstream teams to resolve open items, clarify assumptions, and drive timely updates in Wave. - Support L5 approval readiness by helping teams understand finance requirements, valuation guidance, thresholds, and documentation expectations. - Assist with training, process documentation, and transition of finance governance routines as the transformation program evolves. - Develop and maintain trusted working relationships across Finance, Operations, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, Growth, RGM, EPMO, and FPO stakeholders. **Behavioral Competencies:** - Financial governance and initiative valuation discipline - Transformation program management support - Data quality review and issue resolution - Cross-functional stakeholder coordination - Executive-ready communication and reporting - Process improvement mindset and continuous learning **Education and Work History:** - Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field required; MBA or CPA preferred. - 5+ years of progressive experience in Finance, FP&A, transformation, value creation, operational finance, or business performance management. - Strong financial analysis skills, including ability to interpret actuals, forecast impacts, initiative value drivers, recurring benefits, and variance explanations. - Experience working with cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders without direct authority. - Strong attention to detail, with the ability to identify data inconsistencies, challenge assumptions, and drive resolution. - Ability to translate complex financial information into clear, actionable messaging for senior leaders and cross-functional partners. - Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required; experience with Power BI, Wave, transformation tracking systems, or similar reporting platforms preferred. - Strong communication, organization, and follow-through skills, with comfort managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. #YOUBELONGATBBU *The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job.* *Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law.* *It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.*