Senior Demand & Financial Planning Analyst

💼 Department: Finance📈 Reports To: Director, Finance & Business Planning About Oil-Dri Founded in 1941, Oil-Dri Corporation of America is a leading global, vertically integrated manufacturer of specialty sorbent products for consumer and B2B markets. Headquartered in Chicago, we are a publicly traded, family-controlled organization built on honesty, integrity, and accountability. Our mission is simple: Create Value From Sorbent Minerals.

About the Role: Are you a strategic finance professional who loves digging into data to uncover the "why" behind business performance? We are looking for a Senior Demand & Financial Planning Analyst to partner with our business leaders and drive financial planning, forecasting, and commercial analytics.

Note: We are advertising this role externally based on its core focus to attract candidates with a blend of demand and operations experience; the internal corporate title for this position will be Senior Financial Analyst. This isn't just a traditional corporate finance role—you will sit at the intersection of Finance, Sales, and Operations. You will blend core FP&A with commercial analytics across customers, products, pricing, demand, and revenue to directly improve profitability and enhance forecast accuracy.

What You’ll Do: Drive FP&A Excellence: Lead divisional budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning while analyzing actual results versus budget/prior year to flag key risks and opportunities. Bridge Finance & Forecasting: Own the development of demand, revenue, and financial forecasts. You’ll partner with Sales and Demand Planning to monitor forecast accuracy, analyze seasonality, and evaluate SKU optimization. Deliver Commercial Insights: Analyze customer behavior, evaluate product performance, and support pricing strategies through elasticity and mix analysis. Tell the Story Behind the Numbers: Build revenue models and scenario analyses that translate complex data into actionable insights for cross-functional business leaders.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.

Experience: 5+ years of experience in FP&A, commercial finance, financial analytics, forecasting, or demand planning.

Technical Skills: Advanced Excel wizardry. Experience with planning tools (e.g., One Stream, Hyperion) and BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) is highly preferred. Mindset: A strong financial modeler with excellent cross-functional communication skills who can easily collaborate with non-finance stakeholders. Core Competencies for Success Strategic thinking & deep financial acumen Cross-functional collaboration & data storytelling Initiative, problem-solving, and a focus on continuous improvement#Finance Jobs #FPAJobs #Financial Analyst #Chicago Jobs #Hiring #Demand Planning #Corporate Finance