Senior Financial Analyst

  • Location: US - Watsonville, California
  • Job Family: Finance
  • Time Type: Full time
  • Job Requisition ID: R0007678
  • Experience Years: 3-5 Years of Experience
  • Employee Type: Regular
  • Remote Type: Onsite

About the Opportunity

The Senior Financial Analyst where you’ll collaborate with worldwide colleagues to support our Global R&D department. This highly visible role involves supporting month-end closing, financial reporting and analysis, and other business required activities. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, possesses expert business acumen, and can work independently to drive results in a collaborative complex and matrixed working environment.

Responsibilities

  • Support Accounting with month-end and year-end closings and provide monthly financial reporting analysis including explanations and insights of key drivers of variability.
  • Maintain and improve detailed financial models that track and analyze key metrics that impact Global R&D’s financial performance and resource allocations.
  • Support analysis, reporting, and Capex and Opex projects related to financial implications of all R&D functions.
  • Perform frequent ad-hoc projects or analyses to enable Global R&D and Finance leadership to make informed business decisions.
  • Support mid-year Forecast, Annual budget, and long-term strategic planning activities on Headcount, Opex, and Capex for Global R&D
  • Ensure Global R&D complies with all policies, controls and standard operating procedures in alignment with Global Controllership direction
  • Consistently and proactively drive process improvements, identify issues and implement solutions
  • Represent Driscoll’s in an ethical and business-like professional manner in all interactions with growers, co-workers, suppliers, customers and the business community at large

Candidate Profile

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business Administration and/or Accounting. MBA/CPA is a plus.
  • 5+ years of progressive finance, accounting or related analytical field experience
  • Requires strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, management accounting, financial and managerial reporting.
  • Requires strong analytical skills, comfortable working with large data sets to perform data analysis, data visualization, and financial modeling
  • Requires excellent proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Power Point, etc.)
  • Requires hands-on experience with Oracle, Hyperion, and Tableau • Preferred experience with intercompany transactions and consolidations • Preferred hands on experience with using programming languages (Python, SQL,…) for data analytics and financial modelling
  • Strong collaboration, interpersonal, communication skills, and team spirit • Ability to work cross-functionally with all levels of internal and external stakeholders in a professional manner
  • Ability to meet stringent deadlines and work in a fast-paced global environment • Preferred experience in agriculture, life sciences or research and development business units
  • Spanish communication skill is a plus
  • A valid passport and the ability to travel internationally without restrictions are require

Deadline to submit application (April 7, 2025)

Compensation & Benefits:


The following information is provided in good faith as a general description of the salary range and benefits for the position posted.  The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate is dependent upon experience, skills, education, work location, internal pay equity, and other objective job-related factors. 

Salary range estimated for this role is: $ 73,813 - $110,350  USD.

Driscoll’s is committed to a culture of care and offers an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, and disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. Other benefits include:  401(k) with employer match, profit-sharing participation, paid sick time, paid vacation, paid personal and family care leave, and a free Employee Assistance Program (EAP).  More detailed information regarding the benefits package, will be shared during the application process.

About Driscolls

Driscoll's is the global market leader for fresh strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries. With more than 100 years of farming heritage and hundreds of independent growers around the world, Driscoll's is passionate about growing fresh, beautiful and delicious berries. Our values of humility, passion and trustworthiness have guided our mission to delight consumers around the world.

Driscoll's exclusive patented berry varieties are developed through years of research using only natural breeding methods – meaning, no GMOs. From farm-to-table, we focus on delivering a high quality, premium berry experience with our many supply chain partners.

Driscoll's is the trusted brand for Only the Finest Berries™.


Driscoll's es el proveedor líder en la comercialización de Fresas, Frambuesas, Zarzamoras y Arándanos Azules en el mundo. Con más de 100 años de herencia en agricultura y cientos de productores independiente alrededor del mundo, Driscoll's es una compañía apasionada por cultivar Berries frescas, hermosas y deliciosas. Nuestros valores de humildad, pasión y confianza han guiado nuestra misión de deleitar a los consumidores en el mundo.

Las variedades exclusivas de Driscoll's han sido desarrolladas a través de años de investigación usando sólo métodos de mejoramiento natural. De la granja a la mesa, nos enfocamos en ofrecer una experiencia de alta calidad con apoyo de nuestros socios de la cadena de suministro.

Driscoll's es la marca de confianza de sólo las mejores Berries.