Financial Analyst, Corporate Accounting

Ferrara•Chicago, IL

1d•$68,625 - $96,075•Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Analyst, Corporate Accounting plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of Ferrara’s financial reporting. As part of the Corporate Accounting & Consolidations team, you will contribute directly to the monthly close process and support the delivery of reliable financial results across the company’s business units. In this role, you will be hands-on in executing close activities—preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, and analyzing financial results to ensure completeness and accuracy. You will work with large, complex data sets and collaborate with cross-functional partners across Finance and the broader organization to resolve discrepancies and maintain strong financial controls. Beyond execution, this role offers the opportunity to build deep expertise in corporate accounting while developing a strong understanding of the business. You’ll be encouraged to identify process improvements, enhance reporting accuracy, and contribute to a more efficient and streamlined close process. This position is ideal for someone who is detail-oriented, analytical, and eager to grow within a dynamic Finance organization—where your contributions are visible, valued, and foundational to the company’s overall financial performance.

Requirements

Ensures adherence to all company policies and procedures
Understands and demonstrates the Company’s core values
Demonstrates financial modeling skills and knowledge of the correlation between cash flow, balance sheet and income statement
Strong communication skills including verbal, group presentations and written communication
Experience handling large multi-task and deadline oriented projects
Analytical problem solver
Ability to excel in fast paced high pressure environment
Organized and able to prioritize work effectively
Detail-oriented but able to convert into meaningful summary
Comfortable pushing others with diplomacy
Positive attitude with intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn
Comfortable with ambiguity
Bachelor's degree with 1-2 Years of accounting experience

Nice To Haves

CPA certification preferred
Accounting experience across multiple areas, preferably with manufacturing or consumer products companies
Public accounting, preferably Big 4 or large regional firm, experience a plus
High proficiency in MS Excel and Office Suite
SAP (including S4/HANA) and Oracle EPM / FCCS experience a plus
Superior written and oral communication skills
US GAAP and IFRS experience preferred

Responsibilities

Supports the Company’s S4/HANA implementation journey, as needed
Monitor intercompany and related party activities and providing summarized reporting for business partners
Join monthly P&L and Balance Sheet reviews
Analyze financial statement activity to proactively identify opportunities or risk to facilitate overall accuracy of financial records
Create and maintain data developed metrics, analyses, and report formats to facilitate accuracy of balance sheet accruals and analyze budget variances and business trends
Development of new processes and control improvements as needed by the business to support growth, strategy shifts, and/or continuous improvement initiatives
Responsible for the execution of month end close steps including journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
Manage communications with external auditors on external financial statements and accounting issues to ensure auditor agreement with company decisions on accounting disclosures, and issues
Partners functionally to manage the licensing and commissions agreements
Submits monthly rent payments for property and equipment leases to AP
Analyzes at prepaid rent agreements
Leads any new areas with the Jelly Belly migration, including (but not limited to) the Company Store