Senior Analyst, FP&A

Cresco Labs is one of the largest public, vertically integrated, multistate operators in the cannabis industry. Our portfolio of in-house cultivated and manufactured brands features some of the highest quality, most awarded and most popular cannabis products in America. With dozens of locations nationwide, our owned and operated Sunnyside® dispensaries provide a welcoming, positive, judgement-free place to shop for anyone at any point on their cannabis journey. 
 
Founded in 2013, Cresco Labs’ mission is to normalize and professionalize cannabis through our passionate employees. As stewards of the cannabis industry, our teams are constantly focused on supporting the needs of our fellow colleagues, consumers, customers, and communities alike. With a focus on Social Equity and Educational Development, our SEEDTM initiative ensures that our company reflects the communities in which we serve, ensuring equal opportunity for all to have the knowledge and resources to work in and own businesses in cannabis. 
 
At Cresco Labs, we aim to revolutionize and lead the nation’s cannabis industry with a focus on quality and consistency of product, and to bring legitimacy to the industry with the highest level of integrity and professionalism. 
 
If you’re interested in joining our mission, click the below links to join our team today!

At Cresco, we aim to lead the nation’s cannabis industry with a focus on regulatory compliance, product consistency, and customer satisfaction. Our operations bring legitimacy to the cannabis industry by acting with the highest level of integrity, strictly adhering to regulations, and promoting the clinical efficacy of cannabis. As Cresco grows, we will operate with the same level of professionalism and precision in each new market we move in to.

JOB SUMMARY

Cresco Labs is seeking a Senior Analyst, FP&A to join our corporate finance team in Chicago. The Senior Analyst, FP&A will support the Finance Director through financial planning and analysis on the performance of Cresco Labs’ existing and future Retail Business Units. More specifically, this position will work in collaboration with finance and retail leadership in reporting, data analytics, analyzing trends and variances, and tracking KPIs and management dashboards to support strategic business decisions relating to Cresco Labs and Sunnyside operations.

CORE JOB DUTIES 

• Build business cases by modeling the appropriate Revenue, COGS, and Operating Expenses to evaluate feasibility of capital investments such as new dispensary store openings
• Identify and drive cross functional cost savings initiatives
• Work collaboratively with business unit leaders on building, maintaining, and forecasting budgets as well as assisting in building decks for presentation purposes
• Drive accountability with business unit leaders to ensure they achieve their budgets and financial targets
• Provide performance reporting and variance analysis to budgets and forecasts
• Track and support effective process flows and internal controls over capital and operating expenditures
• Dissect large datasets to extract relevant detail to arrive at helpful conclusions to drive improvements to the business
• Understand costing information and pricing models to support effective pricing strategies and insights to meet short, medium, and long-term objectives
• Perform ad-hoc financial/quantitative analysis and various reporting, financial modeling, and business operations requests

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND SKILLS  

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related quantitative field required
• 2 - 6 years of FP&A, or relevant work experience in a finance environment preferably in the Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) or Cannabis industry
• Strong financial acumen including experience with management reporting, variance analysis and other analyst support functions in forecasting and budgeting
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communications and presentation skills
• Ability to balance multiple, diverse priorities and produce high quality deliverables
• Functional knowledge of financial reporting systems and methodologies
• Proficient with MS Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
• Communication skills of explaining complex data topics to non-experts
• A benefit if proficient in BPC, Tableau, Intacct, SQL, SAP, or Adaptive Insights financial planning tool
• Experience working with large-scale datasets and multiple tasks or projects simultaneously

BENEFITS

Cresco Labs is proud to offer eligible employees a robust offering of benefits including, major medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(K)-match program, FSA/HSA programs, LTD/STD options, life insurance and AD&D.  We also offer eligible employees paid holidays and paid time off.  Other rewards may include annual discretionary bonuses, stock options as well as participation in our employee discount program. Benefits eligibility for permanent positions may vary by full-time or part-time roles, location, or position.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Must be 21 years of age or older to apply
• Must comply with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry 

Cresco Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all applicants will be considered without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.