Associate Finance Manager - Corporate Planning

E. & J. Gallo Winery•Modesto, CA

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an enthusiastic and analytical Associate Finance Manager to join our dynamic Corporate Planning team. In this role, you will be a trusted advisor to leadership, driving strategic financial initiatives and uncovering insights that help us grow responsibly and sustainably. You’ll bring your expertise in identifying risks and opportunities to influence long-term business strategies while delivering actionable recommendations that align with our goals. As an Associate Finance Manager, you will leverage data and analysis to inform critical decision-making processes. You’ll prepare forecasts, analyze trends, and conduct in-depth research across areas like performance, investments, and working capital. Your work will not only support key corporate objectives but also foster collaboration through cross-functional projects. In this role, you’ll develop performance measures, guide strategic financial planning, and lead initiatives that impact the company’s success. We value diversity and celebrate unique perspectives, encouraging bold thinking and innovation as part of our intrapreneurial spirit. We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered to contribute their best ideas. Whether you're mentoring peers, coaching your team, or driving results, your ownership and accountability will set the tone for others to follow. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy tackling complex challenges, and are passionate about making data-driven decisions, we invite you to apply. Join us in shaping a brighter future where your expertise and leadership will make a difference. Together, we’ll continue to innovate and grow while creating opportunities for all.

Requirements

MBA degree plus 3 years of finance, accounting, audit, economics, statistics, mathematics, military, operations, supply chain, sales, consulting, or wine industry experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of finance, accounting, audit, economics, statistics or mathematics experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years of Gallo experience to include business analytics and financial modeling work reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
Strategic planning or corporate development experience.
Ability to influence at executive levels and drive organizational change.
Experience with MS Excel at an intermediate level.
Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Required to be 18 years or older.

Nice To Haves

MBA degree plus 5 years of Finance, Accounting, Military, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Consulting, or wine industry experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance plus 8 years Accounting or Finance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
Consumer Products Goods (CPG) or strategy consulting experience.
Experience with MS Access at an intermediate level.
Experience with SAP.
Experience with Outlook Soft.
Experience with MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
Experience reading, analyzing and interpreting common scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents.
Experience responding to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community.
Experience effectively presenting information to top management, public groups and boards of directors.
Experience applying mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions.
Experience interpreting an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and dealing with several abstract and concrete variables.
Experience completing assignments that broad in nature, usually requiring originality and ingenuity.
Has appreciable latitude for unreviewed action or decision.
Broad knowledge of principles, practices and procedures of this particular field of specialization.

Responsibilities

Leverage data and analysis to inform critical decision-making processes.
Prepare forecasts, analyze trends, and conduct in-depth research across areas like performance, investments, and working capital.
Develop performance measures.
Guide strategic financial planning.
Lead initiatives that impact the company’s success.
Mentor peers.
Coach your team.
Drive results.