Commercial Finance Manager

Ornua Co-operative Limited•Evanston, IL

2d•$128,250 - $156,750•Hybrid

About The Position

Ornua is actively seeking a Commercial Finance Manager to join the Ornua Family as we continue our growth trajectory. This position will, in partnership with the Commercial team, will drive business growth and maximize profitability. Role will provide strategic pricing and trade direction to drive net value and lead planning at the customer level. As our Commercial Finance Manager, you will take ownership of the strategic management and growth of the Costco business, directly influencing revenue, distribution expansion, and brand penetration. Your work will strengthen our position within a critical retail partner, enhance cross-functional collaboration, and support Ornua’s continued growth across North America.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
7+ years of Commercial Finance experience.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze, model, and consolidate large datasets.
Experience partnering with commercial or sales organizations to support revenue growth and profitability initiatives.
Experience developing financial models, pricing analyses, and business recommendations.
Strong analytical, communication, and business partnering skills.
Experience with Trade Promotion Management system

Nice To Haves

Previous experience within a Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) organization.
Experience supporting US club, mass, grocery, or foodservice channels.
Experience evaluating promotional effectiveness and trade investment performance.
Experience leading customer-level planning, pricing strategy, and Joint Business Planning initiatives.
Prior people management or team leadership experience.

Responsibilities

Serves as a strategic business partner to Sales Leadership, influencing customer strategy, revenue growth, trade investment decisions and profit delivery
Analyzes promo effectiveness and provides optimization recommendations. Co-leads regular reviews with the sales team.
Serves as finance lead on implementation and management of trade promotion management system
Co-owns development, maintenance and adherence of pricing and promo guidelines and guardrails
Models, presents recommendations to leadership and executes pricing actions
Collaborates with sales on customer pricing and investment initiatives including Joint Business Planning
Leads the commercial planning process for the sales organization at the customer level
Collaborates with the sales team to write effective annual business plans to deliver volume, investment and profit goals, including expanding our distribution and display presence
Manages the Commercial Senior Financial Analyst to support the above responsibilities