Commercial Finance Manager

Ajinomoto Foods North America•Ontario, CA

1d•$131,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Commercial Finance manager is a critical business partner to the Commercial organization. The finance manager works cross-functionally with other finance and operations teams, Strategic Business Unit (SBU’s) to develop powerful insights, market assessments and deliver financial targets on sales, product P&L and R&D for new products.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
5+ years of Financial Planning and Analysis experience in a manufacturing environment preferably in the Food industry and consumer packaged goods.
Strong analytical, systems and communications skills
Proven leadership experience
Ability to work in a fast-paced growth environment with an appropriate balance of urgency and quality.
Broad business experience on P&L
Excellent written and communication skills with the ability to interact with Business Unit executives in a professional manner
Must be a team player with initiative, passion and a demonstrated ability to drive profit improvement initiatives.
Exercises considerable discretion and independent judgment and handles confidential information.
Highly proficient in PowerPoint and Excel
This position is based in Ontario, California with some domestic travel

Nice To Haves

MBA Strongly Preferred

Responsibilities

Provides lead financial support to the Commercial team on S&OP, enhancing the S&OP discussion to discuss both volume and margins
Responsible for providing monthly results analysis on volumes and revenue with a deep dive into root causes and variance vs. PY, Budget and Forecast
Provides financial support to both Sales and Marketing teams during the annual budget exercise
Support the monthly Risk and Opportunities update, actively indicating the future action plans to mitigate risks while optimizing opportunities by highlighting the financial implications
Monitor and analyze the spending to support sales, including but not limited to Promotions, Coupons, Demos and Marketing events
Understand manufacturing and supply chain cost structure to improve cost and recommend portfolio changes.
Understand industry key drivers and trends that influence the company’s competitive position and conduct comparable company analysis
Drive standardization on reports and leverage further standardized PowerBI reports
Assist in Standardization of performance metrics and perform benchmarking and root-cause analyses
Develop meaningful SG&A reports for the Commercial organization to proactively manage their spending
Support developing financial models for new businesses (customers, channels, products)
Support Commercial organization in anchoring/tracking strategic plans supporting long term goals.
Participate in key technology and kaizen initiatives as needed.
Ad-hoc requests from Commercial team & Director.