Finance Manager, Business Planning

Pernod Ricard•Irvine, CA

18h•$114,000 - $142,450•Hybrid

About The Position

As Finance Manager, Business Planning, you’ll be a strategic finance partner to our regional commercial teams, helping turn market and financial data into actions that drive profitable growth. You’ll combine strong P&L management, pricing expertise, and commercial analytics to identify opportunities, evaluate risks, and influence business decisions across Sales, Finance, Revenue Growth Management, Brand teams, and distributor partners. This is a highly visible role for someone who enjoys working close to the business, challenging assumptions, and translating complex information into clear recommendations. Who will love this job: You’ll thrive in this role if you’re a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys being close to the market and using data to influence decisions. You’re naturally curious, comfortable asking the right questions, and able to balance detailed financial analysis with the bigger business picture. You enjoy building relationships across functions, bringing a point of view to the table, and helping teams make informed, profitable decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field; MBA is a plus.
5+ years of experience in Finance, Business Planning, Pricing, Commercial Finance, FP&A, or Commercial Analytics; experience within CPG, beverage alcohol, manufacturing, or another consumer-facing industry is strongly preferred.
Strong financial acumen with demonstrated experience managing or supporting a P&L, forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and translating financial results into actionable business recommendations.
Strong business partnering and influencing skills, with the ability to work effectively across Sales, Finance, Marketing, Revenue Growth Management, Operations, and other cross-functional teams.
Advanced analytical capabilities with strong Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience with Power BI or similar business intelligence and visualization tools.
Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and confidently engage stakeholders at different levels of the organization.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining strong attention to detail, ownership, and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
Willingness to travel up to 10% for market and distributor visits, off-site meetings, training, and other business needs.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Hyperion/Essbase, Nielsen/IRI, NABCA, ThinkCell, or similar financial and syndicated data platforms.
Experience supporting pricing, promotional effectiveness, Revenue Growth Management, or distributor-based commercial models.

Responsibilities

Serve as a key finance partner and advisor to regional Sales leadership, Finance leaders, state teams, and distributor partners, providing insights and recommendations to support business performance.
Own regional P&L planning and performance management, including budgets, forecasts, period-end closing, accruals, variance analysis, risk identification, and market-level spend accuracy.
Prepare and present business performance reviews to leadership and distributor partners, translating financial and commercial results into clear actions and recommendations.
Develop ad-hoc financial and scenario analyses, including post-event and ROI analysis, to support leadership decision-making and evaluate commercial investments.
Lead pricing analysis and execution, identifying strategic and tactical opportunities to improve net sales while assessing competitive activity, price elasticity, promotional effectiveness, and marketplace dynamics.
Partner with Sales, Brand, Revenue Growth Management, S&OP, and distributor teams to develop and track local market investment plans, promotional calendars, pricing strategies, and other commercial initiatives.
Monitor pricing execution and market compliance, using market surveys and syndicated data to identify gaps and recommend adjustments with commercial and brand teams.
Coach market teams on profitable decision-making and help identify opportunities to optimize the region’s P&L and mitigate financial risk.
Benchmark and improve planning, reporting, and analytical processes across the broader Business Planning community.