Job Posting: Finance Manager Leaf USA

JTI • Danville, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Finance Manager Leaf USA is accountable for the accuracy, integrity, and effectiveness of the accounting and financial reporting processes for JTI Leaf Services (US) LLC. This role leads month-end close activities, balance sheet governance, internal controls compliance, fixed asset accounting, accounts payable oversight, continuous improvement initiatives, budgeting support, and financial analysis to support operational and strategic decision-making. The position also develops and coaches accounting team members while driving efficiencies through process optimization, automation, AI-enabled solutions, and data analytics.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience.
• Experience leading month-end close and financial reporting processes.
• Experience with SOX controls and/or audit support.
• Fluency in English is essential to liaise with other departments and service centers.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced Excel and SAP system experience.
• Experience leading process improvement and automation initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Manufacturing and/or multinational FMCG experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads and oversees the monthly financial close process to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting.
• Reviews actual financial results, analyzes significant variances and trends, investigates unusual transactions, and ensures journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules are complete and robust.
• Partners closely with FP&A and relevant stakeholders to provide accurate financial information for forecasting, budgeting, and business planning, while driving timely issue identification, corrective action, and resolution of close-related matters.
• Owns balance sheet integrity and reconciliation governance across all relevant accounts, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely resolution of open items.
• Performs analytical reviews, identifies unusual balances, investigates aging items, assesses financial risks, and drives corrective action plans.
• Provides meaningful financial analysis, ad hoc reporting, and decision-support materials to local, regional, and corporate stakeholders, and presents financial results, trends, risks, and opportunities to management to support informed decision-making.
• Coordinates and oversees JSOX and internal control compliance activities, including annual walkthroughs, control documentation updates, testing support, and remediation follow-up.
• Ensures control owners understand their responsibilities, monitors control effectiveness, addresses deficiencies, and supports a strong culture of compliance and accountability.
• Manages internal and external audit coordination by preparing documentation, responding to requests, tracking action plans, and ensuring all audit deliverables and remediation activities are completed accurately and on time.
• Strengthens financial discipline across key operational finance processes, including accounts payable oversight, fixed asset accounting, and working capital management.
• Oversees AP performance to support timely invoice processing, vendor payments, and compliance with company policy, while monitoring AP aging, payment trends, and related performance indicators.
• Ensures accuracy and control over fixed asset accounting, capitalization, depreciation, transfers, retirements, and alignment between physical assets and accounting records.
• Supports working capital visibility and improvement by identifying risks and opportunities related to payables, accruals, and asset governance, in close collaboration with operations and other stakeholders.
• Identifies and leads opportunities to improve accounting processes, strengthen controls, and enhance reporting efficiency through process standardization, automation, AI-enabled solutions, and analytics.
• Supports operations, logistics, procurement, and leadership teams with reliable financial information and practical business insight, while driving accountability for departmental objectives, efficiency improvements, and operational excellence.
• Recruits, motivates, and guides the professional development of the team reporting directly and indirectly to the incumbent.
• Manages and develops two direct reports by providing coaching, mentoring, development planning, and ongoing performance feedback.
• Prioritizes workloads, allocates resources effectively, and establishes relevant KPIs to monitor close performance, reconciliation quality, compliance, and operational effectiveness.

Benefits

• Annual Performance-based Bonus
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Personal Development Programs
• Medical, Dental & Vision Plan for employees & family members
• Life insurance
• Matching 401(K)
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Family Leave (20 weeks)
• Education/Tuition Assistance
• Volunteering Activities
• Employee Assistance Program (counselling, for employees & family members)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager