Finance Manager, Transportation & Warehousing

Blue Diamond Growers•Sacramento, CA

11d•$103,000 - $133,700

About The Position

The Finance “Co-Pilot” partners with business leaders to turn financial data into clear insights that improve decisions, performance, planning, and execution while maintaining financial discipline. This role challenges assumptions, identifies risks and opportunities, and clarifies the financial impact of key decisions. This role specifically partners with Supply Chain Leadership to understand key decision criteria and support optimum solutions including Modelling continuous network optimization, innovation network needs, transportation analysis, and 3rd party provider liaison and analysis. The role also involves Transportation & Warehousing Financial Performance Management, incorporating variance root cause analysis with recommendations of corrective actions where necessary, identification of cost saving opportunities, and driving opportunities for performance improvements through linking non-financial KPIs to financial returns. Lead T&W Performance Forecasting incorporating rates – risks & opportunities, fixed warehousing utilization, and drive business needs driven T&W AOP providing appropriate influence and challenge. Monitor trade deduction performance identifying root causes and opportunities for corrective action. Inventory Risk Management including identification of risks and mitigating actions.

Requirements

6–10+ years of progressive finance experience, including business partnering, FP&A, or operational finance.
Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex data.
Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and build trusted partnerships with senior leaders.
Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to translate financial concepts for non-finance audiences.
Experience in a manufacturing, supply chain, or complex operational environment preferred.

Nice To Haves

MBA or CPA preferred.

Responsibilities

Advise leaders on strategic, operational, investment, and capital decisions.
Assess risks, opportunities, trade-offs, business cases, ROI, and scenarios.
Promote governance, controls, and stronger finance acumen across the function.
Support forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and performance reviews.
Translate data into insights, explain variances, and recommend corrective actions.
Use COE dashboards, KPIs, models, and Data & Insights support to monitor performance and standardize analysis.
Connect operational metrics to financial outcomes across functions.
Deliver clear financial stories that support timely decisions.
Partner across functions, the COE, peer co-pilots, and Data & Insights to align financial goals with execution.
Reduce low-value ad hoc analysis by improving decision support, automation, and standard processes.
Quantify benefits, track savings, validate results, and bring finance input into discussions early.
Ensure compliance with financial policies, controls, governance standards, audit readiness, and data integrity.
Balance financial rigor with practical business solutions.
Coach leaders and mentor junior finance team members to strengthen finance capability.
Improve finance tools, processes, and ways of working.
Partner with Supply Chain Leadership to understand key decision criteria and support optimum solutions including Modelling continuous network optimization Innovation network needs Transportation analysis 3rd party provider liaison and analysis.
Transportation & Warehousing Financial Performance Management incorporating Variance root cause analysis with recommendations of corrective actions where necessary.
Identification of cost saving opportunities.
Drive opportunities for performance improvements through linking non-financial KPis to financial returns.
Lead T&W Performance Forecasting incorporating Rates – risks & opportunities Fixed warehousing utilization.
Drive business needs driven T&W AOP providing appropriate influence and challenge.
Monitor trade deduction performance identifying root causes and opportunities for corrective action.
Inventory Risk Management including identification of risks and mitigating actions.