Finance Manager
About The Position
The Finance Manager leads commercial finance support for a major retail customer channel, driving pricing strategy, cost and margin analysis, and customer-facing financial reporting. The role owns the end-to-end narrative connecting commodity and input cost movement to pricing action, translating purchase price variance (PPV) and inflation/deflation trends into clear, defensible cost justifications that support customer negotiations and protect account profitability. The role works cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Operations, R&D, and Procurement. The Finance Manager supports strategic pricing and margin decisions, develops forecasting and scenario analysis, supports new product development, performs standard cost and variance analysis, and prepares financial reporting and presentations for executive business reviews. The position also supports budgeting and forecasting for the channel, leads stakeholder reviews, and manages or mentors one to two analysts. It additionally supports food safety programs, quality standards, and the legality of manufactured products.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
- Five to eight years of financial analysis and/or accounting experience.
- Manufacturing experience.
- Knowledge of accounting principles.
- Superior computer skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and business warehouse or relational database tools.
- Excellent written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team; demonstrated self-starting and leadership ability.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Analytical problem-solving ability, including recommending and communicating solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to execute assignments with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage complexity and ambiguity.
Nice To Haves
- MBA, CPA, or equivalent qualification is strongly preferred.
- Costing and purchase price variance (PPV) experience is preferred.
- Supply chain and inventory experience are strongly preferred.
- Experience working with procurement or sourcing organizations is useful.
- SAP experience is strongly preferred.
- Audit experience is useful.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary Finance partner for Sales and Marketing in managing strategic pricing and margin decisions for the respective business unit or channel.
- Develop new analysis and reporting, and update or extend existing analysis and reporting for forecasting, trending, and what-if analysis.
- Support new product development initiatives with Marketing and R&D to ensure profitability and sound strategy.
- Perform standard cost and variance analysis on costs and pricing that impact margin.
- Prepare high-quality regular and ad-hoc financial reports and presentations for executive business reviews.
- Understand the business behind reports to provide insightful commentary and identify areas requiring additional focus during month-end reviews.
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders.
- Assist in managing annual budgets and quarterly forecasts for the channel, including selling rates, trade, and other gross-to-net costs.
- Ensure pricing and mix plans meet or exceed input inflation.
- Lead stakeholder reviews, including inventory reviews and materials purchase price variance (PPV) reviews.
- Manage or mentor one to two analysts.
- Support the food safety program, quality standards, and legality of manufactured products.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Annual bonus eligibility.
- Incentive and recognition programs.
- 401(k) contributions, subject to eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
