Finance Manager

California Giant Berry Farms•Watsonville, CA

About The Position

The Finance Manager plays a key leadership role across a diversified portfolio of businesses with an emphasis on berries. Supporting multiple entities, largely domestic with some international presence, this position blends strategic partnership with senior leadership and hands-on involvement in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and operational decision support with an emphasis on agricultural production cycles, and perishability-driven cost dynamics. This role reports to the CFO and is an individual contributor at the manager level, requiring strong technical accounting and finance expertise, the ability to independently manage complex matters, and confidence engaging with executive leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (MBA or CPA preferred)
7–10+ years of progressive finance experience, ideally within fresh produce agriculture (berries strongly preferred)
Proven experience supporting multi-entity, multi-operation businesses
Experience with financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and cash flow analysis
Working knowledge of grower marketing and grower financing arrangements common in agriculture, including their financial, cash flow, and balance sheet implications
Demonstrated ability to apply AI, automation, or advanced analytical tools
Ability to analyze complex financial data and translate insights into business decisions
Strong background in financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, and cash flow analysis
Solid working knowledge of U.S. GAAP
Advanced Excel skills
ERP experience required (Famous preferred)

Nice To Haves

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Responsibilities

Lead consolidation and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual financials across all entities
Develop detailed variance analysis with clear explanations prior to leadership and board reporting
Ensure timely, accurate, and decision-ready financial reporting, aligned with US GAAP
Partner with Accounting to support a smooth close process, analytical review, and issue resolution
Ensure no audit points, clean support, and strong financial discipline across entities
Ensure robust crop-cost reporting, pack out performance analysis, and alignment between farm, packhouse, and commercial financials
Prepare and maintain short- and long-range financial plans, including full P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow projections
Build and enhance cash flow forecast models, incorporating seasonality, working capital, crop timing, and capital investments
Lead annual budget and rolling forecast processes; partner with operations and leadership on assumptions
Develop scenario and sensitivity analysis to support proactive decision-making in a volatile agricultural environment
Design, standardize, and implement financial and operational KPIs, aligned with the Strategic and Annual Operating Plans
Develop and track key financial metrics to ensure a healthy balance sheet, including liquidity, leverage, working capital efficiency, and covenant-related measures
Monitor balance sheet trends across entities, highlighting risks and opportunities
Develop dashboards, flash reports, and management reporting packages to monitor performance
Identify opportunities to apply AI-driven insights to financial modeling, KPI tracking, cash flow forecasting, and variance analysis to support faster, more informed decision-making
Act as a finance partner to operational leaders to drive accountability and performance improvement
Collaborate closely with the Director of Accounting to standardize and maintain the global chart of accounts
Ensure consistency across entities to enable meaningful consolidation, comparability, and scalability
Support accounting policies, internal controls, and compliance with US GAAP
Assist with audit preparation, quarterly reviews, and external reporting as required
Analyze and support capital projects including farms, packhouses, equipment, and infrastructure investments
Prepare financial models, ROI analysis, and post-investment tracking
Evaluate grower agreements, grower financing, joint ventures, and strategic business deals
Provide financial insight and recommendations to support disciplined capital allocation
Analyze and evaluate variety performance
Prepare financial presentations and materials for monthly, quarterly, and board meetings
Provide ongoing analysis and reporting on balance sheet health, liquidity, and capital structure to support executive and Board-level decision-making
Translate complex financial data into clear, concise insights for senior leadership
Support ad hoc analysis and strategic initiatives as requested by the executive team
Leverage AI, automation, and advanced analytics tools to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of financial processes, reporting, forecasting, and analysis across all entities
Act as a key finance resource to operations, supply chain, commercial teams, etc
Support cost accounting, margin analysis, pricing analysis, and operational efficiency initiatives
Travel domestically and internationally as needed to support operations and projects
Support continuous improvement of financial processes, models, and reporting tools
Support special projects and ad hoc financial analysis as needed, including initiatives driven by executive leadership, operations, or strategic priorities