Manager Sales Finance

The Marzetti Company • Columbus, OH

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About The Position

The Manager Sales Finance is a unique opportunity to play a key role in the Finance Group of our $1.9 billion public company. The individual will report to the Director of Retail Finance and collaborate with many other Departments including: Corporate Accounting & Reporting, Sales, Trade Management, & FP&A to accurately prepare monthly financial statements utilizing SAP S/4 Hana, Power BI and other tools. This role will oversee trade accounting and finance processes, support continuous improvement, develop analytics and trend reporting, and support trade audit requirements. Finally, the role also supports the overall achievement of the Finance Department’s objectives and annual goals as well as team and individual goals specifically.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or professional certification (CPA/CFA) preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or business analysis.
• Advanced skills in Excel and familiarity with financial systems (e.x., SAP, PowerBI).
• Ability to interpret and analyze financial statements and sales metrics.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Excellent business partnering and communication skills; ability to influence stakeholders and present complex financial insights clearly.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

Responsibilities

• Lead financial consolidation of trade spend across AOP, monthly forecasts, and month-end close to enable timely reconciliation, generate actionable insights, and strengthen cross-functional alignment.
• Owns the accrual, reconciliation, and execution of key controls supporting royalties and trade accounting processes. Main point of contact for quarterly and annual trade audit support.
• Prepares and analyzes financial sales reports, delivering accurate, timely insights on revenue performance, trends, and variances to support strategic decision-making and forecasting.
• Conducts complex analyses to support critical business decisions. Leads financial analysis for determining return on investment (ROI) and profit loss impact (P&L) of incremental trade investments.
• Communicates results, risks & opportunities, and complex financial analyses to both financial and business leaders to support and influence decision making.
• Champion the continuous evolution of tools, data visualization, and automation by driving the transformation of key processes and optimizing systems for greater efficiency and scalability. Proactively identify improvement opportunities, develop recommendations, and lead end-to-end implementation.
• Partners with cross-functional teams to set targets and deadlines, develop plans, conduct analyses, measure results and improve processes. Consults with senior management to present data, propose solutions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Develops innovative approaches to complex problems and situations. Conducts research including external benchmarking and utilizes statistical tools and scenario analysis to guide sound financial business decisions

What This Job Offers

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