Market Risk Finance Manager
About The Position
This role, a Market Risk Finance Manager, operates at the critical intersection of Finance, Treasury, and the business operations. The primary objective is to analyze and understand the financial impact of various market factors, including commodities (beef/poultry/pork, grain, energy), foreign exchange (FX), and interest rates, on the company's cost structure, margins, and overall performance. The manager will function as a middle office partner, responsible for validating the effectiveness of hedging strategies, ensuring data accuracy, and providing clear, actionable insights to leadership regarding the drivers of financial results. The emphasis of this position is on explaining, validating, and influencing strategic decisions rather than merely reporting. This role offers a unique opportunity for direct impact on cost, margin, and business decisions, providing high visibility across Finance and leadership teams. It involves a blend of analytical tasks, strategic thinking, and business partnership, positioning the incumbent as a trusted expert and primary point of contact for interpreting cost changes and advising on subsequent actions. Other duties may be assigned as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- 5 plus years experience in market risk, treasury, commodities, or product control preferred
- Strong ability to explain P&L drivers and financial impact
- Experience with commodities, FX, or derivatives (futures / options / swaps)
- Experience in CPG, manufacturing, agriculture, or financial services
- Understands how input costs impact margin and earnings
- Strong control mindset (validates, challenges, ensures accuracy)
- Ability to translate complex risk into simple business terms
- Comfortable partnering across Finance, Treasury, and Operations
Responsibilities
- Monitor exposure to key inputs
- Analyze how commodity and FX movements impact COGS and margin
- Perform scenario analysis and stress testing to assess business impact
- Explain why P&L moves—linking results to commodity, FX, and hedge activity
- Analyze variances between forecast, actuals, and hedge positions
- Provide clear insights to Finance, Treasury, and leadership team
- Validate hedge positions, valuations, and mark-to-market (MTM)
- Ensure alignment between hedging activity and physical exposure
- Partner with Accounting on hedge effectiveness and reporting
- Support commodity and FX hedging strategies (futures, options, swaps)
- Partner with Procurement (commodity outlook)
- Partner with FP&A (forecast and margin impact)
- Partner with Treasury (risk strategy execution)
- Build and enhance risk reporting (SAP, Power BI, etc.)
- Drive automation and improve data accuracy
- Translate complex data into clear business insights
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- paid time off
- 401(k) plans
- affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
