Senior Finance Manager

Aston Carter • Sacramento, CA

7d • $155,000 - $165,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Finance Manager serves as a strategic finance partner to business leaders, turning financial data into insights that support decision-making, performance, and disciplined execution. The role challenges assumptions, identifies risks and opportunities, clarifies the financial impact of decisions, and maintains financial governance and rigor. It leads forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and performance management, and supports integrated business planning, pricing, and profitability optimization across product portfolios and markets.

The position partners with leadership on contract pricing, commodity and almond market sensitivities, contract duration and sales timing, and product portfolio profitability. It provides financial leadership in pricing meetings and in relevant Ingredients, Commodity, and International Branded Demand Reviews within the Integrated Business Planning process. The role also leads monthly performance management and budgeting for designated business units, provides weekly financial updates, and coaches junior finance team members.

This is a permanent, hybrid position based in Sacramento, California. The listed pay range is $155,000–$165,000 per year, with a 20% bonus. Aston Carter describes itself as a provider of corporate talent solutions and states that it is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field, or a combination of education, certifications, and commensurate experience.
• 6–10+ years of progressive finance experience, including business partnering, FP&A, or operational finance.
• Experience in forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and financial performance management.
• Strong experience in financial reporting, financial management, and cost analysis.
• Ability to influence without formal authority and build trusted partnerships with leaders.
• Excellent communication skills, including explaining complex financial concepts as actionable insights for non-finance audiences.
• Advanced analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills, including synthesizing complex data into concise conclusions.
• Experience in environments with fluctuating commodities and understanding of commodity-driven financial dynamics.
• Proficiency in demand planning and integrating demand signals into financial plans.
• Business acumen, results focus, and sound judgment in decision-making.
• Ability to use dashboards, KPIs, and data tools, including COE and Data & Insights resources, to monitor performance and standardize analysis.
• Experience partnering with sales and commercial teams on pricing, contracts, and profitability decisions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in FP&A roles supporting integrated business planning processes.
• Experience in commodity-based businesses, ingredients, or agricultural products.
• Experience providing financial support for international branded products, including pricing, promotions, and marketing investments.
• Strength in business process management and continuous improvement of finance processes and tools.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and develop junior finance professionals.
• Strong business acumen, vision and purpose, drive for results, influence without authority, and sound judgment.
• Interest in agriculture, food innovation, and commodity-based products.
• Openness to ongoing professional development, including education assistance programs and other learning opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Advise business leaders on strategic, operational, and tactical decisions with financial insights and recommendations.
• Assess risks, opportunities, tradeoffs, business cases, return on investment, and scenarios to support decision-making.
• Promote financial governance, internal controls, and finance acumen across the organization.
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and business performance reviews aligned with financial targets.
• Translate financial and operational data into insights, explain variances, and recommend corrective actions.
• Use COE dashboards, KPIs, financial models, and Data & Insights support to monitor performance and standardize analysis.
• Connect operational metrics to financial outcomes and communicate financial narratives that support timely decisions.
• Partner with cross-functional teams, the COE, peer finance copilots, and Data & Insights to align financial goals with operational execution.
• Reduce low-value ad hoc analysis by improving decision support, automation, and standardized financial processes.
• Quantify benefits, track savings, validate financial results, and incorporate finance input early in key business discussions.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, internal controls, governance standards, audit readiness, and data integrity.
• Coach and mentor junior finance team members and improve finance tools, processes, and ways of working.
• Partner with leadership on contract pricing and sensitivities to commodity and almond market values, contract durations, sales timing, and product portfolio profitability.
• Participate in weekly pricing meetings and provide financial perspective on pricing strategies and market dynamics.
• Lead the finance role in Ingredients, Commodity, and International Branded Demand Review within the IBP process, evaluating forecasts against product availability and market conditions.
• Identify financial plan risks and opportunities through IBP and define actions to meet financial commitments.
• Lead monthly Financial Performance Management for relevant business units, including variance root-cause analysis, performance versus incentive targets, rolling P&L forecasts, sensitivity analysis, and recommendations to achieve or exceed net profit targets.
• Provide weekly financial updates on performance versus plan and identify levers or changes needed to meet or exceed targets.
• Lead budgeting for designated business units, including demand evaluation by product type and pricing by market and customer, while influencing and challenging assumptions.

Benefits

• 20% bonus
• Three weeks of paid vacation
• 401(k)
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Education assistance programs and other learning opportunities are mentioned as professional development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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