Profitability and Finance Manager

Job Summary

This is a key strategic role responsible for mining, modeling, and communicating consolidated analytics to drive enterprise-wide business decisions. This position functions as a primary resource for data-driven insights related to variable margins, profitability, and financial performance.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Analytics & Modeling: Function as the key resource for data mining and financial model building, including the maintenance of theoretical simulations and reporting statements.
• Profitability Reporting: Analyze, compile, and communicate consolidated analytics regarding variable margins, material variances, and enterprise profitability to management and executive leadership.
• Business Partnership: Partner with the BI Manager to develop analytics that assist the enterprise in understanding results.
• Narrative Development: Create monthly commentary and narratives comparing actual results to budgets, forecasts, and year-over-year trends.
• Strategic Decision Support: Partner with leadership—specifically in Sales and Supply Chain—to provide analytics supporting strategic decisions, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Pricing Validation: Collaborate with the Pricing Manager to validate assumptions regarding speed, overhead rates, and headcount during new business or pricing cycles.
• Logistics & ERP Management: Work with logistics to ensure freight, storage, and shuttle costs are properly flagged in the ERP and that standard cost rates are accurate.
• Financial Liaison: Serve as the point of contact between logistics and finance to communicate relevant changes, such as carrier updates or customer freight terms.
• Plant Support: Provide monthly financial support for designated sites, including daily dashboard reporting, risk analysis, material review calls, and deep-dive completions.
• Board-Level Analysis: Complete ad hoc Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) for the CFO on metrics related to commercial performance, costing, and revenue.
• Compliance & Accuracy: Review key monthly board reporting for accuracy and participate in special projects as needed.
• Operational Back-fill: Function as a temporary back-fill for month-end reporting requirements at applicable sites in the event of attrition.

Qualifications And Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related field.
• 5 years’ minimum experience in financial management and analytics, preferably in a food manufacturing environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial modeling software.
• Strong ERP experience (SAGE preferred) and familiarity with Business Intelligence (BI) tools.

Core Competencies

• Expertise in data mining, theoretical simulation, and model building.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, costing, and variable margin analysis.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present narratives to executive leadership.
• Attention to detail and commitment to reporting accuracy.