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Senior Analyst, Supply Chain Finance

Kinder's Premium Quality Seasonings & Sauces · Walnut Creek, CA · 1 mo ago
Finance$115k–$125k/yrFull-time

About the role

The Supply Chain Finance Analyst supports financial processes, reporting, and analysis that keep operations running efficiently. This role involves delivering rigorous analysis and actionable insights to improve performance and support sound decision-making.

Responsibilities

  • Support Supply Chain, Operations, and Procurement teams as a day-to-day finance partner.
  • Aid in preparing supply chain financial performance summaries and insights for senior leadership.
  • Translate operational metrics into financial outcomes, connecting service levels, inventory, productivity, and cost drivers to EBITDA and cash flow.
  • Maintain and improve recurring budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes specific to supply chain operations.
  • Operate effectively in ambiguous and evolving environments where financial structures continue to mature and decisions must be made with imperfect information.
  • Support structured financial analysis of trade-offs across service, cost, margin, and capital efficiency.
  • Support COGS and supply chain cost reporting and analysis, including management reporting across materials, labor, overhead, freight, warehousing, and co-manufacturing.
  • Build and maintain financial models that support structural margin improvement initiatives in partnership with Operations and Procurement.
  • Evaluate sourcing strategies, network decisions, SKU rationalization, and capacity investments through financial modeling and scenario analysis.
  • Partner with R&D and Brand on new product costing, reformulations, and pack changes to ensure strong financial foundations from launch through lifecycle management.
  • Support working capital management analysis, helping ensure inventory investments are economically justified and aligned with growth objectives.
  • Support annual budget and rolling forecast processes for Supply Chain.
  • Aid in embedding financial rigor into S&OP / IBP processes through scenario modeling and sensitivity analysis.
  • Maintain KPIs and dashboards that clearly connect operational performance to financial outcomes.
  • Deliver forward-looking insights on variances, risks, and opportunities — not just retrospective reporting.
  • Help track financial guardrails that balance service levels, inventory investment, and cash flow sustainability.
  • Support Procurement on supplier negotiations, cost breakdowns, and should-cost analysis.
  • Assist with risk analysis related to commodities, tariffs, and supply disruption.
  • Ensure sourcing decisions align with margin objectives, service expectations, and capital efficiency.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field. 3–5 years of progressive finance experience, with exposure to supply chain or operations finance preferred. Experience in Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) or similarly inventory-intensive, high-volume businesses a plus. Ability to translate operational drivers into clear financial insights. Comfortable operating in high-growth or evolving environments where processes are still being built. Working knowledge of COGS, inventory management economics, and working capital. Ability to build cross-functional relationships and communicate clearly with stakeholders at various levels. Exposure to co-manufacturing, 3PLs, and complex SKU portfolios a plus. Familiarity with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and planning tools. Exposure to S&OP / IBP processes a plus. Strong communication skills and attention to detail with comfort presenting findings to senior partners.

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