Strategic Finance & Inventory Manager

About the role

We are seeking a data-driven and commercially minded Strategic Finance & Inventory Manager to serve as the critical bridge between Supply Chain Operations, Product Innovation and Strategic Finance, playing a key role in evaluating projects to enhance returns on long-term strategic growth initiatives as well as providing insight into our Inventory positions to drive the efficiency goals of the Operations and Finance organizations. Reporting to the Director of Operations Finance, this role will act as a key partner on innovation with major responsibilities including pro-forma project COGS, unit economics, scenarios and sensitivities; collaborating with Operations to support the supply planning processes and ownership of periodic inventory reporting. The individual in this role will possess exceptional analytical and communication skills, a strong understanding of project analysis, inventory accounting and forecasting with proven capabilities in translating between P&L and Balance Sheet impacts to Cash Flow. They will have the ability to synthesize complex financial topics and translate findings that lead to actionable recommendations. Strong aptitude in gathering insights from data across multiple sources and a passion on process improvement and automation is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

Project Cost Economics: 40-50% of Time

• Business Case Modeling: Build comprehensive project cost models to support new product development and other pipeline optimizations
• Costing and Pricing Strategy: Partner with R&D, Procurement and Brand Finance to define targets for BOM costs, product margins and cost
• Conduct post-mortem financial analyses on projects to report against initial business cases and drive learnings for future projects

Inventory Reporting and Forecasting: 30-40% of Time

• Inventory Reporting Ownership: Drive short-term reporting and long-term forecasting for inventory asset balances, related inventory metrics and cash flow impacts in coordination with Corporate Finance
• E&O & Reserves Modeling: Partner with Cost Accounting, Operations and Sales to build and manage risk models for Excess & Obsolete and Remnant FG Inventories as well as shrink and scrap reserves
• Inventory Optimization: Partner throughout the Operations organization to optimize our supply chain, from defining and monitoring target KPIs to supporting Ops leadership & cross-functional teams through IBP (Integrated Business Planning) cycles

Partner to Build the Future: 10-30% of Time

• Execute the Ops Finance vision through continuous improvement of our planning tools, ERP/EPM integration, streamlining workflows and developing best-in-class reporting/analytics into a competitive advantage for the company
• Support ad-hoc strategic decision-making such as pricing, competitive analyses etc.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain Management or related fields

Experience

• 5+ years of progressive FP&A experience within the Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) industry with particular experience in Inventory Forecasting

Skills and mindset

• Highly skilled in Supply Chain / Operations Finance with demonstrated success in building strong strategic partnerships
• Proven history of championing process improvement and automation
• Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals, including working capital impacts
• Works well under pressure and meets deadlines
• At ease presenting key results verbally, in writing and visually to larger audience
• Effective in meeting management: clearly outlines purpose, keeps participants engaged, communicates follow-ups
• Agile in Excel, NetSuite, and PowerPoint. Experience with EPM, Tableau or PowerBI a plus

Work environment

If you're based in the greater Bay Area, you'll walk into our Emeryville office each Tuesday morning and start the in-person portion of our hybrid work week at our weekly all-company meeting and find close to 200 of your colleagues, some sitting with their dogs, talking excitedly through the week ahead and watching a newer teammate tell their personal life and career journey followed by a quick update on any hot topics that might be relevant to the week ahead. We are a dynamic, HYBRID workplace, with an expectation that all employees come into the office Tuesday through Thursday. We are very intentional about connecting in person for things like innovation, impromptu collaboration, having respectful challenges to get to better decisions, leadership role-modeling, and culture building. Great work cultures are built on stories about what great looks like in practice, and great stories during virtual meetings just don't happen. At the beginning of 2026, we moved into our massive modern 133,000 square foot headquarters in Emeryville, California, complete with spacious personal workspaces, gym with rock-climbing wall, a café, free onsite parking, tons of greenery, and many transportation options.

You'll spend a significant portion of your day working on a computer, reviewing data, creating reports, communicating with partners, and joining virtual and in-person meetings. This role requires frequent and ongoing use of a keyboard, mouse, phone, and other office technology. You'll regularly navigate multiple systems at once, analyze detailed information, and shift between competing priorities and deadlines. You'll communicate regularly with team members, cross-functional partners, external partners, and leaders through meetings, Outlook based email, messaging platforms such as Microsoft Teams, and presentations. Occasional movement around the office may be required for meetings, collaboration, and team activities. May occasionally lift or move office materials weighing up to 10 pounds.

Pay

The expected pay scale for this role is $130k to $140k, which may vary based on relevant experience, qualifications, geographic area (if applicable), and internal equity for the role.

Benefits and perks

• Year-round ½ day Fridays
• In-office massages
• Free lunches & snacks
• Dogs in the office
• Culture of belonging celebrations
• Engaging in-office events like bring your kids to work day
• 6% 401k match after 1 year
• Generous paid family leave regardless of gender
• All positions bonus-eligible
• Company-wide volunteer days
• Company-matched charitable donations
• No employee handbook
• No dress code
• Coaching conversations instead of performance reviews
• Walking meetings

What we're looking for

Capabilities and mindsets most relevant to this role:

• Be a builder by creating for the future
• Embody a strategic mindset
• Challenge ideas respectfully by sharing your real opinion with conviction; disagree in a way people feel heard
• Bring people along by providing context and cascading information; share openly and inclusively
• Enterprise strategic view—take the full company perspective over departments or channels

You will thrive here if:

• You know when good enough is good enough, or the rare times when execution needs to be flawless
• You can be flexible in your approach and abandon past practices if they don't make sense
• You like to get stuff done
• You can do periods of focused, deep work on projects that drive the business forward

This may not be your ideal next career move if:

• You like hierarchy and command and control management
• Dealing with ambiguity or experimentation is not your jam
• You try to resolve challenging interpersonal situations over instant messaging