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Ornua · 6 days ago

Senior Finance Manager

Evanston, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $156K/yr

10+ years exp

Ornua is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy, and they are seeking a Senior Finance Manager – Brand Finance. This role is critical in partnering with Marketing and Innovation teams to drive profitable growth by providing visibility into product and customer profitability and delivering accurate, data-driven P&Ls for new product proposals.

AgricultureDairyFarmingFood DeliveryLogisticsSupply Chain Management

Responsibilities

Innovation Finance Lead: Primary support to Head of Innovation and team. Provide financial guidance to the Innovation team as projects progress through the commercialization process, including setting channel pricing strategy and developing 5 year financials. Conduct post launch reviews on projects to ensure the launch was executed in line with business case and 5 Year Plan expectations

Financial Forecasting: Develop commercial inputs to inform the annual Budget and Forecasting cycles, including pricing, trade/slotting, and supply chain costs

Financial Management: Lead support for Senior Brand Manager, creating analysis of varying scenarios to drive the delivery of Brand ambitions. Develop month end variance analysis at the Brand level. Develop and report sku-level P&L’s at month end, highlighting drivers of change vs Budget expectations and Prior Year. Develop customer level P&Ls and together with Sales Finance provide regular updates on customer profitability, driving action for improvements, where required

Portfolio Management: Together with Senior Brand Manager, review portfolio on a regular basis, develop recommended changes as required, and present to local leadership team

LATAM: Lead support to LATAM business team. Full P&L and Balance Sheet ownership, budgeting, reporting and pricing analysis and execution for a key growth market, including analyzing opportunities for country expansion

People Management: Manage and develop a Sr Financial Analyst

Process Improvement: Expand usage of BI and identify ways to automate and improve visualization of financial data

Qualification

Financial ManagementFinancial ForecastingData ModelingStatistical AnalysisMBACPAProduct ProfitabilityCustomer ProfitabilityBusiness AcumenChange ManagementInterpersonal SkillsAdaptability

Required

10+ years of finance experience including roles focused on product and customer profitability, preferably in the CPG industry

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting

Candidates must be able to demonstrate a successful record of financial management

Demonstrated experience in utilizing knowledge of accounting and forecasting concepts in developing financial projections with full sets of financial statements

Experience with building and running complex financial models utilizing Data Modeling, and Statistical analysis

Ability to clearly communicate and organize analysis to present to Executive management

Adaptability to changes and ability to work in a fast-paced, high growth environment

Capable of initiating and driving change

Outstanding interpersonal skills with ability to build relationships

Excellent business acumen with the ability to provide strategic input to the business