Finance Manager, Food & Beverage

About Zep Inc.

Zep Inc. is a leading manufacturer of cleaning solutions for businesses and consumers with operations across the U.S, Canada, and Europe. Our purpose is to make the planet cleaner, safer, and more productive. To fulfill our purpose, we focus on understanding and solving cleaning needs for consumers, as well as business customers across a variety of segments including transportation, industrial, institutional, and food & beverage.

We also have a strong presence in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) segment, where we develop products to help consumers and businesses maintain a clean and safe environment. Our products can be found online and at retail shelves at outlets like Home Depot, Amazon, Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, Grainger, HD Supply, Walmart, and many others. We market our products under well recognized and established brand names, such as Zep, Enforcer, Misty, Time Mist, Time Wick, and Country Vet.

Zep was founded in 1937 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. In 2021, Zep became the official cleaning partner of Atlanta United FC.

Job Description:

The Finance Manager, FP&A is the dedicated finance partner to Zep's Food & Beverage business. The role owns the F&B budget, rolling forecasts and monthly performance reporting, and turns results into clear, actionable insight for the VP of Finance and F&B leadership.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role. You will build the models, run the analysis and present the story behind the numbers. The right person is equally comfortable in a detailed Excel model and in a conversation with a commercial or operations leader.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Planning and forecasting

Lead the Food & Beverage annual budget: build the templates and model, coordinate inputs from F&B commercial and operations leaders, and roll it into the company consolidation

Own the F&B rolling forecast for revenue, gross profit, operating expenses and EBITDAMaintain driver-based models linking volume, price, mix and cost assumptions to financial outcomes

Support the long-range plan and scenario analysis for strategic initiatives

Performance reporting and analysis

Prepare monthly management reporting packages, including actual vs. budget vs. forecast variance analysis

Ownership of the P&LExplain the drivers behind F&B results, especially gross margin by customer, channel and product line, plus SG&A and working capital trends

Build and maintain KPI dashboards for leadership and business partners

Contribute to board and executive presentation materials

Business Partnering Serve as the go-to finance partner for the F&B leadership team across sales, operations and supply chain, helping leaders manage to budget

Evaluate F&B business cases, key account deals, capital requests and pricing or cost-saving initiatives with ROI and payback analysis

Respond to ad hoc analytical requests from the VP of Finance and executive team

Work directly with Pricing & Master Data teams to develop optimal pricing and profit realization

Process and Systems Improve FP&A processes, templates and timelines to shorten cycle times and reduce manual work Partner with Accounting on accruals, allocations and close timing so reporting stays accurate and consistent

Help define and maintain data sources and reporting tools used for planning EDUCATION AND REQUIREMENTS Required

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field5+ years of progressive experience in FP&A, corporate finance or business unit finance

Hands-on ownership of budgeting and forecasting cycles, including building models from scratch

Advanced Excel skills (complex formulas, lookups, pivot tables, scenario modeling)

Experience with an ERP (e.g., SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards) and a planning or BI tool (e.g., Adaptive, Anaplan, Power BI,…