VP, Finance

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Posted 7 Days Agojob requisition :
R7221
** Craft Your Career with Champion Foods – A Slice of Opportunity Awaits!
** Champion Foods, a pizza trailblazer, is expanding, and we're looking for dynamic talents to enhance our innovative and quality-driven team. We produce products cherished by families nationwide and pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to quality, and a warm workplace culture that feels like family. If you're passionate, eager to grow, and want to work for a company that values each voice and champions personal development, your next career adventure starts here.

Join us, and let's craft great things together, one delicious slice at a time.
** Your Mission:
** Oversee all aspects of the financial operations, including financial analysis, evaluation, planning and reporting and overseeing contracts and administration. Direct day-to-day operations as well as the development and implementation of financial strategic planning documents. Advise the President and senior staff on resource allocation and supports operational initiatives with a high level of financial analysis and expertise. Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.

Direct accounting and finance departments.
** Finance and Strategy:
*** Develop and implement financial strategies and manage financial resources.
* Participate in corporate policy development as a member of the senior management team.
* Ensure the quality of financial management through business controls.
* Analyze the company financial performance and make recommendations to grow profits identified in annual business plans.
* Assist in new business development with financial, costing and pricing analyses.
* Develop, analyze and execute cost savings initiatives that positively impact the bottom line.
* Maintain and manage banking relationships.
** Planning and Policy:
*** Lead the forecasting and development of annual budgets.
* Key member of the strategy team to develop short, medium, and long-term financial plans and projections.
* Represent the company to Ilitch corporate business unit partners, financial institutions, vendors and customers.
* Develop policies and procedures that are consistent with best practices.
* Collaborate with Ilitch Holdings, Inc. on cross-entity streamlined processes, increased efficiencies and lower costs.
** Administration**:
* Direct the accounting department to ensure proper accounting systems and functions.
** Who You Are:
*** The successful candidate will be a certified public accountant (CPA) or have a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), with a minimum of 10-plus years of progressive finance, accounting, administrative and preferably some experience in an operational manufacturing environment.
* Proactively participate and provide leadership in the development of Champion Foods financial and operational strategic plans and programs, while having direct interaction with all levels of executive management.
* Evaluate and advise key financial stakeholders on the financial impact of both short- and long-range plans and strategies and potential opportunities and risks.
* In-depth knowledge of economic and accounting principles (i.e.: GAAP), practices and reporting of financial data.
* Demonstrated experien ce analyzing departmental spending patterns in order to develop projections of annual expenditures.
* Experience with supply chain and distribution/logistics functions, including product procurement and vendor management.
* Previous experience in a position responsible for product costing and customer pricing.
* Demonstrated communication effectiveness, ability to educate and inform broad audiences, including senior staff with evidence of well-developed influencing skills.
* Proven track record in corporate finance and a leading role in developing internal and external working relationships.
* Previous experience with enterprise resource planning systems.
* Computer proficiency (highly skilled in Excel) in Microsoft Office.
* Previous experience in an audit or oversight role with the ability to identify deviances from standard…