Vice President, Finance

Job Summary

Provide leadership and coordination of company financial planning, business strategy development, and budget management functions and ensure company accounting procedures and reporting conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Also serves as co‑pilot to CFO.

• Oversee functions of financial operations.
• Provide strategy and tactical thinking as well as broad business insights. Take a leadership role in developing the financial strategy to report the long‑term growth of the business, while continuing to drive operating efficiencies.
• Provide strategic financial input and leadership on decision‑making issues affecting the organization, i.e., evaluation of capital investments, potential alliances, acquisitions and/or mergers, and investments.
• Provide Senior Management with timely and accurate information that is designed and presented in a usual and understandable format to effectively support operating initiatives and strategic alternatives.
• Prepare accurate and timely profit and loss statements, and other financial reports.
• Analyze trends, costs, revenues, financial commitments, and obligations incurred to predict future revenues and expenses.
• Report organization’s finances to management and offer suggestions about resource utilization, margin improvement, cost saving, and assumptions underlying budget forecasts.
• Work with Senior Management to develop and provide financial and operations KPI information.
• Lead the S&OP process alongside stakeholders from other departments and manage the process for highly accurate financial forecasting.
• Prepare monthly financial summary reports for Senior Management with highlights of current month’s major transactions and explanation of variances from the budget.
• Review General Ledger ensuring proper reporting of transactions according to approved budget with supporting Corporate Controller and Accounting team.
• Collaborate with the Corporate Controller to manage provisions and reserves that impact the company’s profit and loss.
• Work closely with the sales department to monitor trade spending and evaluate ROI.
• Support the CHRO and HR department, providing financial advice on HR strategy execution and labor cost management.
• Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal budgetary reporting requirements.
• Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure to effectively accomplish the departments’ goals and objectives.
• Serve as primary government and external organizations liaison relative to financial issues.
• Team Leadership & Development.
• Supervise managers and staff by inspiring and developing team members with a clear vision for business that expands the team’s horizons and adds value to their efforts, managing optimal performance.
• Attract, develop, motivate and lead all direct and indirect reports, and external resources. Help to enhance a culture that is collaborative and consumer focused.

Required:

• Master’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Business with strong Accounting experience.
• Five (5) to Ten (10) years’ experience in a mid to senior level finance or accounting position in a CPG manufacturing environment with extensive knowledge of standard costing and variance analysis.
• Strong technical skills in finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including GAAP and IFRS, FP&A and forecasting.
• Comfortable with multiple automated financial and accounting reporting systems, Excel, PowerPoint and database, complex ERP, preferably Microsoft Dynamics, NAV.
• Knowledge of federal and state financial regulations.
• Knowledge of process improvement and project management.
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements and projections.
• Ability to analyze P&L by Brand and Customer, PPV, SG&A expenses by department, distribution cost by location and any other P&L related items.
• Working knowledge of short‑ and long‑term budgeting and forecasting, rolling budgets, and product‑line profitability analysis.
• Strong leadership ability to motivate and lead teams to produce quality materials within tight time frames and simultaneously manage several projects.
• Ability to…