Senior Finance Director

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas'® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann's® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA!

More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves.

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Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!

• Salary Range: $176,300 - $246,800
• Annual Bonus Eligibility
• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Paid Time Off
• 401k & Company Match

The Senior Director, Commercial Finance is a key finance leader at BBU, responsible for overseeing Customer and Category Finance. The position is the strategic partner to senior leaders in BBUs' Customer and Marketing teams to analyze commercial performance as well as develop sustainable growth strategies. The role reports directly to the Vice President of Finance and frequently interacts with BBU's CFO.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to own commercial finance team in a large CPG. The position will work with the Customer and Category teams to strategize, plan and execute key growth strategies as well as provide visibility and insights to overall performance. The role will work in collaboration across multiple teams including Revenue Growth Management (RGM), Marketing, Sales, Innovation, Supply Chain, and other Finance teams.

• Partner with Customer VP & Customer Leadership Team to shape financial strategies and business plans
• Strategically support customer joint business planning with RGM, Category Management, and Customers to generate value for BBU and our key Customers
• Partner with Customer & RGM to identify and execute pricing strategy, trade spend optimization, mix management, and margin improvement
• Own modeling and evaluation of growth opportunities, including new customer initiatives, customer investment opportunities, and private label bids, to ensure commercial, operational, and financial feasibility
• Partner with RGM to overhaul offline trade, improving how we track, review, and approve the offline trade budget
• Create visibility to our total customer investment and our customer profit pool including total trade and shopper marketing
• Build and maintain reporting to monitor and forecast customer performance, profitability, and other key performance metrics (i.e. Share) on a periodic basis to provide actionable insights
• Deliver ad hoc analysis and reporting for Customers and RGM

• Partner with Marketing SVP & Marketing Leads to shape financial strategies and business plans
• Lead strategic planning for categories and brands, including annual and long‑range (3‑5 Year) financial forecasts
• Build and evaluate business cases for growth including innovation, distribution strategies, brand strategies, and marketing investments to ensure commercial, operational, and financial feasibility
• Collaborate with Marketing and Innovation teams to evaluate innovation, represent finance in innovation stage gate process, and assess post‑launch performance
• Coordinate with cross‑functional teams to build and evaluate business cases for capital investments proposals that support growth initiatives
• Develop and maintain periodic reporting for category / brand performance to provide meaningful and actionable insights
• Provide periodic reporting and forecast to FP&A to help understand results and forecast BBU's total P&L
• Deliver ad hoc analysis and reporting for Category team

• Develop standard business case framework for growth initiatives to ensure they are evaluated holistically, consistently, effectively, and efficiently
• Develop Category and Customer finance teams through coaching, hands‑on training, and career planning
• Serve as finance business…