Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

Artisan Kitchens is a leading manufacturer of frozen egg bites, omelets, and other value-added egg products for retail, food service, and ingredient customers throughout the United States. We combine manufacturing expertise, culinary innovation, and disciplined execution to help our customers bring high-quality products to market.

Artisan Kitchens is seeking a Director of Financial Planning & Analysis to lead financial planning, forecasting, business analysis, and decision support for the company. Reporting to the General Manager, with a strong functional relationship to the parent company’s finance leadership, this individual will serve as a key member of the Artisan Kitchens leadership team.

The Director, FP&A will provide an objective, forward-looking view of business performance; identify financial and operational risks and opportunities; and translate complex information into clear recommendations and actions. The position will work closely with Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, R&D, Engineering, IT, and executive leadership to improve profitability, accelerate growth, strengthen operating discipline, and support sound capital allocation.

• Lead the annual operating plan, long-range planning, and monthly forecasting processes.
• Develop timely and accurate forecasts for revenue, gross margin, EBITDA, cash flow, working capital, and capital expenditures.
• Analyze actual performance against budget, forecast, and prior year, clearly identifying underlying business drivers, risks, and corrective actions.
• Prepare quarterly Board of Directors materials and present financial performance, outlook, risks, and business priorities as required.
• Continuously improve forecast accuracy, reporting effectiveness, and financial transparency across the organization.
• Partner with the Controller and parent-company finance team to ensure an accurate and timely month-end close.
• Review monthly financial results, journal entries, accruals, inventory adjustments, and account reconciliations as appropriate.
• Support internal and external audits and maintain compliance with company accounting policies and internal controls.
• Lead financial evaluation of capital expenditure requests

• Lead price-volume-mix analysis and explain changes in revenue, material costs, conversion costs, and profitability.
• Partner with Sales and Operations to evaluate pricing decisions and opportunities.,
• Support product portfolio management, SKU rationalization, inventory optimization, and product turnover initiatives.
• Translate financial and operational information into clear recommendations for executive leadership.
• Develop a strong working knowledge of plant operations, production processes, labor, yields, waste, downtime, capacity, and material usage.
• Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to establish meaningful KPIs and translate operational performance into financial impact.
• Identify cost-saving and productivity opportunities, establish credible financial baselines, and validate realized savings.

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• Lead the development of dashboards, management reporting, and self-service analytics that improve decision-making across the organization.
• Ensure the integrity of financial information originating from ERP, warehouse-management, inventory, pricing, and production systems.
• Partner with IT and business leaders to improve system capabilities, data quality, and reporting efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to responsibly use automation, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics to improve forecasting, reporting, controls, and business insight.
• Standardize and document critical finance processes to improve consistency, efficiency, and organizational continuity.

• Candidates must live within a reasonable commuting distance of Newberry, South Carolina, or be willing to relocate to the area.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• At least eight years of progressive experience in FP&A, finance, accounting, or a comparable analytical leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience leading annual planning,…