Commercial Finance Manager

Commercial Finance Manager – Southern Glazer's Beverage Company

Company Overview: Southern Glazer’s Beverage Company of Massachusetts and Rhode Island is part of Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the world’s pre‑eminent distributor of beverage alcohol. Proudly a multi‑generational, family‑owned company with operations in 47 states, the District of Columbia, the Caribbean, and Canada. We offer an array of careers focused on delivering a captivating and rewarding experience, challenging colleagues and providing tools to grow and succeed.

Overview: The Commercial Finance Manager is responsible for financial planning and execution, focusing on optimizing pricing strategies and driving profitability alongside local finance leadership and commercial teams. This role involves detailed financial modeling, market analysis, and collaboration with local and regional cross‑functional teams to support strategic decision‑making.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Conduct financial forecasting and planning, including volume trend analysis.
• Support the development of local pricing strategies to gain market share while ensuring compliance and evaluating effectiveness/internal profitability.
• Monitor and report on business performance against financial targets, using various data sources to provide analysis required for internal/external business reviews.
• Collaborate with commercial teams to develop gap‑closing strategies and investment opportunities.
• Utilize financial tools and technologies (enterprise standard tools and third‑party tools such as Nielsen) to enhance analytical capabilities.
• Proactively manage fund balances through spend analysis versus budgets.
• Enable the development of finance talent by building capabilities while fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree plus at least three years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of finance and accounting practices, financial analysis, and reporting.
• Experience with P&L responsibility, financial planning, and pricing management in the CPG industry or related work experience with an industry supplier and wholesaler.

Physical Demands:

• Predominantly sitting and typing on a computer; occasional walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping.
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20 lbs.

Compensation: Southern Glazer’s offers a competitive compensation package with expected annual total earnings between $99,000 and $142,000, including incentives. Final offers are based on individual qualifications.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package.
• Harvard Pilgrim Medical insurance.
• Guardian Dental insurance.
• VSP vision insurance.
• Hyatt Legal Plans.
• Generous Paid Time Off.
• Paid Holidays.
• Company‑paid Long Term Disability.
• Company‑paid Life Insurance.
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program.
• Supplemental Insurance options.
• Medicare Specialist for retirement planning.
• 100 % paid tuition for WSET and Cicerone certification programs.

EEO Employer Statement: Southern Glazer's Beverage Company is an affirmative action/EEO employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Seniority Level: Entry level
Employment Type: Full‑time
Job Function: Finance and Sales
Industries: Wholesale