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SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to stand and walk; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
TRAVEL Varies upon location from headquarters and plants; up to 20% of time
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The employee must be comfortable spending time in a plant environment. An understanding of the plant and operations is essential to the success of this job.
California Compensation Range: $142,400 - $213,600
The Senior Finance Manager has a key role within the finance team, responsible for leading the development of financial plans, forecasts, reporting, and analyses to drive timely visibility to results and outlooks. They are responsible for providing insights, perspective, and decision support to business partners and leaders to enable informed, fact-based decisions related to the company’s financial and operational performance. The person in this position will also partner across the finance and accounting team to support key projects and initiatives and to evolve systems, processes, policies, and procedures. This position will be accountable for supporting elements of financial reporting, financial reconciliations and accruals, bank analyses, and external reporting.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include but are not limited to the following:
- Partner across finance team to create and maintain detailed financial reporting, analytics, and models to support actuals, forecast, annual planning (AOP) and long-range planning (LRP)
- Lead key elements of the annual planning and monthly forecasting processes with cross-functional teams (P&L, cash, and balance sheet)
- Prepare monthly reporting package (actuals and forecast) and insight analysis (driver based - volume, price, mix analysis) for business partners and company leaders. Support the monthly business review process and monthly banking engagements, as needed.
- Partner with SG&A budget owners, human resources, and other finance team members to establish annual budgets for non-compensation and compensation related spend. Implement new headcount and benefits planning and forecasting process, in partnership with human resources. Develop a consistent monthly review process to discuss actual results with all budget owners, and incorporate any changes into the forecast, inclusive of savings and approved investments.
- As part of the company’s transformation initiatives, partner with Transformation Officer to evaluate overall company SG&A spending and identify areas of savings opportunities, negotiation, and investment. Evaluate cost of goods and other areas of spend, as needed.
- Support the accounting month-end close process and evaluate the process for efficiency and expedition.
- Implement and document new accrual and forecasting processes related to trade spend, logistics spend, and waste, and help identify future areas of opportunity to streamline both the accounting and forecasting processes.
- Partner with controller and accounting team to support the annual audit process; implement new key controls, policies, and guidelines, inclusive of documenting processes and training, to ensure compliance.
- Provide transparent analytical support for projects and business opportunities, demonstrating projections for both sales and EBITDA | margin; support commercial and supply chain finance teams, as needed.
- Lead upfront design and implementation of new cloud-based forecasting and planning system (EPM), inclusive of chart of account redesign; Support on-going training and process documentation, to ensure a successful go-live, adoption, and sustainable use.
- Lead special projects as needed.
- It is the responsibility of all employees to uphold the mission of the Amy’s Food Safety and Quality Policy. This includes following all Food Safety and Sustainability programs and participating in all required training.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position supervises a Senior Financial Analyst
Qualifications and Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION
- B.A. degree from four-year college or university with a concentration in business, finance, economics, or accounting; MBA or CPA preferred.
EXPERIENCE
- 15+ years of experience in finance related roles; 3+ years of experience at manager level and above with team leadership responsibility.
- CPG experience a must.
- Prior experience in at least two of the following areas is strongly preferred: corporate finance, business unit finance, sales finance, supply chain | operations finance, shared services (accounting or finance).
SKILLS
- Strong analytical skills with ability to identify and interpret and clearly communicate financial information, articulate problems, propose and consider alternative solutions, and provide support and recommendations for decisions.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- ERP, EPM, financial planning and analysis; knowledge of trade management systems and BI or Spotfire preferred.
- Possess continuous improvement mentality and ability to evaluate processes and seek out and implement internal or external best practices.
- Strong ability to influence and partner cross functionally across multiple levels of the organization, through strong relationship building, candor, and communication skills.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication ability with skills in translating ideas into clear, high impact communications. Capable of presenting complex financial information and concepts in an easy-to-understand format.
- Strong track record of building and managing successful teams.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to stand and walk; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
TRAVEL Varies upon location from headquarters and plants; up to 20% of time
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is sometimes exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
The employee must be comfortable spending time in a plant environment. An understanding of the plant and operations is essential to the success of this job.
California Compensation Range: $142,400 - $213,600
- Please note, this range is for California employees living in the Bay area. Other locations may be subject to a lower range.
