Finance Manager - CCLO - Finance

CUSTOM CULINARY

For more than half a century, we’ve focused on a single mission at Custom Culinary®: to create the finest-quality, most authentic bases, sauces and gravies for our foodservice and food processing customers. Developed by our culinary specialists to deliver made-from-scratch taste and inspired results in just minutes, our products bring exceptional aroma, flavor and consistency to all your signature dishes. True Taste begins with Custom Culinary®.CUSTOM CULINARY

Por más de medio siglo, en Custom Culinary® nos hemos concentrado en una sola misión: crear las bases, salsas y aderezos más auténticos y de mejor calidad para nuestros clientes de la industria alimentaria. Desarrollados por nuestros especialistas culinarios para ofrecer un sabor elaborado a partir de cero y resultados inspirados en cuestión de minutos, nuestros productos aportan un aroma, un sabor y una consistencia excepcionales a todos sus platos. El verdadero sabor comienza con Custom Culinary®.

The Finance Manager is responsible for financial planning and analysis for the Custom Culinary business.  Strategic and continuous improvement mindset required to ensure best practices are developed/enabled across planning and reporting activities.  This includes annual and quarterly forecasts, month end reporting, and general business analytics.  Also supports improved profitability analysis and results.

Annual Planning & Quarterly Forecasting

• Manage the planning process including scheduling and leading meetings to review status against planning timelines to ensure process on schedule and includes appropriate inputs/assumptions.
• Oversee the development of the raw material and packaging costs budget using the guidance from Purchasing to load material standard costs to D365.
• Drive continued process improvements in and completion of building Sales budget and forecasts
• Support the process for building Selling expense budget and forecasts
• Support building the SG&A budgets for other functions
• Consolidate and load data to BPC for forecasts and AOP
• Load budget details and forecasts to D365

Month End Close

• Lead the monthly financial closing process
• Ensure Revenue Recognition follows established procedures
• Variance analysis – identify key drivers for monthly financial performance
• Ensure expenses are properly coded and complete adjusting entries as needed
• Validate data in BPC ties to D365 general ledger and distribute scorecard
• Maintain balance sheet reconciliations
• Ensure D365 balances align with G2 Sales reporting tool
• Investigate, recommend, and implement improved systems including but not limited to Technological, Procedural, and Talent improvements. 
• Identify opportunities to improve internal controls and processes

  Reporting

  • Prepare Month End Reporting package
  • Support completion of annual audit
  • Ad hoc reporting to support business projects/initiatives
  • Ensure that the interfaces between D365 and Blacksmith are correct.  Lead resolution of issues as needed.

   

  People

  • Manage and support continued development of one direct reporting employee.
  • Support the development of department employees.
  • Continually work to improve talent, skills, and capabilities.

  Pricing and Profitability

  • Provide support to the on-going Portfolio optimization process (Sales data, costs, margin, and any analytics needed for the process)
  • Support processes to ensure new products achieve targeted margins
  • Quantify and track realized price increases
  • Price/volume/mix analysis
  *      Lead the annual development and execution of GPE (Griffith Performance Excellence) for SG&A expense.

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