Sweetmore Bakeries Hiring for Commercial Finance Manager Job at Akron, OH Full Time

Job Description

Job Title: Commercial Finance Manager

Reports to: CFO

Department: Finance

Classification: Salary Exempt

Wage: Based on knowledge and experience

About Sweetmore Bakeries:

Sweetmore Bakeries is a Chicago-based family of specialty bakeries started in 2019 with Shore Capital Partners’ acquisition of Main Street Gourmet (Akron, OH). Sweetmore added Biscotti Brothers (Greensburg, PA) in 2020 and Meurer Brothers Bakery (Fond du Lac, WI) in 2021. Across its bakery divisions, Sweetmore offers operational solutions and stock or custom products to the retail in-store bakery and national restaurant channels, including cookies, muffins, biscotti, Danish, brownies, granola, icings, and more. For more information, please visit www.sweetmorebakeries.com.

Objective: In this role, with unique visibility across the company and high levels of exposure to company leadership, you will report to CFO and support CCO/GM in preparing critical financial data and recommendations that enable strategic decision making at the top of the organization. The role will involve process design, data management and analysis, as well as reporting with insight. You will be responsible for process improvements within these areas as well as regularly designing and developing solutions to ad-hoc business developments and requests from executive-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for monthly reporting to support Sales Management
• Working effectively as a Finance Business Partner with the business managers, extracting financial information from non-finance to help improve cost analysis and budget spend
• Assist team in pricing analytics/ support customer pricing model process
• Assist with product commercialization, pricing, and other special projects as needed
• Preparation and review of customer/SKU P&Ls
• Assist controller with calculations of accruals for the month end close process
• Provide analysis and performance management of key business initiatives
• Drive initiatives to improve profitability
• Support annual budget process and rolling forecasts
• Support Operations organization – analysis of capital investments, operational efficiency, etc.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration required, MBA preferred
• 5 or more years of Finance/business experience
• Prior Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) experience preferred
• Strong technical skills required (i.e., Excel modeling)
• Experience with NAV/Microsoft Dynamics Business Central preferred
• Outstanding leadership skills
• Strong team player who manages collaboratively with all stakeholders
• Strong influencing and communication skills, and ability to lead informal teams
• Proven ability to deliver strong results and manage tight deadlines
• Strong analytical skills
• Self-starter
• Must travel up to 10-15% annually

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Work Location: One location