Trident Seafoods Corporation Looking for Finance Manager at Seattle, WA, United States Full Time

Job Description

Trident Seafoods was founded over 40 years ago and we are proud to have grown to be the largest vertically integrated seafood company in North America. We are a family-owned company with over 9,000 employees worldwide. Trident Seafoods is based out of Seattle, but has processing plants across the United States, Europe, Japan, and China. The real heartbeat of Trident Seafoods, however, is its access to the natural resources in the remote coastal communities of Alaska. We have a unique heritage, talented employees and a company culture founded on the “can do” spirit. Trident believes that our employees are the most foremost reason for our success, allowing us to be the leader in the Seafood industry.

Description

Summary:
The Finance Manager – Alaska Operations leads a team of professionals supporting Trident’s Alaska processing plants and our processing vessels. The incumbent will take a leadership role driving assigned locations/vessels to improve financial performance by working with the operations team to ensure the accounting and reporting objectives are met in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with Trident policies.
This position will be located at our Seattle Support Center, with periodic travel to Alaska plants.
Key Responsibilities:

• Oversees financial decision support to assigned plant and vessel operations teams to ensure sound financial and operational decisions.
• Responsible for the selection, training, development, and professional success for 3-5 professionals.
• Uses analytical techniques and metrics to identify and make recommendations to improve operational performance and lower unit costs. Leads team members in the implementation of process improvements related to manufacturing costs, periodic reporting, and improved analytical tools.
• Provides finance leadership for Lean Manufacturing initiatives at the individual operation level. Trains assigned staff to support lean manufacturing initiatives through robust productivity analysis.
• Instills strong cost control and planning discipline to assist management in controlling manufacturing costs.
• Leads the monthly forecast process for the assigned locations/vessels.
• Leads the annual business planning process for the team, including preparation of the financial manufacturing business plan and product standard cost inputs.
• Participates and/or leads strategic planning initiatives.
• Assists assigned business units with capital planning, including calculating and evaluating financial payback, for all capital expenditure proposals. Trains assigned staff on the analysis and preparation of financial inputs to capital spending requests
• Works with divisional business units on various initiatives including:
  • Providing cost estimates for innovation and cost reduction projects.
  • Identifying cost/performance improvement opportunities.
• Ensures the accuracy and integrity of the plants accounting systems and records, as well as strict compliance to all company policies, procedures, and controls to include monthly review of team prepared balance sheet reconciliations.
• Exhibits necessary ERP system proficiency for both finance and other plant functions (SAP experience strongly preferred).
• Leverages available systems to enhance data access, analytical information and management reporting.
• Key focus areas include: materials cost and usage management, labor cost and utilization, asset utilization, overhead expenditure control and zero loss analytics.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Establishes and monitors accounting controls, including maintenance and review of all Bills of Materials, Product Routings, Activity Rates, Product Recipes, and Assembly/Disassembly lists.
• Accumulates and records defined period plant costs. Monitors cost and inventory variances and reports to management.
• Performs other similar or related duties as requested or assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Experience:

• Minimum 7+ years’ experience in Manufacturing Finance positions required
• 7+ years’ food industry experience preferred.
• ERP Experience required in a standard costing environment, SAP experience preferred.
• Lean Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks.

Education:

• B.A. in Accounting and/or Finance or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Masters in Finance, Accounting, or an MBA preferred.

Qualifications:

• CPA or CMA preferred
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Sharepoint and Teams
• MS Power BI development experience preferred
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence, and speak effectively before groups of customers, employees, and senior management of the organization.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and apply related concepts to practical situations, i.e. fractions, percentages, ratios, etc.

Trident Seafoods is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age and genetic information.

Trident Seafoods has adopted a zero-tolerance and drug-free workplace policy. Pre-employment drug examinations are required for all employees.

Any employment offer from Trident Seafoods is contingent upon the candidate maintaining valid immigration status and work authorization throughout employment, without any need for immigration sponsorship by the company.