Ocean Spray Lakeville , MA 02347
Posted 4 days ago
Ocean Spray is hiring for a(n) Associate Finance Manager, Operations! We're a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role - it always comes back to this: we're a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all - and we've been making our own way ever since.
Ocean Spray Cranberries is looking for a new Associate Finance Manager to join our Operations Finance team. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting our Agricultural Supply and Transportation business functions as a strategic business partner. Successful candidates will provide actionable business analytics and fact-based recommendations that will assist in delivering results. Multitasking and the ability to work with all levels of cross-functional business team members in a fast-paced environment are essential. You will act as a trusted and valuable business partner by providing financial tools, modeling, insights, and knowledge to support financial discipline in all business decisions. Candidates will proactively identify issues and must be able to effectively collaborate and communicate across multiple functions throughout the organization to drive solutions and influence the right outcome.
A Day in the Life...
Provide accurate and timely financial information and analyses, making and/or implementing sound recommendations to optimize receiving, storage and transportation costs of our crop.
Create and implement new analytical tools and dashboard capabilities that will enable teams to drill-into financial performance at product and customer levels. This includes managing cross-functional initiatives across Finance, Tech and Business teams to improve financial reporting capabilities.
Partner with various Supply Chain teams, including Research & Development to support project spending and corporate operational spend budgets and analytics.
Supports the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process and work closely with cross functional business partners to understand key inputs to the Forecast, risks and opportunities, and makes recommendations to improve forecast accuracy.
Provide insights and analytics that help the business teams develop robust strategies and tactics that deliver against AOP metrics.
Participate in the preparation and compilation of the annual operating plan (AOP) and long-range plan (LRP).
Update the monthly forecast based on business changes and communicate changes to business partners by providing specific, actionable, and forward-looking commentary on the changes and guidance on potential risk and opportunities.
Participate in month-end/quarter-end close activities to ensure completion of assigned tasks, including identification, communication and resolution of unusual items and issues promptly.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand key variance drivers between the plan/forecast and actual results, projecting impacts on financial forecasts, and assist in synthesizing data to communicate in supporting narrative.
Initiate, lead, and manage projects which will improve current business results and deliver against strategy.
Partner with key stakeholders to drive financial efficiency projects/initiatives.
Assist with ad-hoc projects as needed.
What We Are Looking For:
Required
Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting or related field
Excellent analytical skills and problem-solving skills, strong business acumen and ability to influence business partners
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Team oriented with the ability to engage and influence cross functional teams
Must be results oriented with strong attention to detail and deadlines
Ability to independently and reliably execute deliverables on a periodic basis with minimal supervision
Experience in analysis, forecasting, and budgeting
Comfortable presenting to groups and senior stakeholders
Ability to effectively communicate complex financial terms to non-finance professionals
Excellent prioritization and multitasking abilities.
Intermediate to advanced skills in financial modeling, Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Preferred
Master's Degree
Consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry experience and strong understanding of supply chain operations
Experience in accounting or cost accounting
Systems application experience with SAP, o9, Vena and PowerBI is a plus
Education:
Bachelor's or University Degree (Required)
Master's Degree (Preferred)
Work Experience:
At least 3 Years of Experience
Benefits:
Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs
Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
Health savings account
Flexible spending account
Life and accident insurance
Employee assistance program
Telehealth services
Fertility benefits
Transgender benefits
1:1 health coaching and more
401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end
Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses
Flexible scheduling options
Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment)
Holiday pay for 12 holidays
Career development and growth opportunities
Tuition/Education assistance programs
Access to LinkedIn Learning
Scholarship programs for children of employees
Parental leave
Bright Horizons Family Solutions
Adoption assistance
Bereavement leave
Up to $300 fitness reimbursement
Up to $300 massage reimbursement
Employee appreciation events
Employee discounts
Charitable giving
Who We Are:
You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what's better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.
Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike--we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Ocean Spray