Finance Manager, Transportation, Warehousing and Procurement

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ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Strategic Partnership & Decision Support

• Act as a trusted finance partner to assigned business functions, providing financial guidance to support strategic, operational, and investment decisions.
• Serve as a "co-pilot" to leaders by proactively identifying financial risks, opportunities, and trade-offs tied to business initiatives.
• Support business cases, ROI analyses, and scenario modeling for new initiatives, capital investments, and process changes.
• Promote governance and control standards in alignment with BDG policies.
• Act as a coach building finance acumen in the function they co-pilot.

Financial Planning & Performance Management

• Lead or support forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning activities in partnership with functional leaders.
• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders leveraging the COE and FP&A data & insights manager
• Monitor financial performance against plans, identify drivers of variance, and recommend corrective actions.

Analytics, Insights & Storytelling

• Leverage dashboards, KPIs, and financial models that provide timely visibility into performance as delivered by the COE
• Be a Champion of automation collaborating with the Data & Insights Manager to develop standard analysis for the business.
• Be a champion of collaboration with your co-pilot peers to connect the dots beyond the function co-piloted and help the business view the holistic impact of decision making.
• Connect operational metrics to financial outcomes to help leaders understand cause-and-effect relationships.
• Deliver clear, concise financial narratives that enable informed decision-making at all levels of the organization.

Operational & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with cross-functional teams (e.g., Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, IT, HR) to align financial objectives with execution.
• Engage with the COE, partner with your peers' co-pilots and the Data & Inisghts Finance Manager to build a continuous improvement model of the financial decision support enhancing automation and DIY models where it makes sense, reducing ad-hoc analysis to specific strategic needs with high ROI for BDG
• Support continuous improvement efforts by quantifying benefits, tracking savings, and validating results engaging with the COE
• Ensure financial considerations are embedded early in business discussions, not just after decisions are made.

Governance & Financial Discipline

• Ensure adherence to financial policies, controls, and governance standards while enabling business agility.
• Balance financial rigor with practicality, helping leaders navigate constraints without slowing progress.
• Support audit readiness and data integrity as needed.

Leadership & Capability Building

• Coach business leaders on financial acumen, helping elevate financial understanding across the organization.
• Mentor junior finance team members or analysts as applicable, in particular in collaboration with the COE team
• Contribute to the evolution of finance tools, processes, and ways of working.
• Top five leadership skills that will be critical to succeed:
  • Business Acumen
  • Manage Vision and Purpose
  • Drive for Results
  • Influence without authority
  • Sound Judgement under Uncertainty

Specifics to the function co-piloted

• Partner with Supply Chain Leadership to understand key decision criteria and support optimum solutions including
  • Modelling continuous network optimization
  • Innovation network needs
  • Transportation analysis
  • 3rd party provider liaison and analysis
• Transportation & Warehousing Financial Performance Management incorporating
  • Variance root cause analysis with recommendations of corrective actions where necessary
  • Identification of cost saving opportunities
  • Drive opportunities for performance improvements through linking non-financial KPis to financial returns
• Lead T&W Performance Forecasting incorporating
  • Rates - risks & opportunities
  • Fixed warehousing utilization
• Drive business needs driven T&W AOP providing appropriate influence and challenge
• Monitor trade deduction performance identifying root causes and opportunities for corrective action.
• Partner Procurement team incorporating
  • Variance analysis
  • Identifying opportunities for cost savings
  • Efficient decision support
• Drive AOP standards for raw materials and packaging
• Inventory Risk Management including identification of risks and mitigating action.

Desired Qualifications

• 6-10+ years of progressive finance experience, including business partnering, FP&A, or operational finance.
• Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex data.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and build trusted partnerships with senior leaders.
• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to translate financial concepts for non-finance audiences.
• Experience in a manufacturing, supply chain, or complex operational environment preferred.

Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (MBA or CPA preferred).
• Combination of education, certifications, and commensurate experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

WHY BLUE DIAMOND?

In addition to working at the world's largest, state-of-the-art almond manufacturer, we offer a safe and collaborative team environment, with numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement. Check out the BDG Benefits, Health & Wellness GuideHERE .

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