Finance Manager, Plant Manufacturing - Shearer's Foods

Shearer's is a leading contract manufacturer and private label supplier in the snack industry in North America. Headquartered in Massillon, Ohio, Shearer's has 17 state-of-the-art, geographically diverse manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Arizona, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Iowa, Ontario and Alberta, Canada, including one of the industry's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum LEED certified facilities in Massillon, Ohio. The Company is known for producing the highest quality snacks in assorted flavors and sizes, including kettle cooked potato chips, traditional potato chips, tortilla chips, cheese curls and other extruded snacks, and corn chips, as well as cookies, crackers, and wafers.

Finance Manager

Location: Phoenix plant in Phoenix, AZ

As an integral part of our Plant Leadership team, the Plant Finance Manager leads the financial activities at the Plant, helping to drive process enhancements and productivity improvements, and ensuring compliance with corporate policies.  The Finance Manager works in partnership with the Site Director, HQ Finance/Accounting, Operations, Continuous Improvement and other teams to provide timely analysis and insights to support sound decision making across plant operations, spend management, forecasting, inventory control, and improvement initiatives. The Plant Finance Manager reports to the Director of Supply Chain Finance.

Your seat at the table                                                                                       

• Accountable for the plant financial reporting, spend management, annual budgeting, variance investigation, financial modeling, and productivity forecasting.
• Ensures that the plant team operates with a high level of fiscal integrity in accounting practices, financial reporting and decision making.
• Collaborates with plant leadership team to provide financial impact analysis and recommendations on cost savings, loss avoidance, and risk mitigation.
• Supports all plant initiatives for the capital and non-capital project by validating cost assumptions, productivity savings, and providing recommendations.
• Contributes ideas and solutions to Plant Leadership Team to improve long-term and short-term strategic initiatives and on day-to-day operational productivity.
• Teams up with Commercial Finance to develop new product costing models; monitor and assess productivity impact of new product startups at plant. 
• Fosters collaboration amongst teams and influences up, down, and across organization levels to improve cross-functional financial acumen and financially informed decision making.
• Has a forward-thinking mindset and is resilient, adaptable, and curious.
• Identifies issues, diagnoses problems, research best practices, and generates alternatives to drive continuous improvement of financial processes and productivity outcomes with urgency.
• Is an active presence on the production floor, interacting with associates while emphasizing safety and proactively seeking out areas of opportunity to drive productivity improvement
• Shares information in a clear and engaging way that helps teams to understand and apply, across all levels of the organization.
• Able to synthesize large quantities of data into actionable insights.

What you bring to the table

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in finance/accounting: analyzing cost reporting results and variances, identifying trends, recommending, and driving actions.
• 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment  
• Demonstrated understanding of financial metrics in a manufacturing organization.
• Ability to work with teams and lead decision-making processes in a team environment.
• Strong relationship management skills and the ability to influence at various levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Advanced Excel capabilities and proficiency in PowerPoint and Word. 

We Offer a Feast of Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Flexible Spending Account, Retirement Savings Plan with Match, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Group Critical Accident Insurance, Group Critical Illness Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and numerous opportunities to volunteer in the communities in which we operate.

You will be considered for employment in our inclusive workplace

Because at Shearer's, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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