Director FP&A

Irvine, California
Ventura Foods

Employment Type: Salaried Work Arrangement: Hybrid Position Summary: The corporate FP&A director is a critical leadership role in finance team. The responsibilities including leading the weekly, monthly and annual forecast activities and reporting of company performance; leading corporate FP&A team to perform analysis and provide supports to company’s administrative departments and sales functional team; working closely with commercial finance and operation finance to roll up full P&L and providing support to CFO and VP of FP&A on board material and communication. The position is crucial to the success of finance team and is a highly impactful leader to the company.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Weekly forecast: Consolidate information from commercial finance, operation finance and accounting teams to generate weekly P&L forecast for current month and communicate with the senior leadership team.
• Monthly forecast: Work closely with all finance functions to consolidate company’s P&L forecast for the full year on a monthly basis and manage the alignment and communication with other functions.
• Quarterly board material preparation: Provide solid support to the EVP, CFO and VP of FP&A on board material preparation.
• Monthly SG&A analysis: Lead FP&A team to perform monthly analysis and reporting (including review with department heads) for administrative departments, interest expense and other income / expense.
• Annual budget: Lead and coordinate the annual budget process, including generating budget for support functions, consolidating the full P&L, as well as communicating and aligning the budget with all function leaders.
• Ad hoc analysis: Provide miscellaneous reporting and analysis as needed, including regular reports and responding to ad hoc requests.

Education and Experience:Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years finance experience with 5+ years direct people leadership is required.
• Ability to travel up to 5%.
• Advanced degree would be a bonus.
• CPA, CMA, CTP are all valued certifications is preferred.
• Financial manufacturing industry experience would be ideal.
• ERP implementation and/or business transformation experience would be a plus.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Needs to have thorough understanding of FP&A, GAAP, forecasting methods, etc.

Why Join Us: Ventura Foods innovates and manufactures food solutions for foodservice and retail businesses. We make exclusive products for the world’s most iconic restaurants and retailers, we provide ready-to-go product solutions for professional kitchens, and we make consumer brands everyone knows and loves. When you work for Ventura Foods, you get a strong foundation of training, a manager who cares about you and celebrates your success, a safe environment, and challenging work. As part of our team, your future is limited only by how much you’re willing to push yourself to get there. We invest in your growth because you invest in ours. Ventura Foods offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits:?

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees?
• Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)?
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays?
• Employee Appreciation Events? and Employee Assistance Programs
• Salary Base Range of $155,734.00 – $206,853.15
• Annual bonus (based on the incentive program terms and conditions) The “base salary range” provided above is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position in the specified markets. Ventura Foods reserves the right to pay outside of the given range based on a variety of factors including but not limited to: candidate skills and experience, complexity of the job, budgetary factors, and location/geography. Ventura Foods conducts regular reviews of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time. Diversity & Inclusion: Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive environment in which all employees are treated with respect is evident in our company culture and values. We believe that fostering an environment of inclusion and a focus on diversity across our organization is vital to attracting top talent, driving innovation, and meeting the high expectations of our customers in a rapidly evolving global marketplace. Ventura Foods is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.