Plant Finance Manager

Company: TreeHouse Foods
Location: Tonawanda
Posted on: September 19, 2023

Job Description:

Employee Type:Full timeLocation:NY TonawandaJob Type:Finance Plant AccountingJob Posting Title:Plant Finance Manager About Us:
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of production facilities across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future . What You Gain:
Competitive compensation and benefits program
Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs
Paid holidays, vacation, and other competitive paid time off opportunities
An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of people
Leaders who are invested in supporting your career growth
Opportunities to be recognized for outstanding contributions to your
team through our employee recognition programs Job Description:About the Role:The Plant Finance Manager provides the Plant Manager with the analysis, insights, and financial control support required at each plant. The Plant Finance Manager is a manager level finance position with responsibility for plant finance and analysis needs. This role will be part of the plant leadership team and will have responsibility for ensuring financial reporting needs are met, supporting continuous improvement projects, ensuring accounting transaction and maintaining forecast accuracy, along with performing local SOX controls. The position will report to the Area Finance Manager.As part of the Supply Chain finance organization, this position is responsible for supporting the financial goals of the plants, division and total THS, assisting with strategic and improvement initiatives, internal and external financial reporting, SG&A reporting, and ERP implementations. This includes, but is not limited to, managing accounting policies and regulations at the plant; coordinating the analysis of financial results and providing insights that identify business opportunities, potential investments and avoiding risks; maintaining consistent and effective baseline reporting and collaborating with Plant Finance Manager colleagues to share findings and develop recommendations for their Plant Manager business partners. The incumbent is also responsible for managing the day to day activities of the plant accounting and finance details and overall responsibility of Corporate SOX Compliance.---
Partner with the plant manager to ensure we have accurate financial plans (and forecasts) which capture the bold initiatives designed to transform our cost structure---
Be a key member of the plant leadership team---
Perform the month end, quarterly, and annual close process to facilitate the creation of timely and accurate financial statements.
Maintain forecast accuracy rate of at least 95%.---
Operate as the Finance champion for the Company's initiatives, which include:
Master Planning, Loss Analysis, TMOS Roll outs, etc. Provide the financial insights on key decisions, as well as, track progress against timelines and savings commitments.
Provide education and alignment on financial perspective.---
Coordinate with Plant Department Leads to align on budget expectations and provide guidance to plant business partners on how to prioritize spend requirements as volume changes such that the plant delivers on its financial commitments---
Actively identify opportunities to drive improvement through increased efficiency and cost reductions.---
Partner with the Plant Manager to prioritize opportunities based on their impact to the plant and alignment with key initiatives.---
Educate and guide plant business partners opportunities that are cost avoidance vs projects that provide sustainable cost savings year over year.---
Visible and active participant in GEMBA walks, 5s activities, etc.---
Partner with Engineering to provide develop & prioritize project opportunities that will deliver long term strategic initiatives.---
Support financial process and policy improvements aligned to overall TreeHouse initiatives.---
Responsible for successful SOX audit results and financial reporting accuracy for the plant.---
Ensure compliance with Quarterly Fixed Asset review requirements---
Ability to support reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.About You:You'll fit right in if you have:---
Ability to contribute to complex financial analyses and recommendations for business leaders---
Ability to support strategic initiatives---
Applies financial analyses to strategic goals to create business opportunities and avoid risks---
Helps solve problems while implementing projects, communicating changes and monitoring progress---
Good organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment meeting deadlines with accurate and detailed results---
Ability to learn the business and understand key drivers by analyzing financial data and trends---
Analyst or Subject Matter Expert experience on an operational or finance improvement project---
Manage staff and support teams to complete project and finance operations activities efficiently and accurately---
Excellent communication skills, written and oral, for effective interaction with finance and operations teams---
Highly motivated, energetic, hands-on---
Lead and mentor Finance Professionals---
Must exhibit THS core valuesBachelor's Degree Required -1 Master's Degree Required -- Type: Preferred but not required1 Certification/Licensure Required for Job: CPA Preferred
Six to Eight years of finance and managerial experience.10% travelYour TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!Click on the "Apply" button or go directly to www.treehousefoods.com/careers to let us know you're ready to join our team! Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away!
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