Finance Manager at Shearers Foods

Dayton, Ohio, United States

Shearers Foods Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Food Manufacturing, Snack Foods, ManufacturingIndustries

Requirements

  • 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 action

Responsibilities

  • Lead financial activities at the Plant, driving process enhancements and productivity improvements, and ensuring compliance with corporate policies
  • Provide timely analysis and insights to support decision making across plant operations, spend management, forecasting, inventory control, and improvement initiatives
  • Accountable for plant financial reporting, spend management, annual budgeting, variance investigation, financial modeling, and productivity forecasting
  • Ensure the plant team operates with a high level of fiscal integrity in accounting practices, financial reporting, and decision making
  • Collaborate with plant leadership team to provide financial impact analysis and recommendations on cost savings, loss avoidance, and risk mitigation
  • Support all plant initiatives for capital and non-capital projects by validating cost assumptions, productivity savings, and providing recommendations
  • Contribute ideas and solutions to Plant Leadership Team to improve long-term and short-term strategic initiatives and day-to-day operational productivity
  • Team up with Commercial Finance to develop new product costing models; monitor and assess productivity impact of new product startups at plant
  • Foster collaboration amongst teams and influence up, down, and across organization levels to improve cross-functional financial acumen and financially informed decision making
  • Identify issues, diagnose problems, research best practices, and generate alternatives to drive continuous improvement of financial processes and productivity outcomes with urgency
  • Be an active presence on the production floor, interacting with associates while emphasizing safety and proactively seeking out areas of opportunity to drive productivity improvement
  • Share information in a clear and engaging way that helps teams to understand and apply, across all levels of the organization
  • Synthesize large quantities of data into actionable insights

Skills

Financial Analysis
Forecasting
Inventory Control
Spend Management
Cost Accounting
Budgeting
Compliance
Continuous Improvement
Variance Analysis

Shearers Foods

Manufactures diverse range of snack foods

About Shearers Foods

Shearer's Snacks offers a robust work environment leveraging advanced manufacturing facilities and sustainable production approaches to create a diverse array of snack foods. The company's emphasis on environmental sustainability not only meets industry standards but also fosters a culture of responsibility and innovation among its team members. This focus on eco-friendly practices and state-of-the-art technology makes it an appealing workplace for those passionate about sustainable practices and cutting-edge manufacturing processes.

Massillon, OhioHeadquarters
1974Year Founded
$53MTotal Funding
DEBTCompany Stage
Food & Agriculture, Consumer GoodsIndustries
11-50Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
401(k) Company Match
Short Term Disability
Long Term Disability
Group Critical Accident Insurance
Group Critical Illness Insurance
Employee Assistance Plan

Risks

Closure of Lubbock facility indicates potential volatility in customer relationships.
Class action lawsuit for unpaid overtime could lead to financial liabilities.
Acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice may disrupt current operations or morale.

Differentiation

Shearer's Foods offers a wide range of gluten-free and non-GMO snack options.
The company is a leading private label supplier in the North American snack industry.
Shearer's Foods invests in sustainable packaging to meet consumer expectations.

Upsides

Shearer's Foods received $12.5M in tax credits for a new facility in Moraine.
The company plans a $106M investment in facility renovation and equipment upgrades.
Growing demand for private label products aligns with Shearer's market position.

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