Commercial Finance Manager

Commercial Finance Manager
Our Finance team prides itself on providing cross-functional partnership and collaboration
across the organization. From leveraging insights and analysis to make data driven decisions to
maximize our rapid growth we have an unwavering commitment having a meaningful impact.
We're looking for a Commercial Finance Manager to drive financial analysis and business
partnership across our commercial organization. They will be instrumental in closely partnering
with the commercial team in driving commercial decision making to maximize revenue, market
share and profitability as we scale our omnichannel presence. This role reports to our Head of
Finance.
This is a full time, in-person/hybrid role (Tues, Weds, Thursday in office) based in Tribeca, NYC.
In this role you'll:
Serve as the primary finance business partner to our sales, marketing, and innovation
teams, providing both operational and strategic analysis and insights to drive business
decisions
Preparation of monthly and quarterly business reviews with Sr Leadership as it relates to
consolidated, channel/customer segment performance analysis & management
Build and maintain financial models to evaluate promotional effectiveness, marketing
ROI, and overall commercial performance optimization
Partner with the sales team to evaluate customer and channel profitability, optimize
product mix, and refine pricing strategies. Own customer- and category-level P&Ls,
providing insights to maximize revenue and margin.
Leverage trade promotion planning and management systems in analyzing and
maximizing customer or channel profitability
Lead the monthly business review process for the commercial team, ensuring alignment
between financial projections and operational execution. To include aggregation and
management of commercial portion of monthly rolling forecast and LV process
Participate as key member of Stagegate with robust financial models for innovation and
renovation agendas, and assisting in driving project P&Ls to meet or beat financial
guardrails
Proactively identify and quantity risks & opportunities for the commercial team, to
eliminate surprises and raise investment opportunities
Partner with commercial leadership to analyze business opportunities and scenarios on
ongoing basis
Drive profit & cost optimization initiatives through data-driven analysis and
recommendations
Create and maintain dashboards to provide visibility into key business metrics
Support annual budgeting process and monthly reforecast process
Lead special projects and ad-hoc analysis as-needed
Requirements:
5+ years of CPG finance experience, with at least 3+ years focused on commercial
finance
Strong understanding of CPG trade; pricing and promotion planning, customer
negotiations, etc.
Strong stakeholder management qualities with cross-functional experience
Strong excel based financial modeling and analysis skills with capability to build agile
models
Experience with financial reporting and BI tools (e.g., Microsoft Business Central,
Looker), industry data tools (e.g., SPINS, IRI, Nielsen) and trade promotion management
systems (e.g., Modus, Confido) - knowledge of these specific tools are a bonus!
Experience partnering with sales and marketing leadership teams
Proven track record of driving actionable business insights & recommendations through
data analysis and effective communication skills
Highly organized with the ability to balance multiple projects at onc