Finance Manager

Finance Manager (**Hybrid in MN or WI**)

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Be a part of helping people live healthy lives as our new Finance Manager - Sales.

SUMMARY
The Finance Manager will serve as a strategic business partner to the assigned sales organization, delivering actionable insights and fact-based recommendations aligned with P&L objectives. This role requires the ability to evaluate business conditions, translate financial drivers, and clearly communicate risks and opportunities in a timely manner. Responsibilities span multiple financial disciplines, including FP&A, trade optimization, cost center management, and initiatives to improve customer profitability. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong agility and the ability to build effective cross-functional relationships.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following (other duties may be assigned):
Sales Finance Business Partner Responsibilities

• Commercial Finance Leadership: Serve as the lead finance partner to assigned sales teams, supporting revenue growth through forecast reviews, financial accuracy checks, and financial guidance on customer negotiations and contract structures.
• Trade Investment Management: Oversee trade promotion spending, evaluate return on investment, highlight deviations from planned rates, and support data-driven commercial decisions.
• Performance & Variance Analysis: Analyze and explain variances in net sales, customer profitability, trade activity, commissions, incentives, and controllable spending versus budget, forecast, and prior periods.
• Sales-Driven Planning & Forecasting: Maintain a detailed understanding of sales-controlled P&L drivers to inform current-year outlooks and forward-year financial scenarios based on internal strategies and external market dynamics.
• Sales Engagement & Alignment: Participate in recurring and ad hoc sales leadership meetings, proactively communicate financial risks and opportunities, and ensure timely delivery of insights and commitments.
• Strategic & Cross-Functional Initiatives: Lead or contribute to high-impact initiatives spanning finance, sales, and other functions, ensuring financial rigor and actionable outcomes.

• Month-End Close & Cost Control: Manage month-end activities for assigned cost centers, ensuring accurate expense recognition and supporting budget adherence with cost center owners.
• Cost Center Planning: Expert in budgeting and forecasting process for shipments, net sales, and expenses within assigned responsibility areas.
• Reporting Enablement & Automation: Develop and support automated reporting solutions (Power BI, Analysis for Excel, etc.) and provide onboarding and training for sales team users.
• Audit & Compliance Support: Assist with internal and external audits related to commercial and operating expenses while ensuring adherence to accounting policies and regulatory standards.
• Team Development: Mentor and coach team members to strengthen analytical, technical, and business partnering capabilities.
• Policy & Control Oversight: Uphold financial controls and ensure consistent application of accounting standards across supported areas.

• Ability to synthesize large quantities of complex data into actionable information
• Ability to work and effectively communicate with senior-level business partners
• Excellent business judgment, analytical, and decision-making skills
• Expertise with financial reporting and data mining / reporting tools such as SAP, Power BI, Analysis for Excel, etc.
• Strong demonstrated use of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a diverse team
• Competitive, goal driven attitude
• Business analysis skills, with the ability to see implications and provide recommendations

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Statistics, Math or Finance and 8+ years of relevant work experience required.

• Analytical: must be able to interpret financial data and communicate conclusions and recommendations to various levels of Management.  Familiarity with a variety of financials concepts, practices, and procedures of financial analytics.
• Flexibility: ability to work in a complex and changing organization and adapt to changes in structure and work priorities
• Efficiency: ability to work quickly, respond in a timely manner, and to identify and act on issues of materiality.  Ability to identify and implement process improvements, including automating manual reports using BI.
• Independence:  ability to make independent decisions and to work with minimal supervision
• Willingness to learn: seeks advice and comments from co-workers, Manager, other staff members to continually improve.
• Self-starter: ability to problem solve, provide creative solutions, and prioritize work.
• Communication: ability to effectively communicate and establish working relationships with many functional areas and personnel.
• Attitude: Positive attitude, professionalism, and integrity.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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