Finance Manager-Farm Analytics

Finance Manager–Farm Analytics

Mastronardi Produce pioneered the commercial greenhouse industry in North America, and we're now the leading greenhouse vegetable company on the continent. Our award-winning, flavorful produce is packed under the SUNSET® brand and is available at leading grocery retailers across North America. Family owned for over 70 years, we pride ourselves on having the most flavorful products and the best people in the industry. We are constantly pushing boundaries to be a leader in fresh produce innovation. We seek individuals that demonstrate our PRIDE values (Passion, Respect, Innovation, Drive, Excellence) to help us fulfill our mission to inspire healthy living through WOW flavor experiences.

Our corporate office in Livonia, Michigan is currently seeking a Finance Manager –Farm Analytics. The Finance Manager is responsible for leading and maintaining the required Farm Analytics for all Mastronardi owned farms. The Finance Manager is a key stakeholder to the success of people, plants, and performance of all company owned greenhouses. Act as the key analytical support to greenhouse leadership, and along with corporate accounting leadership will drive the annual forecasting and budgeting process.

Values: To perform the job successfully, the incumbent's behavior must be consistent with the PRIDE values expected of all Mastronardi Produce employees: be Passionate; have Respect; be Innovative; be Driven and strive for Excellence.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage the Finance Farm & Grower Analytics team and lead the delegation of tasks
• Business case analyses as required, including but not limited to, new Greenhouse investment and other CAPEX within current Greenhouse facilities.
• Lead the creation of analytic summaries for all MPL owned farms for each period.
• Create and maintain a financial forecast for the farms that is updated monthly and/or when significant business trends occur
• Lead the roll out of a detailed Business Intelligence reporting plan for the farms, including but not limited to the automation of reporting, creation of various dashboards, combining of various data sources, working with IT development team to validate data
• Manage the drive to get costing per SKU and per m2 at the MPL farm level.
• Supports management to develop strategies and initiatives to drive growth and cost control.
• Strategic initiatives such as labor force planning, planting strategies, product development and process improvement efforts.
• Uses deep understanding of objectives, issues, and root causes and provides insightful, fact-based data analysis to help solve complex problems.
• Creates frameworks and financial models that address business problems and result in strategic insights.
• Supports management to create an annual budget & operating plan that is aligned to the strategic plan.
• Runs operating plan financial models and incorporates guidance received on validated assumptions; assists in preparation of related presentation and/or deliverables.
• Continuously improves accuracy by aligning to key drivers and identifying variance root causes.
• Assists with creation of analytical tools and models to drive expense management and efficient processes.
• Understands strategic plans and ensures metrics in place to track progress against key strategic goals and value creation.
• Prepares variance analysis on actual results versus plan/forecast and prior year.
• Assists in presentation preparation on results, forecasts, and plans to senior management (including board presentations).
• Deliberately builds capability for short and long term.
• Shares skills and knowledge with colleagues-helps to develop others.
• Works collaboratively with all members of the team.
• Partners with Key Stakeholders and Business Partners to align on business priorities and drive effective solutions/execution.
• Constructively communicates compelling arguments based on facts and data and obtains necessary buy-in to deliver on business objectives.
• Builds working relationships with business management and other partners in support of key priorities and objectives through analytics.

Education/Background Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required, MBA or similar advanced degree with two years of post-MBA and supervisory experience preferred.
• Five years of work experience in either corporate finance/planning, decision support, and strategy analysis of operations to help shape the business required.

Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Previous leadership experience preferred.
• Subject matter expert with financial modeling at all levels of detail, from high-level strategic models to very detailed operational models.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Must have exceptional writing and verbal presentation skills to serve a broad and diverse audience.
• Intense attention to detail and the ability to fully articulate the numbers and the story behind the numbers.
• Ability to think analytically from varying perspectives and overcome obstacles creatively.
• Ability to build working relationships with Business Partners and to tailor communication to the audience.
• Ability to negotiate and avoid conflict.
• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications with advanced knowledge of Excel.

Working Conditions:

• Typical office environment.
• Will need to go to the Kingsville, Ontario, Canada office on a periodic basis for meetings (passport or enhanced drivers' license required).
• May periodically travel to visit company greenhouses in USA and Canada.

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