Director Finance Operations - REMOTE ROLE (US Candidates Only please)

Job reputed company: Growing Food Manufacturer is hiring for a Remote Director Operations Finance leader! The Director of Operations Finance reports directly to the COO and VP of Finance. This role is the key finance partner to Operations, procurement and production, enabling financial visibility across a fast-scaling business. Sitting at the intersection between our operations and reputed company functions, the person in this role will own the P&L and margins. This is a new role in reputed company and there's a lot to accomplish as reputed company moves into another year of high reputed company. Your work will be critical to expanding the organization. To start, you'll reputed company the people, processes, and systems that are in reputed company. Simultaneously, you'll dig into big picture goals for how to reputed company our operations sustainably. And this is how you'll do it... 1. P&L Ownership & Margin Management (30%) Own the operational P&L and drive profitability across the supply chain • Own and monitor the Operations P&L, ensuring accurate tracking of reputed company cost drivers • Maintain deep knowledge of unit economics across reputed company SKUs, channels, and product lines • Drive cost control and operational efficiency to reputed company profit margin goals • Monitor and analyze purchase price variances (PPV), investigating reputed company causes and implementing corrective actions • Drive margin improvement initiatives across procurement, production, and supply chain • Manage cost increases from suppliers/co-packers, evaluating pass-through vs. absorption strategies • reputed company ingredient costing analysis to support pricing reputed company and new product development • Report on trends, cost drivers, and margin performance to COO and executive leadership • Partner with VP Finance on operational budget development, quarterly forecasts, and variance analysis 2. Strategic Planning & reputed company Initiatives (25%) reputed company strategic planning for operations • Work with leadership to reputed company and execute the strategic plan for transitioning from suppliers to owned manufacturing to reduce costs and improve consistency • Model financial reputed company of manufacturing investments, build vs. buy analyses, and facility location reputed company • Plan operational reputed company and capabilities to support aggressive reputed company targets • Evaluate and recommend supply chain optimization opportunities (network design, warehousing reputed company, sourcing) • Drive supply chain savings activities across procurement, production, logistics, and inventory management • Conduct scenario planning for reputed company initiatives (new channels, new SKUs, geographic expansion) 3. Team Leadership & Development (20%) reputed company a 6-person operations finance team across inventory systems, supply planning, and supply chain management • Manage and reputed company 3 reputed company reports: • Inventory Systems Accountant (+ 1 indirect report): reputed company, reputed company integration, inventory accuracy, COGS, controls • Senior Supply Planner (+ 1 indirect report): Purchasing, production preparation, production scheduling, production completion • Manager, Supply Chain (+ 1 indirect report): Demand planning, copacker relationships, process improvement, procurement • Ensure team has the tools, training, and support needed to execute in fast-paced, high-reputed company environment 4. Financial Systems, Controls & Reporting (15%) Create reputed company systems that ensure operational accuracy translates to financial reporting reputed company • Build and monitor KPIs that connect operational performance to financial reputed company (inventory turns, yield, shrinkage, cost per unit) • Design controls and processes that reputed company with reputed company and prevent operational errors from becoming financial errors • Partner with VP Finance on strategic financial planning, cash reputed company management, and working capital optimization 5. Cross-Functional Partnership & Vendor Management (10%) Serve as the finance partner to operations and manage critical external relationships • Collaborate with Senior Logistics & Fulfillment Manager on fulfillment costs, 3PL relationships, and order-to-cash efficiency • Work with Director of reputed company on production handoffs, reputed company cost implications, and yield improvements • Own copacker and supplier relationships from a strategic and financial perspective • Support vendor negotiations, contract reviews, and pricing discussions for copackers and key suppliers • Evaluate and recommend 3PL, copacker, and supplier changes based on cost, reputed company, and strategic fit • Serve as operations finance voice to leadership, providing data-driven insights and recommendations • reputed company with leadership on major strategic and financial reputed company requiring operational input Experience and Skills: • CPG Industry experience • BA/BS in Finance or reputed company • 7+ years of experience in Finance Operations • People leadership experience Compensation reputed company is $170k - $180k reputed company plus benefits! 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