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 65 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 Senior Financial Analyst-Operations, to join our Finance team. The Senior Financial Analyst should be detail-oriented and have a highly analytical mind that will allow for strategic procedures and practices to be executed on in partnership with key stakeholders in various business units, primarily the Operations team. This individual is a key stakeholder who proactively partners with the Operations team and is critical to the overall success in both processes and performance. You will act as the key analytical support to the Operations and Logistics teams, and along with the corporate finance/accounting teams will drive the monthly, quarterly and annual management reporting and budgeting processes, along with ad hoc projects to drive results.
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:
Analyze financial data and extract and define relevant information; interpret data for determining past financial performance and/or to project future costs and benefits. Support the strategic business planning process, providing essential analysis on KPIs Use deep understanding of objectives, issues, and root causes and provides insightful, fact-based data analysis to help solve complex problems. Proactively support the roll out of a detailed Business Intelligence reporting plan for the operations and logistics teams, 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. Responsible for working closely with Operations partners to achieve accurate and timely analysis on Company initiatives (e.g. War on Waste tracking and reporting) Lead periodic forecast, budget planning, and close processes, and facilitate periodic reviews. Determine costs of business activities and recommended budget adjustments or other cost improvement measures. Perform scenario, simulation, and sensitivity analysis where required. Design, improve, and maintain complex models for granular analyses (SKU-level, Freight lane-level, etc.). Independently perform variance analysis summarizing key drivers, insights, and risks/ops into succinct high-level commentary. Assist in building business cases to support and guide business decisions. Maintain processes to ensure data quality and accuracy. Assess data, process, and reporting needs, define requirements, support testing efforts and execute assigned implementation and support of corporate business systems.
Education/Background Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field required. Three to five years of related analytical experience required.
Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
Experienced in designing dynamic financial models in performing scenario analysis. Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Communications, customer service, change management, and process improvement skills and experience. Proficient in analysis of financial and operating information to facilitate decision making and recommending actions to improve performance. Advanced MS Excel capability, including experience in cleansing and manipulating large data sets for reporting and analysis. Experience in VBA and SQL preferred. Experience operating in a fast-paced environment. Ability to work independently. Ability to synthesize disparate information and deliver meaningful insights. Must be flexible and willing to adapt to changing requirements and priorities. Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
Working Conditions:
Typical office environment. May periodically travel to visit company facilities in USA and Canada.
Please note: Mastronardi Produce has accommodation processes and policies in place and provides accommodation for employees with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or documented medical need, please contact the Human Resource office so that arrangements can be made for the appropriate accommodation to be put into place before you begin your employment.