Commercial Finance Manager - Wholesale

Job Description

Commercial Finance Manager - Wholesale

Who We Are

At Arterra Wines Canada, we aim to inspire the simple joys of life, and we come to work every day with a shared passion to build wine brands people love. As a pioneer in the Canadian wine industry with 150 years of experience, our success is driven by our people. We work together with integrity and pride, striving to reach our fullest potential every day, and we’re looking for people who do the same. 

We are undergoing a pivotal transformation, actively in search of dynamic individuals poised to make a substantial impact within our ever-evolving organization. Are you someone who embraces change and excels in diverse roles that span across various functions? If so, we look forward to hearing from you! 

Role Summary

• Finance business partner to Sales leadership team. Provides holistic financial leadership in delivering sustainable RNS and profit growth by demonstrating strong business partnership with key wholesale customer teams.
• Responsible for providing reporting, analytics, and insights to the business to influence decision making during day-to-day operations, month end, forecasting and planning. 
• Ensure accuracy and clarity of key business drivers and drive accountability. Participate in and lead discussions on process, projects, and business improvement in a dynamic industry that is undergoing a lot of change.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Monthly Reporting and Analysis: Overall responsibility to provide meaningful analysis and forecasting to Business Leadership. Lead the monthly financial close for area of responsibility, ensuring accurate and timely recognition of results according to US GAAP and internal policies. Provide insights and commentary monthly keeping apprised of business drivers and challenges. Partner with business leaders to challenge their understanding of the variances and to ensure appropriate actions are taken to attain annual plans. Assess impact of month results on future forecast and required actions by teams. 
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Lead budgeting and forecasting of financials for area of responsibility by ensuring consistency with strategic guidelines and constraints. Monitor, forecast and challenge spending to ensure budget compliance with business unit owners. Develop and maintain monthly Risk and Opportunities analysis and reporting by leveraging our Integrated Business Planning processes.
• Business Partnership: Proactively support sales leaders and assumes a co-pilot position in carrying out key deliverables. Provides guidance on effective sales P&L management by demonstrating ROI mindset and providing them with monthly reports and insights. Participate on cross-functional project teams as the finance lead to provide functional leadership in benchmarking, identifying opportunity areas, and tracking improvement and challenging the teams thinking. Required to understand the business and systems to be able to provide ad hoc analysis, commentary, and reporting as requested by senior leaders. Provide insights and work with key stakeholders to develop action plans where necessary.
• Managing People: Motivate, lead and develop direct reports (2 Senior Finance Analysts) on operational responsibilities and provide mentoring and guidance including skill and career development, setting of expectations and communication of performance results.
  
  

What You Bring

• Education: University Degree (preference for CPA, MBA, Degree in Finance/ Commerce/ Accounting)
• Experience:
• 6-8 years of experience in progressive finance roles (CPG industry experience is preferred)
• Advanced expertise using Microsoft Office tools
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with financial forecasting tools and financial modelling.
• Proven track record of success in financial planning, analysis, and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly adapt; maintain focus and a high degree of accuracy while working with complex data in an environment of ever-changing deadlines, priorities, and requirements.
• Be positive, energetic, and comfortable in an open, dynamic, and collaborative company culture.
  
  

WHAT WE OFFER: 

• Hybrid work model, allowing employees to balance remote and in-office work. 
• Competitive Salary and Bonus.
• Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility.  
• A chance to explore and learn more about the Wine industry.
  
  

COMPENSATION: Budgeted Range – $100,351.00 - $129,867.00 The budgeted range takes into account several factors and qualifications that are considered in making compensation decisions including experience, education, training, licenses, certifications, and other business and organizational requirements. Base pay is only one component of the total rewards offering at Arterra.

The budgeted range will align with qualifications, including experience, education, training, licenses, certifications, and other business and organizational requirements.

We are committed to establishing a qualified workforce that reflects the diverse population it serves and we encourage applications from all qualified individuals. We are also committed to preventing and removing barriers to employment for people with disabilities, and we invite you to inform us should you have any accessibility or accommodation needs.