Sr. Finance Manager

Job Summary

The Senior Finance Manager will serve as a senior leadership role reporting to the location President. This position oversees all financial activities, including closing the books, and leads the FP&A function, shaping financial strategy, building detailed forecasts, and delivering analytical insights to support decision-making at the senior executive level.

Location: Temple, TX 76501

Position Details

• Experience in the foodservice industry is preferred
• Organizational skills are essential
• Project management, development, and implementation expertise
• Ability to build and develop the team and future leaders within the department
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Capability to gain buy-in from leadership across the organization by fostering trust
• Ability to translate actions into financial impacts
• Strong work ethic and a collaborative team player attitude
• Ability to travel
• Minimum of 10 years of leadership experience

Job Responsibilities

• Serve as a business partner to OpCo Leadership, Regional VPOs, Regional HR, Regional President, and other senior leaders
• Lead the monthly close process to ensure accurate financial statements and adherence to GAAP
• Conduct root cause analysis and partner with leadership and other functions to drive proactive solutions through process and technology improvements
• Collaborate on Shrink and Service Excellence within the location
• Partner with OpCo leadership to develop Annual Budgets and timely forecasts for OpCo, including AOP presentations
• Conduct monthly business reviews with Executives; analyze OpCo results and identify opportunities
• Work with local teams to create and implement action plans where budgets show gaps or opportunities exist
• Foster a collaborative and supportive environment among leaders and the finance team to achieve goals
• Lead and develop finance teams using key leadership techniques; gather feedback from OpCo and Regional leadership to accelerate development opportunities
• Complete ad-hoc analysis for the region and Senior Leadership
• Build, challenge, and present customer profitability analyses as requested
• Support Senior leadership as requested

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
• 10+ years in a finance leadership role