Operations & Finance Manager

Sapsucker; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Lower Valley Beverage Company is seeking an Operations & Finance Manager to lead the 80/20 mix of operations and finance in a scaling Canadian CPG environment. You will own demand planning, inventory management, and supplier relationships while guiding financial reporting, costing, and profitability analyses.

Reporting to the CEO, you will implement data-driven processes, build forecasting models, and drive efficiency across Cin7 Core/DEAR and QuickBooks Online integrations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in operations, finance, or related fields.
• Experience with ERP and accounting systems (Cin7 Core/DEAR, QuickBooks Online).
• Strong analytical skills and ability to turn data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Oversee purchasing, vendor relations, and supply chain planning.
• Manage outsourced bookkeeping and monthly financial reporting.
• Lead product costing and profitability analysis across SKUs.

Skills

Financial modelling

P&L analysis

Cash-flow forecasting

Product costing

Education

Post-secondary education in business/ops/finance

Tools

Cin7 Core / DEAR Systems

QuickBooks Online

Job description

Job Description: Operations & Finance Manager Full-time, Permanent | Toronto, ON | Hybrid

About Sapsucker:

The Lower Valley Beverage Company is the Canadian CPG company behind Sapsucker; a premium sparkling water sweetened with maple sap. With humble beginnings in Flesherton, ON in 2014, Sapsucker is now an established national brand carried in 4,000 retail doors across Canada. These include a wide variety of retailers such as Whole Foods, Loblaws, Sobeys, Farm Boy, Longo’s, Starbucks, Pret A Manger, supported by national distribution through UNFI, Purity Life, Sysco and GFS.The product is simple and distinctly Canadian: tapped and produced in Canada, certified organic,non-GMO, and available in seven flavours. We are entering our next phase of growth and are building the leadership team to match.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for an individual to lead our Operations & Finance functions through a period of high growth. This role is perfect for a hands‑on operator who can take ownership across a scaling CPG business and build disciplined, data‑driven processes. This individual will drive optimization and shape key aspects of the CPG business, including demand planning & forecasting, product management, and fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making. Collaborating with and reporting directly to the CEO, you will have the opportunity to shape processes and support strategies for future growth and innovation. This role is 80% operations and 20% finance.

In this role, you will:

Operations:

• Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the purchasing needs of the organization
• Own vendor, co-packer, 3PL, and freight partner relationships
• Manage logistics carriers and conduct ongoing RFPs to improve cost efficiency on high volume lanes moving raw materials and finished goods
• Own production demand planning and forecasting
• Own finished goods and raw-material inventory decisions, maintaining healthy stock levels while minimizing stockouts, excess inventory, and write offs
• Project manage all innovation activities from product development to commercial execution
• Own Cin7 Core / DEAR Systems administration, data integrity, inventory accuracy, and operational workflows
• Manage external operations and logistics contractors and outsourced service providers
• Manage the 3PL relationship and oversee logistics, e-commerce shipments, and year-end inventory counts
• Own regulatory compliance, certifications, and renewals, including recycling, organic, non-GMO, and other applicable requirements

Finance:

• Manage outsourced bookkeeping and accounting contractors
• Manage the preparation of monthly financial statements and deliver timely reporting and analysis to the CEO
• Own product costing across all SKUs and assess channel profitability through monthly channel P&L analysis
• Support Sales and Marketing teams with forecasting, projections, analysis, and insights on both a cadenced and ad hoc basis
• Support grant applications and SR&ED filings
• Own AR/AP with outsourced bookkeeping and accounting contractors, including aging, collections, payment timing, and issue resolution
• Cash-flow forecasting and management
• Maintain and update the three-statement financial model for internal forecasting and fundraising purposes
• Oversee quarterly HST filings and WSIB filings
• Manage the relationship with the audit firm during the year-end NTR and corporate tax filing process

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in business, operations, finance, supply chain, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong financial fluency in product costing, cash-flow forecasting, P&L analysis, and financial modelling
• 3+ years of relevant experience, including hands‑on operations experience in CPG, food & beverage, or a closely related physical-goods business
• Experience working with ERP and accounting systems such as Cin7 Core / DEAR Systems and QuickBooks Online
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to turn large raw data sets into intuitive, decision-ready reporting
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Comfort working in ambiguity and uncharted territory
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Lower Valley Beverage Company is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to the promotion of an inclusive and diverse workplace environment. This commitment includes the provision of accommodations/accessibility practices for individuals with disabilities during the hiring process and employment. We invite you to inform us should you have any accommodation or accessibility needs.