Associate Finance Manager

E. & J. Gallo Winery; Modesto (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401k plans

Profit sharing

Access to an employee wine shop

Job summary

E. & J. Gallo Winery is seeking an Associate Finance Manager in Modesto, California. This role involves influencing strategic financial initiatives and delivering actionable recommendations to guide the company’s business strategies. With a focus on data analysis and trend forecasting, you'll collaborate across functions to support corporate objectives and develop performance measures.

A successful candidate will have an MBA or Bachelor's Degree with extensive finance experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in tools like MS Excel and SAP. Benefits include competitive compensation, medical coverage, and more.

Qualifications

• MBA plus 3 years of relevant experience or Bachelor's degree plus 5 years.
• Ability to influence at executive levels.
• Experience with MS Excel at an intermediate level.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic financial initiatives and influence long-term business strategies.
• Prepare forecasts, analyze trends, and conduct in-depth research.
• Guide strategic financial planning and lead impactful initiatives.

Skills

Financial analysis

Data analysis

MS Excel

Influencing executive levels

Education

MBA or Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MS Access

SAP

Outlook Soft

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Job description

A Taste Of What You'll Do

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact and shape the future of our business? We are seeking an enthusiastic and analytical Associate Finance Manager to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be a trusted advisor to leadership, driving strategic financial initiatives and uncovering insights that help us grow responsibly and sustainably. You’ll bring your expertise in identifying risks and opportunities to influence long‑term business strategies while delivering actionable recommendations that align with our goals.

As an Associate Finance Manager, you will leverage data and analysis to inform critical decision‑making processes. You’ll prepare forecasts, analyze trends, and conduct in‑depth research across areas like performance, investments, and working capital. Your work will not only support key corporate objectives but also foster collaboration through cross‑functional projects. In this role, you’ll develop performance measures, guide strategic financial planning, and lead initiatives that impact the company’s success.

We value diversity and celebrate unique perspectives, encouraging bold thinking and innovation as part of our intrapreneurial spirit. We’re committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered to contribute their best ideas. Whether you’re mentoring peers, coaching your team, or driving results, your ownership and accountability will set the tone for others to follow.

What You'll Need

• MBA degree plus 3 years of finance, accounting, audit, economics, statistics, mathematics, military, operations, supply chain, sales, consulting, or wine industry experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of finance, accounting, audit, economics, statistics or mathematics experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years of Gallo experience to include business analytics and financial modeling work reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Ability to influence at executive levels and drive organizational change.
• Experience with MS Excel at an intermediate level.
• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
• Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.

How You'll Stand Out

• MBA degree plus 5 years of Finance, Accounting, Military, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Consulting, or wine industry experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance plus 8 years Accounting or Finance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
• Consumer Products Goods (CPG) or strategy consulting experience.
• Experience with MS Access at an intermediate level.
• Experience with SAP.
• Experience with Outlook Soft.
• Experience with MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
• Experience reading, analyzing and interpreting common scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents. Experience responding to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community. Experience effectively presenting information to top management, public groups and boards of directors.
• Experience applying mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions. Experience interpreting an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and dealing with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Experience completing assignments that broad in nature, usually requiring originality and ingenuity. Has appreciable latitude for unreviewed action or decision.
• Broad knowledge of principles, practices and procedures of this particular field of specialization.

Benefits

We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports your well‑being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401k plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more! Additional information will be provided before your first interview.

The Fine Print

• The Company does not sponsor for employment‑based visas for this position now or in the future.
• Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. In addition to the salary, this position may be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participate in tasting room tip pools, as applicable.
• This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting with an option for occasional telecommuting. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance.
• It is the Company’s policy for job postings to be open to internal candidates for a minimum of 5 days and to external candidates, if applicable, for a minimum of 3 days.

Gallo’s policy is to afford equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and not to discriminate on the basis of race, traits associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles (such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law (including cancer and predisposing genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, familial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation (actual or perceived), transgender status, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decision making, age, military or veteran status, domestic violence or sexual assault victim status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Nor will Gallo discriminate based on a perception that an individual has any of the foregoing characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.

Gallo will comply with state and local laws prohibiting discrimination for lawful out‑of‑work behavior, such as off‑duty use of cannabis away from the workplace (subject to federal and state law exceptions), the existence of non‑psychoactive cannabis metabolites in hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids as determined by a drug screening test (subject to federal and state law exceptions).

We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gallo is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at 209.341.7000.

Gallo is enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security’s E‑Verify program and will use the program to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees as required.