Senior Finance Manager

Aston Carter; United States; Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% Bonus

3 Weeks Paid Vacation

401k

Medical

Dental

Vision

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Aston Carter is seeking a Senior Finance Manager in Sacramento, CA to partner with business leaders and transform financial data into actionable insights. This role focuses on improving decision-making, performance, planning, and execution while upholding financial discipline.

Responsibilities include leading forecasting, budgeting, and performance reviews, translating data to clear financial stories, and mentoring junior staff while ensuring governance, data integrity, and compliance across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 610+ years of progressive finance experience, including business partnering, FP&A, or operational finance.
• Ability to influence without authority and build trusted partnerships with Senior leaders.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate financial concepts for non-finance audiences.
• Combination of education, certifications, and commensurate experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex data.
• Key competencies include Business Acumen, Vision and Purpose, Drive for Results, Influence without Authority, and Sound Judgment.

Responsibilities

• Advise leaders on strategic, operational, and tactical decisions.
• Assess risks, opportunities, trade-offs, business cases, ROI, and scenarios.
• Promote governance, controls, and stronger finance acumen across the function.
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and business performance reviews.
• Translate data into actionable insights, explain variances, and recommend corrective actions.
• Connect operational metrics to financial outcomes across functions and deliver clear financial stories.
• Partner across functions, the COE, peer co-pilots, and Data & Insights to align financial goals with execution.
• Reduce low-value ad hoc analysis by improving decision support, automation, and standard processes.
• Quantify benefits, track savings, validate results, and bring finance input into discussions early.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, controls, governance standards, audit readiness, and data integrity.
• Lead and mentor junior finance team members to strengthen finance capability and improve tools and processes.
• Lead the finance role in IBP-like processes, evaluating forecasts against product availability and market dynamics.
• Identify risks and opportunities to the financial plan with actions for delivery within the process.
• Lead monthly Financial Performance Management for GID and IB, incorporating variance analysis and performance vs targets.
• Provide weekly financial updates using financial and business acumen, identifying levers to achieve targets.
• Lead budgeting with appropriate influence and challenge, evaluating demand by product type and pricing by market/customer.
• Provide financial support to International Branded team by evaluating pricing, promotions, and marketing activities.

Skills

Forecasting & costing

Commodities

Sales collaboration

Demand planning

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Financial modeling

Costing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Job description

Job Title: Senior Finance Manager

Job Description

The Senior Finance Manager serves as a Finance 'Co-Pilot,' partnering with business leaders to transform financial data into actionable insights. This role is crucial in improving decision-making, performance, planning, and execution while upholding financial discipline. It involves challenging assumptions, identifying risks and opportunities, and clarifying the financial impact of key decisions.

Responsibilities

• Advise leaders on strategic, operational, and tactical decisions.
• Assess risks, opportunities, trade-offs, business cases, ROI, and scenarios.
• Promote governance, controls, and stronger finance acumen across the function.
• Lead forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and business performance reviews.
• Translate data into actionable insights, explain variances, and recommend corrective actions.
• Use Center of Excellence (COE) dashboards, KPIs, models, and Data & Insights support to monitor performance and standardize analysis.
• Connect operational metrics to financial outcomes across functions and deliver clear financial stories that support timely decisions.
• Partner across functions, the COE, peer co-pilots, and Data & Insights to align financial goals with execution.
• Reduce low-value ad hoc analysis by improving decision support, automation, and standard processes.
• Quantify benefits, track savings, validate results, and bring finance input into discussions early.
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, controls, governance standards, audit readiness, and data integrity while balancing financial rigor with practical business needs.
• Lead and mentor junior finance team members to strengthen finance capability and improve finance tools, processes, and ways of working.
• Partner with GID Leadership on key decisions to support optimum solutions, including contract pricing support and sensitivities to changes in market values.
• Lead the finance role in Ingredients, Commodity & IB Demand Review (Integrated Business Planning - IBP), evaluating forecasts against product availability and market dynamics.
• Identify risks and opportunities to the financial plan with actions for delivery within the IBP process.
• Lead monthly Financial Performance Management for both GID and IB, incorporating variance root cause analysis, performance versus incentive targets, rolling P&L forecasts and sensitivity analysis, and recommendations to achieve or exceed net profit targets.
• Provide weekly financial updates using financial and business acumen, identifying levers or changes required to achieve or exceed targets.
• Lead the GID budgeting process with appropriate influence and challenge, evaluating demand by product type and pricing by market/customer.
• Provide financial support to the International Branded team by evaluating pricing, promotional, and marketing activities.

Essential Skills

• Finance forecasting and costing expertise.
• Commodities experience, particularly with fluctuating markets.
• Proven ability to work effectively with sales teams.
• Demand planning, financial reporting, and financial management expertise.
• Strong business process management and budgeting skills.
• Proficiency in financial modeling and costing.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 610+ years of progressive finance experience, including business partnering, FP&A, or operational finance.
• Ability to influence without authority and build trusted partnerships with Senior leaders.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate financial concepts for non-finance audiences.
• Combination of education, certifications, and commensurate experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex data.
• Key competencies include Business Acumen, Vision and Purpose, Drive for Results, Influence without Authority, and Sound Judgment.

Work Environment

The work environment is collaborative, fostering growth and a commitment to excellence. As a leader in the almond industry, the company offers health and wellness programs, and company education assistance. The role requires onsite work two days a week.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Sacramento, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $155000.00 - $165000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

20% Bonus3 Weeks Paid Vacation401k, Medical, Dental, vision

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Sacramento,CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 9, 2026.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [e-mail] for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.