Vice President Finance

Hardesty, LLC; California; In loco; USD 200.000 - 320.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Hardesty, LLC is seeking a strategic VP of Finance to own long-range planning, financial modeling, and executive reporting. You will partner with the CFO and leadership to steer capital allocation and growth decisions across multiple channels and markets.

In this builder role within a family-owned CPG environment, you will lead a BP&A team, modernize planning processes from Excel toward an Enterprise Planning platform, and align day-to-day actions with company goals.

Competenze

• 10+ years of progressive finance leadership, with deep FP&A or strategic finance experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, or a related field.
• MBA, CPA, or similar credential a plus.
• Proven track record owning enterprise planning, forecasting, financial modeling, budgeting, and executive-level reporting.
• Strong commercial finance instincts: pricing, margins, customer and channel profitability, working capital, and investment decisions.
• Solid grounding in accounting, budgeting, cost control, and GAAP.
• Executive presence and communication skills enabling clear alignment with executives.
• Experience building high-performing teams and scalable planning processes in a growing organization.

Mansioni

• Lead the long-range planning process, translating strategy into multi-year financial plans and resource priorities.
• Own the enterprise financial model as a living decision tool for growth, profitability, capital allocation, and scenario planning.
• Partner with the CFO and Executive Team on strategic tradeoffs, capital investments, and evaluation of new opportunities.
• Partner with Marketing on the Strategic Long-Range Plan, Innovations Stage Gate models, and annual Marketing plan.
• Own the company-wide planning rhythm: the Annual Operating Plan, forecasting, and monthly performance management across P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet.
• Oversee monthly Revenue and Trade Promotion forecasting, integrated with S&OP, along with labor, overheads, and enterprise P&L forecasts.
• Advance driver-based planning, rolling forecasts, and an enterprise KPI scorecard linking results to drivers.
• Prepare board, executive, and ownership reporting with clear financial narratives; support financing and capital initiatives.

Conoscenze

FP&A

Strategic finance

Executive reporting

Leadership

GAAP & controls

Advanced Excel

Formazione

Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting/Economics

MBA or CPA preferred

Strumenti

ERP systems

Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

Our client is on an exciting path to deliver long-term growth through multiple growth engines, including product innovation, customer and US regional expansion, new channels, and new markets. To power that journey, they are searching for a strategic VP of Finance, who turns insight into action and helps their teams, and their business, make bigger, smarter bets.

Reporting to the CFO and serving as her right hand, this leader will own the strategic financial agenda for the company: long-range planning, the enterprise financial model, the forecasting and planning operatingrhythm, executive and board reporting, and the analysis behind our most important investment, growth, and profitability decisions. This role is a critical complement to their accounting function, which owns the financial record, controls, and close; together, the two form a complete Finance leadership team, pairing a trusted view of where we have been with a clear view of where we are going.

Growth at this pace creates big questions, and this leader will sit at the center of answering them. Where should they invest next? How do they deliver sustainable profitable growth? Which launches, channels, and markets will create the most value?When the Executive Team debates the company's biggest decisions, your analysis will drive the conversation.

This is a builder's seat at a growing, family-owned CPG company, where your impact will be visible from the boardroom to the storeshelf. You will shape how the company plans, measures, and decides, and you will build the team, systems, and disciplines that turn strategy into results.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Long-Range Planning

• Lead the long-range planning process, translating company strategy into multi-year financial plans and resource priorities.
• Own the enterprise financial model as a living decision tool for growth, profitability, capital allocation, and scenario planning.
• Partner with the CFO and Executive Team on strategic tradeoffs, capital investments, and evaluation of new opportunities.
• Partner with Marketing on the Strategic Long-Range Plan, Innovations Stage Gate models, and the annual Marketing plan.

Planning & Forecasting

• Own the company-wide planning rhythm: the Annual Operating Plan, forecasting, and monthly performance management across the full P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet.
• Ensure detailed accuracy of plans and forecasts, with ownership of validation of the details that support consolidated views.
• Oversee monthly Revenueand Trade Promotionforecasting, integrated with our S&OP process, along with labor, overheads, and enterprise P&L forecasts.
• Partner closely with Accounting to ensure a shared, accurateunderstanding of monthly performance vs Plan.
• Advance driver-based planning,rolling forecasts, and an enterprise KPI scorecard that connects financial results to what drives them.
• Identify risks and opportunities early,and take the initiative to resolve issues,mitigate risks, and capture upside.

Insight & Decision Support

• Serve as the company's scorekeeper: track performance againstplan, explain the drivers, and lead commentary at Monthly Business Reviews.
• Lead profitability analysisby category, channel,customer, and SKU to guide investments and commercial strategy.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing on trade spendoptimization, pricing, Revenue Growth Management, marketing ROI, and new product launches.
• Work with Operations and Supply Chain on cost visibility, margin bridges, and productivity programs.

Executive & Board Partnership

• Prepare board, executive, and ownership reporting with clear, actionable financial narratives, and serve as a senior finance voice in high-stakes discussions.
• Represent Finance as the CFO's trusted proxy in selectforums, and support financing and capital initiatives as needed.

Team, Systems & Culture

• Coach and developa high-performing BP&Ateam of 4, fostering accountability, curiosity, and analytical rigor.
• Modernize our planningtools and processes, from almost purely Excel to evaluation of an EPM platform and smart use of automation and AI.
• Champion financial discipline and company’s core values, connecting day-to-day decisions to company goals.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive financeleadership, with deep FP&A or strategic finance experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a

related field (or equivalent experience).

• MBA, CPA, or similar credential a plus.
• A proven track record owning enterprise planning, forecasting, financial modeling, budgeting, and executive-level reporting.
• Strong commercial finance instincts: pricing, margins,customer and channel profitability, working capital, and investment decisions.
• A solid grounding in accounting, budgeting, cost control, and GAAP.
• Executive presence and communication skills that make complextopics simple and win alignment across the table.
• Experience building high-performing teams, scalable processes, and financial discipline in a growing organization.
• Strong judgment and emotional intelligence: able to weigh tradeoffs, build trust, and recommend a clear path in ambiguous situations.
• A strategic mind and a hands-on style:as comfortable debatingstrategy with executives as you are inside the model.
• Advanced Excel skillsand experience with ERP systems.

Preferred Skills

• CPG or food & beverage experience, ideally in a high-growth environment.
• Experience preparing materials for boards,lenders, or ownership.