Senior Financial Operations Manager

Opportunity Overview
Dessert Holdings is the leading premium dessert company in the world. We craft artisanal, scratch-made desserts at scale, combining culinary innovation with the finest real ingredients. With a rich heritage spanning seven distinctive brands, we bring unmatched expertise and tailored solutions to our Retail and Foodservice partners.

We are looking for a Senior Financial Operations Manager to be based in our London, Ontario facility and support two manufacturing locations in Canada.  In this high visibility role, you will operate in a "CFO-like" capacity, partnering with Operations leadership to drive strategic initiatives, prioritize business objectives, and achieve financial goals. This is an amazing opportunity to join a high-growth organization.

Your Day-to-Day

• Use data and analysis to evaluate performance and leverage the insights gained to improve future operating performance - drive accountability and ensure that decisions are based on data-driven insights.
• Work closely with the operations leadership team to translate operational decisions & actions into financial performance.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities related to material, labor, overhead, and other types of manufacturing costs.
• Lead the development of annual operating plans for each facility in collaboration with Operations leadership.
• Conduct various financial modeling and analysis projects that are purpose driven – leading to new insights and actions including product costing, cost savings, special projects, and capital planning.
• Serve as a key representative in the company's new product & innovation process by collaborating across Operations, R&D, Marketing, and Sales to develop new product cost estimates.
• Deliver monthly financial presentations to the company's executive leadership team with confidence, effectively communicating results and providing critical insights that drive awareness & decision-making.
• Prepare and analyze weekly KPI metrics, determining & analyzing variances to cost, budgets, and forecasts.
• Manage daily cost accounting requirements and ensure that all deadlines are met
• Evaluate business controls and processes, working with management to implement or improve controls as needed.

What You Bring to the Team

• BS degree in Finance or Accounting
• Requires at least 10 years of experience in FP&A or cost accounting, with a background in manufacturing, preferably one with standard costing practices
• Understanding of base cost accounting principles
• Strong analytical capabilities rooted in a natural curiosity to understand what the numbers truly mean
• Ability to tell the story behind the numbers, translating financial analysis into meaningful insights for non-financial peers
• Self-directed and capable of working in a dynamic, growing organization, with the ability to move at or ahead of the pace of growth of the company
• Adaptable to a changing environment and view change as an opportunity for learning and growth
• Previous management or supervisory experience is required, as this position will manage one Financial Operations Manager
• Proficiency in MS Office and financial software applications is a must
• Deep financial, data mining, and modeling expertise in a manufacturing environment
• Intermediate or higher Excel skills working with large data sets.

About Dessert Holdings

Dessert Holdings is a collection of premium dessert companies and brands:  The Original Cakerie, Lawler's Desserts, Atlanta Cheesecake Company, Steven Charles, Dianne's Fine Desserts, Kenny's Great Pies, and Willamette Valley Pie Company.  Dessert Holdings is owned by Bain Capital, is headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota, employs more than 3,400 people across ten manufacturing facilities, and is continuing its journey of rapid growth.

EEO Statement

Dessert Holdings and its related entities provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or any other characteristics protected by law. 

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