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Unilever Sr. Finance Manager in Marina del Rey, California
SmartyPants is seeking a driven and talented Sr. Finance Manager to spearhead the company’s financial initiatives and accelerate value creation. In this role, you'll oversee budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes, ensuring accuracy and driving efficiency. He / She will play a critical role in providing key business insights and fostering cross-functional collaboration to drive decision making and optimize performance. Join our dynamic team and contribute to our mission of bringing better health to the world.
What You’ll Do:
Oversee all aspects of the Budgeting, Forecasting, and Monthly reporting processes - ensure accuracy and predictability of results.
Play a lead role in developing and maintaining the planning calendar/processes for the annual Plan and monthly rolling forecast cycles – initiate, drive and implement improvements of processes; constantly look to invent and simplify.
Own the financial planning system Planful/Anaplan. Execute any changes or modifications needed as per the business requirements.
Partner with Accounting the monthly close process, analysis of results, reporting and forecasting.
Own the process and reporting automation with Power BI to gain efficiencies and faster insights with our Financial Reporting.
Support CFO & Cross Functional Teams by providing key business insights; quantify risks and opportunities in achieving Plan and explain variances to Plan for Total Company, Product and Customers financials. Create ad hoc analysis/sensitivities to understand potential outcomes.
Unlock the next level of Cost Savings by sanctioning cross company teams with a Planning, Measuring and Reporting process and cadence.
Lead beyond Budgeting and Planning with business partners – be a thought leader and partner with leaders across the business to drive better performance and decision-making.
Other job-related duties as requested
What You Have:
4-year degree in Finance or Accounting, MBA or CPA preferred
5-7 years of proven Finance experience
Advanced in Excel, PowerPoint, ERP platforms and reporting
Financial modeling tools proficiency
Knowledge to any financial planning and reporting is needed
Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
Energy, passion and a strong desire to build a transformational brand in today’s marketplace
Ability to change information into insights for actionable growth
A true “Team Player” who can work cross-functionally to achieve results
Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to interact with all personality types and behaviors; flexibility
Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure, fast paced environment
What you’ll get:
Robust benefits package with employer contribution
Monthly wellness perks
Flexible work hours
FREE SmartyPants Vitamins plus a friends & family discount
Casual dress code & open office environment
Volunteer opportunities
A rewarding career at a company with a strong mission, great culture, and super fun, passionate people
The pay range for this position is $110,000 to $145,000. SmartyPants Vitamins takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs. This position is bonus eligible. SmartyPants Vitamins employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance, retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays. Any coverage for health insurance will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.
About Us:
We are SmartyPants Vitamins – the best-selling vitamin and supplement brand known for making high-quality, nutrient-dense, unbelievably delicious gummy multivitamins for the whole family. In 2020 we joined Unilever as part of the Health & Wellbeing Collective, yielding additional support as we continue to grow the brand globally. From the start, SmartyPants Vitamins has been about family, authenticity and a core commitment to our collective well-being. SmartyPants believes in making it easier to stay healthy by providing best-in-class products that also taste great.
We're industry leaders in testing, transparency, and advocacy, from sourcing the highest-quality ingredients to testing and packaging. We have an appreciation for the comedy and intensity that comes from working in a company with explosive growth and a strong sense of social responsibility.
Our mission is to bring better health to the real world. How? By making premium products that are crafted to fit delightfully into the lives of real families, and by giving back to women and children in need with the help of our partners at Vitamin Angels. With over 27MM nutrient grants donated to date, and happy customers all over the world, we are well on our way to accomplishing our goal.
SmartyPants Vitamins is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Department
Finance
Employment Type
Full time
Minimum Experience
Experienced