VP, Finance

Craft Your Career with Champion Foods – A Slice of Opportunity Awaits

Champion Foods, a pizza trailblazer, is expanding, and we're looking for dynamic talents to enhance our innovative and quality-driven team. We produce products cherished by families nationwide and pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial spirit, commitment to quality, and a warm workplace culture that feels like family. If you're passionate, eager to grow, and want to work for a company that values each voice and champions personal development, your next career adventure starts here. Join us, and let's craft great things together, one delicious slice at a time.

Your Mission:

Oversee all aspects of the financial operations, including financial analysis, evaluation, planning and reporting and overseeing contracts and administration. Direct day-to-day operations as well as the development and implementation of financial strategic planning documents. Advise the President and senior staff on resource allocation and supports operational initiatives with a high level of financial analysis and expertise. Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements. Direct accounting and finance departments.

Finance and Strategy:

• Develop and implement financial strategies and manage financial resources.
• Participate in corporate policy development as a member of the senior management team.
• Ensure the quality of financial management through business controls.
• Analyze the company financial performance and make recommendations to grow profits identified in annual business plans.
• Assist in new business development with financial, costing and pricing analyses.
• Develop, analyze and execute cost savings initiatives that positively impact the bottom line.
• Maintain and manage banking relationships.

Planning and Policy:

• Lead the forecasting and development of annual budgets.
• Key member of the strategy team to develop short, medium, and long-term financial plans and projections.
• Represent the company to Ilitch corporate business unit partners, financial institutions, vendors and customers.
• Develop policies and procedures that are consistent with best practices.
• Collaborate with Ilitch Holdings, Inc. on cross-entity streamlined processes, increased efficiencies and lower costs.

Administration:

• Direct the accounting department to ensure proper accounting systems and functions.

Who You Are:

• The successful candidate will be a certified public accountant (CPA) or have a Masters of Business Administration (MBA), with a minimum of 10-plus years of progressive finance, accounting, administrative and preferably some experience in an operational manufacturing environment.
• Proactively participate and provide leadership in the development of Champion Foods financial and operational strategic plans and programs, while having direct interaction with all levels of executive management.
• Evaluate and advise key financial stakeholders on the financial impact of both short- and long-range plans and strategies and potential opportunities and risks.
• In-depth knowledge of economic and accounting principles (i.e.: GAAP), practices and reporting of financial data.
• Demonstrated experien ce analyzing departmental spending patterns in order to develop projections of annual expenditures.
• Experience with supply chain and distribution/logistics functions, including product procurement and vendor management.
• Previous experience in a position responsible for product costing and customer pricing.
• Demonstrated communication effectiveness, ability to educate and inform broad audiences, including senior staff with evidence of well-developed influencing skills.
• Proven track record in corporate finance and a leading role in developing internal and external working relationships.
• Previous experience with enterprise resource planning systems.
• Computer proficiency (highly skilled in Excel) in Microsoft Office.
• Previous experience in an audit or oversight role with the ability to identify deviances from standard practices and procedures.

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All items listed above are illustrative and not comprehensive.  They are not contractual in nature and are subject to change at the discretion of Champion Foods LLC.

Champion Foods LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual's race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law
The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.  

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