- Senior finance leadership role reporting to the Division CFO of an established food and agriculture business.
- Lead the transformation of FP&A into a proactive business partner, strengthening forecasting, profitability analysis, and financial decision-making across operations.
- Onsite in Salinas, CA. $200-225K base salary + bonus.
An established food and agriculture business is seeking a Director of FP&A to lead financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across its agricultural and food manufacturing operations. The company operates across multiple functions, including growing, harvesting, processing, sales, and supply chain, with a focus on operational efficiency, profitability, and long-term growth.
Reporting to the Division CFO, the Director of FP&A will own the business unit's budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting processes while developing a more proactive, business-oriented finance function. The priorities are to improve financial visibility, strengthen predictive forecasting, and partner closely with operational and commercial leaders to drive margin improvement and informed decision-making. The role will also lead finance systems improvements, support automation initiatives, and develop a team of finance professionals.
Key Responsibilities- Lead the annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes, coordinating financial assumptions across agricultural operations, manufacturing, sales, supply chain, and corporate functions.
- Develop driver-based forecasting models incorporating acreage, yields, production volumes, pricing, conversion costs, and freight to improve financial predictability and decision-making.
- Own weekly performance reporting and monthly financial reviews, identifying variances, evaluating business drivers, and translating financial results into actionable recommendations.
- Transform FP&A into a proactive business partner, working directly with operational and commercial leaders to improve cost management, pricing, customer and product profitability, and overall margins.
- Support capital investment decisions, new product initiatives, and business improvement opportunities through financial modeling, scenario analysis, and ROI evaluation.
- Lead the implementation and adoption of financial planning and reporting systems, while identifying opportunities to leverage automation and AI to improve efficiency and analytical capabilities.
- Develop and standardize financial reporting, KPIs, and planning processes to strengthen accountability and financial visibility across the business.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of 3-5 finance professionals, building analytical capabilities, cross-functional relationships, and future finance leaders.
Qualifications- 8-10+ years of progressive finance experience, including FP&A leadership, financial planning, forecasting, and business partnering.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred.
- Experience supporting complex, operationally intensive businesses; agriculture, food manufacturing, or related manufacturing experience preferred.
- Demonstrated success improving profitability, developing predictive financial models, and translating analysis into operational and commercial decisions.
- Experience partnering with operations, sales, marketing, and supply chain leaders to improve business performance.
- Experience implementing or improving financial planning, ERP, and business intelligence systems, including OneStream, Microsoft Dynamics, Power BI, or similar platforms.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling capabilities, with an interest in leveraging AI and automation to improve finance processes.
- Track record of developing finance teams, standardizing processes, and leading organizational change.
