SR Finance Manager-Global Ingredients Division
Bdgrowers Open · verified Oct 22, 2026 Sacramento Full-time Senior FP&A
At a glance
Senior FP&A role at Bdgrowers. Sacramento · full-time · $126,900–$164,700 base.
SalaryStated by Bdgrowers
$126,900 – $164,700
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
RoleFP&A
SenioritySenior
LocationSacramento
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$126,900–$164,700
PostedSep 25, 2026 · 3w ago
Role brief
financeroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Guide division leaders through financial trade-offs, business cases and scenarios, including pricing and product portfolio decisions
- Run planning cycles and performance reviews, then explain variances and recommend steps to meet profit targets
- Lead demand reviews that test forecasts against product availability and market conditions, identifying risks and actions
- Assess pricing, promotional and marketing plans for International Branded, and track savings and validated benefits
- Strengthen financial controls, reporting tools and processes while coaching leaders and junior finance colleagues
What you bring
- A finance, accounting, economics or related degree, or comparable education and experience
- Six to ten or more years in progressive finance work, including business partnership, FP&A or operational finance
- You can influence senior leaders, build trusted working relationships and explain financial concepts to non-finance audiences
- Strong modeling and analytical judgment, with skill in making complex data useful for decisions
Who this fits
This senior finance role suits someone comfortable advising leaders and working across Finance, commercial teams and operations. You’ll spend three days in the office under the hybrid model, with time in distribution and production areas. The work includes prolonged sitting, walking between buildings, occasional bending and lifting, and exposure to dust, moisture and temperature changes.
From the employer
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$126,900.00 - $164,700.00JOB OVERVIEW:
As part of the largest almond grower co-operative in the world, our Global Ingredients Division is the largest business unit within Blue Diamond Growers, supplying bulk and processed almond products to global food, beverage, and personal care manufacturers. The Sr. Finance Manager partners with business leaders to turn financial data into clear insights that improve decisions, performance, planning, and execution while maintaining financial discipline. The role challenges assumptions, identifies risks and opportunities, and clarifies the financial impact of key decisions.RESPONSIBILITIES:
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Advise leaders on strategic, operational, and tactical decisions.
- Assess risks, opportunities, trade-offs, business cases, ROI, and scenarios.
- Promote governance, controls, and stronger finance acumen across the function.
- Lead forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, and business performance reviews.
- Translate data into actionable insights, explain variances, and recommend corrective actions.
- Use financial dashboards, KPIs, models, and Data & Insights support to monitor performance and standardize analysis.
- Connect operational metrics to financial outcomes across functions and deliver clear financial stories that support timely decisions.
- Partner across functions and within Finance to align financial goals with execution.
- Reduce low-value ad hoc analysis by improving decision support, automation, and standard processes.
- Quantify benefits, track savings, validate results, and bring finance input into discussions early.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, controls, governance standards, audit readiness, and data integrity while balancing financial rigor with practical business solutions.
- Coach leaders and mentor junior finance team members to strengthen finance capability; improve finance tools, processes, and ways of working.
- Partner with Global Ingredients Division leadership on key decisions to support optimum solutions, including contract pricing support and sensitivities to changes in almond market values; contract durations and sales timing; product portfolio decisions based on profitability; and weekly pricing meetings.
- Lead the finance role in Ingredients, Commodity & International Branded Demand Review (Integrated Business Planning - IBP), evaluating forecasts against product availability and market dynamics.
- Identify risks and opportunities to the financial plan with actions for delivery within the IBP process.
- Lead monthly Financial Performance Management for both Global Ingredients Division and International Branded, incorporating variance root cause analysis, performance versus incentive targets, rolling P&L forecasts and sensitivity analysis, and recommendations to achieve or exceed net profit targets.
- Provide weekly financial updates using financial and business acumen, identifying levers or changes required to achieve or exceed targets.
- Lead the Global Ingredients and International Branded budgeting process with appropriate influence and challenge, evaluating demand by product type and pricing by market/customer.
- Provide financial support to the International Branded team by evaluating pricing, promotional, and marketing activities.
- This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- 6–10+ years of progressive finance experience, including business partnering, FP&A, or operational finance.
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and build trusted partnerships with senior leaders; excellent communication skills and ability to translate financial concepts for non-finance audiences.
- Combination of education, certifications, and commensurate experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Strong analytical, modeling, and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesize complex data. Key skills include Business Acumen, Vision and Purpose, Drive for Results, Influence without Authority, and Sound Judgment.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES
- Experience partnering directly with sales teams in food ingredients, commodities, or a related manufacturing environment preferred; previous cost accounting experience would be beneficial.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Sitting for prolonged periods.
- Walking through warehouses and multiple buildings.
- Occasional bending and lifting.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Office environment, hybrid model 3 days in office as business needs
- Time spent in distribution and production areas.
- Exposure to dust, moisture, and hot/cold temperatures.
Blue Diamond Growers is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability
WHY BLUE DIAMOND?
In addition to working at the world’s largest, state-of-the-art almond manufacturer, we offer a safe and collaborative team environment, with numerous opportunities for free training and career advancement. Check out the BDG Benefits, Health & Wellness Guide HERE .
Grow your career. Partner with us. We Are the Almond People!
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