Senior Manager, Finance

Mark Anthony Group is an entrepreneurial drinks company, built from the ground up by thinking differently, innovating and doing the unexpected. Our company is rooted in family values, a bold vision and relentless determination to continuously raise the bar and make a positive difference in consumers' lives. Founded in 1972, we’ve grown organically from a one-person import wine business into an international drinks company whose hallmarks include a portfolio of luxury wineries and iconic beverage brands, including White Claw® Hard Seltzer, Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Cayman Jack and Más by Messi™

Role Purpose:

The Plant Finance Manager will be a critical Accounting & Finance role that will be a part of the Mark Anthony plant leadership team in its brewery in Glendale, Arizona. This role is responsible for financial leadership at the facility, ensuring a well-controlled environment for Mark Anthony operations. In partnership with the full plant team in Glendale, as well as with the team in Chicago, the Plant Finance Manager will lead and execute the development of standard product costs, month-end close activities, budgeting and forecasting processes, and ERP/General Ledger control assurance. Providing financial support to key operational initiatives will also be a critical function of the role including overseeing plant TTB compliance processes.

Accountabilities and Impact:

• Operational Support: Partner with plant operations to ensure accuracy of production records, develop labor costing model, develop continuous pipeline of productivity projects and provide financial analysis in support of ad hoc plant and corporate initiatives.
• Process Management and Controls: Oversee plant TTB compliance, develop, maintain and ensure adherence to financial and operational controls, and manage audit control testing protocols and procedures
• Month End Close: Review P&L accounts and provide critical insights on changes vs budget, forecast and prior year, ensure accuracy of inventory and associated sub-ledger transactions, develop management reporting on various timeline cycles for review with plant and corporate leadership, and lead year-end financial activities
• Budget and Forecast: Lead the process of creating standard costs and variance planning for annual budget and periodic forecasts, develop cause of change analytics and reporting, and create budget standards and manage standard costs for all WIP and finished good items
• Team and Leadership Functions: Continue to develop and provide training to team members, ongoing assessment of resourcing needed to support the business and meet our objectives and build and update resource contingency plans

Skills and Experience Needed:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Cost accounting and standard product costing experience with complex bills of materials
• Experience in the CPG industry, particularly food and beverage, preferred. Experience in alcohol industry highly preferred
• Experience building labor costing models
• Demonstrated expertise using ERP systems and Microsoft Excel
• Comfortable handling large amount of data, with the ability to see the big picture to prioritize workload effectively
• Exceptional communication skills (oral and written)
• Adaptable and flexible to changing business needs but also laser-focused at being able to execute standard daily and monthly responsibilities
• Strong analytical, problem solving skills
• Possess a “can do” attitude and believes anything is possible with the right focus
• Able to work independently and “roll up your sleeves” to make things happen

This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position within the state of Arizona.

At Mark Anthony, we exist to Unearth the Extraordinary:

Our Purpose is not just a statement; it is a call to action that binds us together and ignites our passion for making a difference. It is the driving force behind why we do what we do every single day, connecting our global organization across all business units, roles, and locations. We are:

Best in Our Craft
We set the standard with a pursuit of excellence that can be found in everything from our products and processes to our plants and people.​ 

Ambitiously Curious
We stay curious, dreaming big and navigating the unknown with an enduring belief in better.​​ 

Made With Humility
We bring humility, authenticity, fun, and support to every collaboration and celebrate wins as a team. 

Daringly Disruptive
We disrupt the status quo, moving fast to seize opportunities and acting scrappy ​to stay ahead of industry giants.​