Tradition Fine Foods Ltd. is a family-owned Canadian business. Second generation led, with Thomas Glowczewski acting as President since 2012, and sister Catherine Glowczewski as Vice-President, Corporate Affairs. Our vision is “To provide an unparalleled manufacturing solution experience to the world’s leading food companies and brands”. We have close to 180,000 sq feet of leading-edge bakery production space and continue to invest as part of our growth plan. We produce exceptional bakery products including bars, croissants, pastries, muffins and brownies for mid-sized and large retail and foodservice customers.
Our teamcreates outstanding value for our customers through innovative solutions, collaborative partnerships, and leading-edge technology, which separates us from other co-manufacturers. We are passionate leaders who love to win, who care about our customers and our team members, and who take exceptional pride in delivering with excellence in everything we do!

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

· Reporting to the Finance Director, the Finance Manager is a key member of the Finance leadership team helping to guide and steward the organization financially.
· Manage a team of 1-2 financial analysts, providing coaching as well as career and development guidance and support.
· Assist with the development of the Annual Operating Plan (AOP), LE (latest estimate) as well as contribute to the creation of the 5-year strategic plan.
· Contribute to the month-end financial reporting and analysis process including partnering with stakeholders and understanding variances to plan with focus on sales, cost of goods sold and gross profit.
· Contribute to the quarterly bank reporting including compiling commentary to explain key variances to plan and last year.
· Oversee the development of pricing for new product opportunities as well as current customer price maintenance.
· Participate in the S&OP forecasting process as a finance lead assisting with the evaluation of sales results and the forecasting of future months and full year sales, as well as the identification of risks & opportunities.
· Provide business partnering to key stakeholders across Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain, Technical Services, IT, and Engineering.
· Responsible for the development, maintenance and integrity of key financial reports including the product profitability report, rate/mix/volume analysis across sales, materials and labour, and standard costing methodology
· Participate in the capital review process, assisting capital stakeholders with tracking capital expenditures and conducting pre- and post-evaluations of proposed capital investments.
· Participate in the continuous improvement (CI) process tracking and evaluating prospective and existing CI initiatives.
· Contribute to the assessment, oversight and audit of critical internal controls that are associated with the key responsibilities of the role.
· Assist with the oversight of the financial integrity of the financial data and reporting from the Batch Master ERP system.
· Work on special projects and other duties as required.