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The Senior Director, Finance - Volume collaborates with Commercial and Field leaders, ensuring advancement in digital and sales initiatives that are the core foundation of US Foods' long-range plan. The primary focus will include establishing accurate volume forecasts, providing financial insights on core sales activities, leveraging analytics to drive market share growth, and designing annual operating plans for the business.This position has been segmented as Hybrid meaning there is a combination of three onsite days per week and the rest remote.
Responsibilities:
Own commercial forecast and sales financial insights for the entire business, providing clarity to executive leadership on progress towards long range plan
Strengthens analytical capabilities to improve accuracy in forecasting overall company volume, sales performance, and digital initiatives.
Designs analytics to understand key drivers of results leveraging internal and external data
Develops and maintains reporting for market share across all operator segments, offering valuable insights to Commercial and Field leaders that drive market share performance
Constructs key messaging for executive and senior leadership on weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages
Drives development of financial plan and strategy for Local and National business as "go-to" partner for EVP of Field operations and EVP of National Sales/Transformation Office
Builds the Sales Annual Operating Plan with specific measurable goals and assumptions
Financial lead for strategic plans around the future of our sales force and supply chain network
Supports sales optimization efforts that enhance the profitability of our existing distribution network
Other duties as assigned by manager
Supervision:
Leads a team of two Managers and Sr Analyst
Relationships:
Internal: CEO, CFO, EVP National Sales and National Sales Leadership Team, Finance Leadership Team (especially Investor Relations), Field Leadership team (RPs, APs), SVP Strategy, Analytics & Data Science, SVP Transformation Office
External: None
Minimum Qualifications:
Must possess a minimum of 10 years of experience with a focus on financial planning, analytics and driving business results
Minimum 5 years leadership experience, including managing a team with complex analytical skills
Strategic Agility - must possess a clear understanding of complex business principles and concepts and the business environment and the various market forces that drive it. A strong commitment to understanding the company - its business, markets, structure, culture and people. Contributor to business strategy, assess the impact of executive decisions on the company's reputation, market value, and overall business success.
Excellent communications, and process management with a focus on prioritization
Drives Results - strives to attain results by conveying a sense of urgency, sets high standards of performance, and pursues challenging goals and objectives.
Must have a high degree of integrity and the courage of his or her convictions. Lead change by evolving the organization and its financial planning practices, procedures, and disciplines.
Self-confidence, balanced with knowledge of one's own strengths and limitations, will be crucial.
Deep understanding of business drivers, economics, and finance. Strong analytical and leadership capability. Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and senior stakeholders, including Field leadership. Comfort with ambiguity
Up to 10% of overnight travel
Education:
Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field (required).
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree or MBA with financial focus preferred
Background in food service or a similar dynamic, multi-unit industry.
Prioritization/Organization/Multi-tasking - Able to organize their own work and meet deadlines, manages others and sets their priorities
This role will also receive an annual incentive plan bonus.
Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html.
Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law (for example: state minimum wage thresholds). The expected base rate for this role is between
$125,000 - $215,000***EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status***
