Finance Manager - Home

About the Group

Job Overview

The Home Finance team at Lavazza North America supports the organization’s financial health by leading planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and analysis across the retail channel. The team partners with sales, operations, accounting, and executive leadership to provide financial insight, strengthen controls, manage risk, and support profitable growth across the business. The team translates customer and product performance into actionable recommendations that strengthen promotional effectiveness, improve forecast accuracy, and support channel profitability.

The Finance Manager – Home, will lead commercial financial planning and analysis for Lavazza North America's retail channel and will own channel budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis, with a focus on consumer and trade promotions, financial modeling, and the profit and loss (P&L) drivers through gross margin, including gross sales, trade spend, net sales, product mix, and cost of goods sold (COGS). The manager will build financial models, evaluate consumer and trade promotions, and conduct post-event analysis to guide investment decisions. This role will also lead and develop a team of Financial Analysts.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead Home retail channel budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning, incorporating customer plans, promotional calendars, distribution, pricing, and volume assumptions.
• Analyze and explain P&L drivers through gross margin, including gross sales, trade discounts and allowances, net sales, price-volume-mix, COGS, and gross margin variances.
• Build and maintain customer-, product-, and promotion-level financial models to assess baseline sales, incremental volume, trade investment, break-even thresholds, and profitability under alternative scenarios.
• Evaluate consumer and trade promotion proposals before execution, challenging assumptions for lift, discount depth, timing, cannibalization, and return on investment (ROI) to inform investment recommendations.
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Trade Marketing, Commercial Strategy, Supply Chain, and Accounting to align promotional plans, demand forecasts, inventory availability, and financial targets.
• Monitor trade spend against customer agreements and approved plans, partnering with Sales and Accounting to validate accrual assumptions, reconcile deductions and settlements, and resolve variances.
• Conduct post-event analysis comparing actual results with the approved plan and baseline, assessing incremental sales, gross margin impact, trade-spend effectiveness, cannibalization, and promotional ROI.
• Translate customer, product, and channel performance into actionable recommendations on pricing, promotional mechanics, product mix, and trade-investment allocation; present insights to commercial and finance leadership.
• Improve forecasting, promotional reporting, and financial controls by standardizing models, documenting assumptions, and strengthening data quality and repeatable analytical processes.
• Lead, coach, and develop Financial Analysts supporting the Home retail channel, setting priorities and reviewing models, forecasts, and business recommendations.

Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field; or equivalent professional experience.
• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
• 5-7 years of experience in financial planning and analysis, accounting, budgeting, forecasting, or financial reporting within the the CPG Retail environment.
• Experience managing financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting for a sales channel, commercial business unit, or comparable business function.
• Experience reviewing financial documents, reporting structures, accounting procedures, and investment activities to identify trends, risks, weaknesses, and improvement opportunities.
• Experience preparing and presenting financial, operational, and risk reports for senior leadership or management audiences.
• Experience managing cash flow, financial instruments, collections reporting, or financial control processes.
• Experience leading, coaching, or developing financial analysts or other finance professionals.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive Medical, Vision, Dental Benefits
• 401K Package
• Employee Assistance Program
• Hybrid Work Schedule
• Ability to be barista certified
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Performance Development Plans
• Employee Discounts
• Summer Friday’s (Memorial Day Weekend – Labor Day Weekend)
• Flexible business casual dress code - jean friendly!
• Free coffee, anytime!