Financial Planning Analyst

Position Title: Financial Planning Analyst

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

Department: Accounting

Classification: Full-time, Exempt

Pay: $78,000 - $90,300 annually

Stanislaus Mission

To attract quality-oriented restaurateurs with consistently superior tomatoes and olive oil, keep them through legendary service, and invest in talented people who share our dedication to customer success.

The Company

Stanislaus Food Products is a nationally recognized, family-owned company known for crafting the finest Italian-style tomatoes and sauces for top-quality Italian restaurants and pizzerias.

If you take pride in the quality of your work and prefer working on a team of talented individuals who share your passion for excellence, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity! This is a full-time position located on-site at our Modesto administrative office.

The Financial Planning Analyst provides decision‑ready insights that help leadership plan, invest, and operate with confidence. In this role, you will own key components of the annual operating plan, monthly forecasting, and management reporting. You will partner closely with Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, and IT to translate data into meaningful actions- especially as we continue strengthening our ERP and data environment to support enhanced self‑service analytics.

This position will be primarily responsible to:

Plan & Forecast

• Build and maintain the annual operating plan, rolling forecasts, and long-range models; quantify drivers (volume, yield, pricing, mix, freight, labor, energy) and stress test scenarios.
• Prepare monthly outlooks with clear bridges from plan to latest view (price/mix, cost, productivity, one-time items).

Manufacturing & Cost Analytics

• Partner with Plant Finance/Operations to analyze standard costs, pack season performance, yields, waste, and machinery related metrics; translate findings into actionable productivity and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Lead variance analysis (labor, overhead, absorption) and inventory valuation insights at month end close. Month end close and pack season may require weekend work.

Pricie, Margin & Customer/Product Profitability

• Build contribution margin and SKU/customer profitability views; evaluate price/pack changes and program impacts; recommend actions to sustain margin.

Management Reporting & Decision Support

• Develop executive ready dashboards and KPI packs (Power BI/Excel); drive adoption of the data warehouse and reporting standards to put “the right data in the right hands at the right time.”
• Create ad hoc models and business cases for the CFO and Stanislaus Leadership Team (e.g., make/buy, insource/outsource, footprint, logistics).

Capital & Strategic Projects

• Model capital investment cases, post audits, and benefits tracking; support working capital and cash flow optimization.

Systems, Data & Process

• Partner with IT and Finance on ERP/reporting development; define data requirements, validate sources, and enhance close/reporting timelines as the enterprise systems roadmap advances.

Other duties as assigned.

Candidate Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• 3–5+ years in FP&A and/or manufacturing cost/plant finance.
• Advanced Excel (modeling, PowerQuery/Pivot); strong experience in Power BI.
• Strong financial acumen (costing, variance, working capital) and clear executive communication.
• Bias for action, collaboration, and continuous improvement - comfortable operating in a seasonal production environment during peak “pack” periods (Summer months).

Candidate Preferences:

• MBA/CPA/CFA.
• At least 3 years in CPG/food manufacturing.
• Advanced experience using data extraction tools.
• Working knowledge of Ignition

Physical Requirements:

Rare lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; rare stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and frequent fine finger dexterity. Generally, the job requires the following percentages of time committed to physical activity: 50% or more sitting, 25% or less walking, and 50% or less standing. The job is performed under rare temperature variations and in an office environment. Unrestricted visual and audio abilities are required for the safety of all employees. The ability to lift up to 25 lbs. is required.

Wellbeing:

In addition to our solid track record as a stable, growing employer, we offer a variety of different benefits:

• Physical Wellness – Medical plan options, Dental, Vision.
• Social Wellness – Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Federal and State Leave of Absences.
• Development Wellness – Recognition, Development Training Programs, Succession Planning, Tuition Reimbursement.
• Emotional Wellness – Employee Assistance Program, People Operations Department -Open Door Policy.
• Financial Wellness – Competitive Salary, Performance based bonus, 401k Program, Life Insurance.
• Nutrition Wellness – Access to best-in-class tomato sauce and olive oil products.