Financial Planning and Analysis – Operations

Description

Lyons Magnus leads the food industry with creativity and innovation, crafting top-quality products across all manufacturing phases, from raw materials to marketing. With over 2000 diverse items for industrial ingredient and food service sectors, Lyons caters to leading restaurant chains nationally and internationally.

At Lyons, our diverse and talented staff is the heart of our organization. We foster a thriving work environment where employees are engaged in shaping both the company's and their own future.

The Financial Planning and Analysis – Operations acts as the direct financial partner to our manufacturing and plant leadership teams. This role is responsible for tracking day-to-day facility performance, optimizing production costs, and managing capital expenditure (CapEx) budgets across our operational footprint. Analyzes labor efficiency, plant utilization, and manufacturing overhead to identify cost-saving opportunities and drive operational productivity.

Pay Range: $90,000 - $105,000 + bonus 

Hours: 8:00am to 5:00pm

Schedule: Monday to Friday

Location: Fresno, CA 

Travel Requirements: Up to 15%

Work environment available: In Office

Requirements

Core Responsibilities:

• Plant Performance Tracking: Monitor daily and weekly plant metrics, labor efficiency, machine downtime, yield, and production throughput against financial targets
• Manufacturing Cost Analysis: Analyze cost of goods sold (COGS), focusing on manufacturing overhead (MOH) allocation, maintenance expenses, and utility costs
• Variance & Efficiency Analysis: Calculate and explain production variances, including labor rate/efficiency variances and volume overhead absorption gaps.
• Operational Forecasting & Capacity: Help build rolling operational forecasts that link production capacity and labor headcount planning directly to financial outcomes.
• CapEx & Project ROI: Partner with engineering and operations teams to model financial return (ROI) on plant equipment upgrades and facility expansions.
• Assist in analysis and preparation of production related KPIs to build annual budget.
• Gather information from disparate sources. Organize and present such information in a coherent and consistent format. Summarize key takeaways.
• Investigate variances between actual, forecasts, and budget to understand trends and potential risks and opportunities.
• Drive continuous process improvements in reporting, forecasting, and budgeting activities through automation, system enhancements, consolidation, and data quality improvement.
• Recommend actions by analyzing and interpreting data and making comparative analyses; studying proposed changes in methods and materials.
• Work with employees of Lyons Magnus in a positive and constructive manner to maintain a professional relationship. Demonstrates courtesy, discretion, friendliness and diplomacy.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience in providing financial analysis/cost-accounting in a manufacturing environment; preferably in food and beverage industry
• Solid understanding of cost accounting in a standard cost environment
• Intermediate to Advanced level skills in excel, Access, MS Word
• Knowledge of integrated manufacturing accounting software package
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Excellent organizational, planning, and overall time management skills. Must be able to work on a variety of projects simultaneously and prioritize work.
• Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses. 
• Strong ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting from an accredited university.
• 7+ years’ experience in progressively responsible financial leadership roles, preferably in food and beverage industry.