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William Vaughn · Chicago, Illinois
A growing, private equity-backed consumer products company is seeking a Senior Manager of Category Finance to join its Chicago-based finance team.
Own financial planning, forecasting, and performance management across brands, categories, customers, and channels
Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Revenue Growth Management on pricing, trade investment, promotions, and margin improvement opportunities
Own gross-to-net forecasting and analysis, including trade spend, customer deductions, pricing, promotions, and other commercial investments
Analyze category and customer performance across volume, price, mix, distribution, consumption, and profitability
Develop customer, category, SKU, and channel-level P&Ls to improve visibility into commercial performance
Evaluate innovation and new-product opportunities, including pricing, volume assumptions, costs, investment requirements, and expected returns
Lead pre- and post-event analysis of promotions and customer investments to improve effectiveness and ROI
Identify opportunities across SKU rationalization, portfolio mix, pricing, cost management, and resource allocation
Lead annual planning, rolling forecasts, and risk and opportunity reviews
Present financial performance, business drivers, and recommendations during executive and cross-functional business reviews
Bring structure to fragmented data and evolving processes by building practical reporting and decision-support tools
Operate comfortably between strategy and execution, independently working through ambiguity and delivering timely recommendations to leadership
7+ years of progressive finance experience, including direct experience within CPG, food, beverage, or another branded consumer-products business
Direct experience in Category Finance, Brand Finance, Sales Finance, Customer Finance, or Commercial Finance
Experience owning or supporting a category, brand, customer, or business-unit P&L
Strong understanding of pricing, trade investment, gross-to-net, promotional effectiveness, customer profitability, and revenue growth drivers
Experience partnering directly with Sales, Marketing, Revenue Growth Management, and cross-functional leadership
Experience evaluating innovation, new-product launches, or SKU-level profitability
Demonstrated ability to turn financial analysis into commercial recommendations and measurable business actions
Builder mentality with the ability to create structure, improve processes, and operate effectively with imperfect data
Advanced financial modeling, forecasting, and Excel capabilities
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline
This is a highly visible, hands-on role for someone who wants to help build the commercial finance function, work directly with senior leadership, and influence how a growing consumer business invests, innovates, and expands profitability.
**The expected base salary range for this position is $139,499-$175,000, plus an annual bonus. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and overall fit for the role.**
Details
| Company | William Vaughn |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Type | FULL TIME |
| Niche | Business services and administration managers |