Chief Financial Officer

Company Summary:

Sweet Street is the leading innovator in the dessert industry. We re still owned and operated and headquartered in Reading with a team of likeminded passionate researchers and recipe developers who now bake for restaurants in over 60 countries on every continent.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Oversee all aspects of financial management and analysis for the Corporation exhibiting a strong handson approach.

Recommend develop and implement financial and tax strategies that are most advantageous to the company.

Develop tools and systems to provide critical financial and operational information to the CEO and make actionable recommendations on both strategy and operations.

Develop and execute analysis of various business initiatives including mergers and acquisitions and new product and service launches.

Provide guidance and recommendations for financial systems enhancements.

Provide managerial leadership and direction to the Finance and Treasury functions of the corporation. Ensure maintenance of appropriate internal controls and financial procedures.

Point of contact for auditors bankers insurers and regulatory agencies.

Lead the Finance team including mentoring and developing team members managing work allocation training problem resolution performance evaluation and the building of an effective team dynamic.

Analyze advise attain concurrence and implement management processes to achieve excellent stateoftheart analysis of the following:

Establishment of new product cost and pricing;

Verification of return on investment expectations and actual results from the purchase of capital equipment and improvements;

Planned versus actual operational and financial results;

Planned versus actual market opportunities;

Development of costs incurred to implement new products and processes.

Domestic versus International cost/price assessments

Assuring that product line costing is a reliable tool.

Analysis of copacking opportunities.

Establish process and procedural guidelines for:

Required internal and external financial reporting

Cost estimating for new products

Cost estimating for impact of product and process improvements

Manage the company s insurance programs real estate affairs including leases and subleases negotiating new leases or lease renewals coordinate with real estate counsel and manage the company s general legal affairs.

Provide recommendations towards the personal investments of the CEO including financial

oversight of other ventures

Provide audits as necessary of the CEO s personal financial records

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor s Degree in Finance Accounting or Economics and MBA CPA preferred.

5 or more years of experience in senior financial leadership of a privately held company in small to midsized consumer packaged food manufacturing with both domestic and international presence.

Experience partnering with executive staff resulting in the development and implementation of creative financial management strategies.

Strong international finance experience

ERP experience and highly developed Excel skills.

Extensive knowledge and understanding of business systems product and process cost evaluation mergers and acquisitions and other aspects of financial management.

Understanding of process manufacturing IT and other cross functional departments.

Strong analytical and problemsolving skills to enable organization growth and success.

Strategic thinker able to look at the big picture as well as dig out the details with ability to reduce the issues and concepts to comprehensive pieces of information.

Ability to embrace rapid change and serve as a change agent.

Effective verbal and written communication skills to influence internal and external audiences.

Highly collaborative team player with good interpersonal skills.

Demonstrated leadership ability and team management.

QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelor s Degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics and MBA, CPA preferred. - 5 or more years of experience in senior financial leadership of a privately held company in small to mid-sized consumer packaged food manufacturing, with both domestic and international presence. - Experience partnering with executive staff resulting in the development and implementation of creative financial management strategies. - Strong international finance experience - ERP experience and highly developed Excel skills. - Extensive knowledge and understanding of business systems, product and process cost evaluation, mergers and acquisitions, and other aspects of financial management. - Understanding of process manufacturing, IT, and other cross functional departments. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to enable organization growth and success. - Strategic thinker, able to look at the big picture as well as dig out the details, with ability to reduce the issues and concepts to comprehensive pieces of information. - Ability to embrace rapid change and serve as a change agent. - Effective verbal and written communication skills to influence internal and external audiences. - Highly collaborative team player with good interpersonal skills. - Demonstrated leadership ability and team management.