Senior Finance Associate

Location: Alhambra, CA 91803 Company: A-SHA Foods USA, Inc Industry: Food & Beverage CPG

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Finance Associate with direct experience in CPG food or beverage to manage day-to-day financial operations, reporting, and analysis. This role will be highly hands-on and responsible for supporting Sales, Supply Chain, and Leadership with accurate financial data, disciplined processes, and actionable insights.

The ideal candidate understands the mechanics of trade spend, deductions, chargebacks, promotions, royalties, and distributor economics, and is comfortable working closely with cross-functional teams to solve problems and improve performance.

Key Responsibilities

Own monthly close, financial reporting, and variance analysis

Build and maintain sales forecasts, budgets, and rolling forecasts

Manage trade spend accounting, including:

Deductions, chargebacks, billbacks, and promotional accruals

Coordination with Sales and AR to resolve discrepancies

Analyze customer, SKU, and channel profitability

Support pricing decisions, margin analysis, and cost-to-serve modeling

Track and report on royalties and licensing fees, where applicable

Partner with Supply Chain on COGS, inventory, freight, and landed cost analysis

Improve finance processes, controls, and reporting tools

Prepare materials for leadership reviews and board reporting

Qualifications

5–8 years of finance or accounting experience in a CPG food or beverage company

Strong working knowledge of:

Retail and distributor deductions & chargebacks

Trade promotions and billback structures

Gross margin and contribution margin analysis

Inventory, COGS, and freight cost management

Royalties and contract-based revenue

Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred)

Strong attention to detail with the ability to work independently

Effective communicator who can partner with Sales and Operations

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field

What Success Looks Like

Clean, accurate monthly close and reporting

Improved visibility and control over trade spend and deductions

Faster issue resolution with Sales and AR

Better insight into profitability drivers and cost opportunities

Why Join Us

Hands-on role with real ownership

Growing CPG brand with complexity and opportunity

Collaborative team environment

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job Type: Full-time