Finance Manager, Operations

Who You Are:  

You are a highly analytical and detail-oriented finance professional with a deep understanding of cost of sales in a high-growth food CPG environment. You thrive in fast-paced settings, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution and process-building. You’ve managed complex cost structures and partnered cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, R&D,and Accounting teams to drive efficiency and improve profitability. You know that every penny matters when manufacturing food products and are relentless in ensuring accuracy of our cost estimates. You’re passionate about translating financial data into actionable insights and eager to make an impact in a dynamic, growing company.

The Task At Hand: 

As the Finance Manager, Operations, you will own all aspects of operational finance, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and predictability in the financial performance of our supply chain. You will play a critical role in forecasting, reporting, and optimizing cost structures, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive margin improvement and financial efficiency. This role blends strategic finance, operational insight, and financial reporting, requiring a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset and strong analytical skills.

In This Role, You Will:

• Lead supply chain financial management, including COGS analysis, variance reporting, and financial forecasting to enhance cost visibility and control

• Provide financial insights into cost drivers, risks & opportunities

• Partner with Supply Chain and Procurement teams to analyze and optimize ingredient, packaging, and freight costs

• Work closely with Operations and Engineering to drive co-packer performance, ensuring financial accountability, cost efficiency, and alignment with business objectives

• Identify and help implement, prioritize, track, and measure margin improvement initiatives

• Develop and refine costing models for new product development, SKU rationalization, and pricing strategies, collaborating with Marketing and R&D to align cost projections with margin expectations

• Ensure accurate inventory valuation, PPV tracking, and cost accounting in partnership with the accounting team, supporting month-end close processes

• Partner with Procurement, Manufacturing, and Accounting to establish and maintain accurate standard costing

• Build and maintain financial models for scenario planning, forecasting, and decision support, ensuring data-driven business strategies

• Perform what-if analysis to assess the financial impact of changes in sourcing, production, pricing, and operational strategies

• Support capital investment analysis, evaluating cost-saving initiatives, efficiency projects, and strategic investments to optimize operational spend

• Provide Operations Finance leadership on annual planning and development of financial KPIs, such as gross margin, contribution margin, and cost savings targets

• Evolve and implement scalable FP&A processes and tools to enhance data accuracy, streamline reporting, and improve the overall quality and speed of financial analysis

• Ensure compliance with GAAP, internal controls, and best practices in cost accounting and inventory management

In This Role, You’ll Bring With You:

• 5+ years of finance experience, with a strong background in cost accounting, supply chain finance, and/or FP&A

• A deep understanding of COGS, standard costing, inventory accounting, and financial reporting in a manufacturing or food production environment

• Experience working with co-manufacturers, a plus

• Public accounting and/or CPA, a plus

• A proven ability to analyze and optimize cost structures, with strong financial modeling and data analysis skills

• A solid knowledge of Microsoft Suite, Outlook, Slack, and other professional platforms

• Up to 10% travel required: Although this role is a remote work-from-home position, we “Farmers” do meet as a company and/or as a department a few times a year. Anticipate possible travel up to a few times each quarter

• A genuine passion for improving childhood nutrition for a healthier and happier planet

• A desire to contribute to a dynamic, high-growth, purpose-driven work environment

• A Demonstrated ability to thrive in ambiguity, deeply understand business needs, develop a cohesive strategy, and make decisions requiring a high level of judgment

• A previous exposure to cross-functional work between Sustainability and Finance preferred

• Must reside in the United States to be considered for this position

• Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Compensation:

• Full-Time, Salaried, Non-Exempt

• The anticipated salary range for this position is $100,000.00 to $150,000.00. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a few factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses, stipends, equity, and role-specific perks.

Additional:

• Remote-first work environment

• Annual Bonus

• 401(k) program + 4% company match after three months

• New Hire Remote Life Stipend + annual Nourish and Nurture Allowance

• Monthly Cell and Internet Stipend

• Quarterly Farm-to-Fridge home deliveries and Employee Discounts

• New Parents: Up to 18 weeks of paid Parental Leave, Baby Steps Back To Work, 3 months’ supply of Once Upon A Farm products, and breast milk shipping service and support for those who travel after birth for the duration of your breastfeeding journey

• Unlimited Paid Time Off

• Paid Volunteer Time

• Paid Time Off to fulfill civic responsibilities including jury duty and voting in local, state, and national elections

• Medical Insurance for the employee covered at 100% on select plans with additional plan options at a reduced cost to the employee

• Vision and Dental Insurance covered at 100% for the employee and dependents

• Life insurance

• Flexible spending account (Medical & Dependent Care) and Health savings accounts for applicable plans

• Employee assistance program (EAP)

• All other benefits, leaves, and insurance as required by law, based on your specific residence

• And so much more!

Who We Are

Our Purpose: Drive systemic improvement in childhood nutrition for a healthier, happier, and more equitable world.

Our Business: At Once Upon a Farm, a better story starts here. We're on a greater mission in providing organic, crave-worthy, snacks and meals for children of all ages. Our recipes are crafted with only the best organic ingredients – whole fruits and veggies, cold-pressed (our pouches), or freshly frozen (our meals) to perfection– to support your growing kids at every stage. Each of our organic, non-GMO, non-dairy recipes contains no added sugar and are free from artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives – just simple, real, nutritious snacks your entire family will love.

We support and champion farmers who supply the highest-quality organic ingredients for our foods.  We help parents keep their promise to provide the best nourishment for their children’s bodies and souls. We treat our consumers, customers, suppliers, investors, and all our valued employees with the same high level of dignity and respect that we expect from others. We will always fight for and support efforts to drive positive social change and food justice for the benefit of parents, kids, and families.  Lastly, we foster an entrepreneurial and collaborative culture that values humility, honesty, passion, positive social impact, and fun.

Our Team: We’re all fully remote, which makes us a highly collaborative, dynamic, and supportive bunch. We share a singular mission to make the world a better place through the highest quality, most delicious, nourishing, and nutritious products made accessible to every home, from our farms to your fridge. And while we’re invested in our product, we’re equally invested in one another's success.

Once Upon A Farm is a purpose-driven brand made up of an inclusive group of individuals with diverse backgrounds, passions, and beliefs. We hire self-motivated, independent thinkers, and those who are genuinely passionate about improving childhood nutrition for a healthier and happier planet. Bring your whole self to your work at Once Upon A Farm, a proud equal-opportunity employer. In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use.

In an effort to help us remove unconscious bias from our resume review process, we ask that you please remove all identifying information from your resume (like profile photos) before you upload it. Once Upon A Farm is committed to cultivating an inclusive environment where a diverse group of people can and want to do their best work, and that starts with our hiring practices.

Once Upon a Farm, PBC, provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants in all company facilities without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, cast, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer-related or HIV/AIDS-related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

You must reside in the United States to be considered for this position.