Sr. Analyst, Operations Finance

The role

This Senior Analyst will lead financial planning, forecasting, and reporting for Operations and Innovation. The role partners with the Operations, Innovation, and Brand teams and reports to the Sr. Director, Finance.

What you will do

• Lead financial planning for Operations: forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis.
• Support cost management by analyzing product, supply chain, and distribution costs.
• Build financial models to evaluate contracts, capital expenditures, and operational investments.
• Lead P&L development for new products and support commercialization analysis.
• Develop KPI dashboards tracking financial performance, logistics spending, COGS, and cost savings.
• Provide actionable insights and cost-driver analyses to senior leadership.
• Support month-end closing, reconciliations, and accurate cost accounting and GAAP reporting.
• Promote compliance with financial policies and internal controls, and train Operations staff.
• Work with IT and Business Intelligence teams on reporting and NetSuite/ERP improvements.
• Track projects that improve operational efficiency and reduce waste.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in CPG and/or manufacturing.
• Understanding of cost accounting principles and financial analysis.
• Ability to interpret complex data sets to identify trends.
• Strong analytical skills to identify root causes and develop solutions.
• Strong AI capabilities, with proof of using AI to streamline processes or enhance analysis.
• Proven experience planning, executing, and managing improvement projects.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and formulas.
• Demonstrated analytical and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in English.
• Physical requirements: regular use of hands, reaching, talking and hearing; frequent walking (industrial facility and rural/forest areas), stair climbing, and sitting; exposure to moving mechanical pa

Nice to have

• Familiarity with ERP systems; NetSuite preferred.
• Familiarity with BI tools such as PowerBI.
• Fluency in Portuguese or Spanish.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package with top-tier benefits.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Employee life and disability insurance.
• Mental health benefits.
• Paid medical leave.
• Paid company holidays.
• Paid time off.
• Opportunities for career growth and advancement.

Before you apply

• Pay listed is an estimate; actual pay may vary based on experience, education, training, critical skills, and business considerations.
• Equal-opportunity employer; applicants with a criminal history are considered under the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

About the company

Yerba Madre, formerly Guayakí Yerba Mate, is a nearly 30-year pioneer of regenerative yerba mate and a B Corp. It is headquartered in Oakland and Los Angeles, California, and sources organic yerba mate from family farmers and Indigenous communities in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.