Financial Analyst

Mastronardi BerryWorld America, a joint venture with Mastronardi Produce Limited, North America’s leading grower and distributor of greenhouse produce, has created a partnership that will “WOW” the North American berry market.

This is a significant and exciting development, which aims to provide high quality, exclusive berries that start with best-in-class varietal development to deliver exceptional flavour.

Combining Mastronardi Produce's track record of game-changing innovation, high tech operations, and fresh produce marketing expertise with BerryWorld's exclusive varieties, category management, and global berry expertise will make Mastronardi BerryWorld America a unique alternative for the North American berry market.

BerryWorld believes the berries we are bringing to the category will change consumer expectations of how a berry should taste.

Our Kingsville head office is currently seeking a Financial Analyst to join their team Reporting to the Finance Manager, this is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic team in the high-growth CEA industry (Controlled Environment Agriculture) and high-growth berry segment. The candidate should be highly organized, analytical, detail-oriented and extraordinarily passionate about building data driven solutions to business problems. The Finance Analyst – Grower Pay position will be responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of grower pay and its necessary reporting. 

Values:

To perform the job successfully, the incumbent’s behavior must be consistent with the PRIDE values expected of all Mastronardi Produce employees: be Passionate; have Respect; be Innovative; be Driven and strive for Excellence.

Primary Responsibilities:

Execute the necessary analyses to support grower pay decision making on a weekly basis Ensure accurate and timely reporting of service fees to support weekly grower pay Support the accuracy of the grower pay accrual and actualization Work with colleagues to drive accurate and timely reporting on plant debt, discounts, and destruction Support the reporting and weekly deductions for loans, advances, packaging and plant debts Have a supporting role in the preparation of the annual budgeting process, including service fee and/or grower pay analysis Support business cases for loans and/or grower pay decisions, via analytical support Ensure timely and accurate reporting for grower and customer profitability and margin analysis versus budget and prior year Create and deliver weekly grower pay statements Assist and potentially run the weekly guides, grower pay, and sales pricing meetings, per necessary Ensure all accounting practices adhere to legal guidelines and established accounting principles Support the MBWA finance team with power point slides for executive or board decks Collaborate with colleagues at MPL and MBWA finance team to create and maintain internal controls Ensure to follow all internal financial processes to support timely and accurate reporting Identify key performance drivers (metrics) and opportunities that can be leveraged to improve the organization's profitability and create value for all stakeholders. 

Education/Background Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, or accounting from an accredited University/college is required 2+ years of prior analyst or accounting experience

Specific Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills. Need to be creative, adaptable and able to accurately handle out-of-the-ordinary micro issues with a sense of urgency Excel modeling and analytical experience is essential Must possess excellent communication and presentation skills and be comfortable interacting with executive-level management, present information and direction, and field questions from managers, employees and external contacts Experience in the food and beverage industry is desirable

Working Conditions:

Ability to travel between Canada and the US periodically Working conditions are normal for an office environment Use of company computer

Please note:  Mastronardi Produce has accommodation processes and policies in place and provides accommodation for employees with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or documented medical need, please contact the Human Resource office so that arrangements can be made for the appropriate accommodation to be put in place.

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