Finance Manager, Distillation & Maturation

Finance Manager For Distillation & Maturation (D&M)

The Finance Manager for Distillation & Maturation (D&M) is one of the senior and broad-based Finance Manager roles in the Supply Finance team. The role provides a unique opportunity to gain experience in Whiskey operation and help shape the liquid supply strategy for the future.

Preferred location for this position is Plainfield, IL to allow for collaboration with the operations senior leadership team. Alternative locations for consideration for the right candidate are Louisville, KY and Valleyfield, QC, Canada. Occasional travel is required to various distillation sites in North America.

Role responsibilities include :

• Independently lead the development of the distillation and maturing annual and long-range plans, delivery of financial results and development and implementation of critical initiatives.
• Develop long-range plans for purchasing barrels and investing in building new warehouses.
• Lead annual business plan (AOP) and latest estimates (LE), report financial performance of D&M conversion costs and proactively handle performance risks and opportunities.
• Complete maturing liquid costing in coordination with various teams including Planning, Blending and Procurement, analyze variances and ensure that the costs are accurately updated to SAP.
• Lead accurate, timely and financially astute balance sheet management, particularly for the accounts related to D&M activities.
• Lead effective and efficient compliance, ethics and controls activities. Proactively identify control risks and work with the operations leadership for mitigating them.
• Ownership of Ad Valorem and other distillation related taxes, ensuring correct calculation and collaboration with NAM tax team to ensure accurate and timely filing of returns.
• Development and execution of best-in-class models, tools and techniques to drive simpler, faster, and better reporting and decision-making.

Which team will you join?

Experience / skills required include :

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And crafting an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this. We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be encouraged and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mentalities, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please ensure that you capture this information when you submit your application.

Primary Location : Plainfield Plant

Additional Locations : Shelbyville, Valleyfield

Job Posting Start Date : 2025-09-11