Location: Little Chute, WI 54140
About Us
Trilliant Food & Nutrition is a leading, vertically integrated manufacturer of premium coffees and powdered beverages, proudly headquartered in Little Chute, Wisconsin. With a legacy rooted in quality, innovation, and service, Trilliant delivers branded and private label solutions across retail, foodservice, and e-commerce channels. Horseshoe Beverage Company, based in Neenah, WI, is a leading ready-to-drink beverage manufacturer dedicated to delivering an exceptional beverage experience. By combining industry-leading talent, cutting-edge equipment, and a vertically integrated supply chain, we drive innovation and consistently deliver the highest quality products to our customers—first and fast. Our brand portfolio includes Victor Allen’s®, Dutch Bros® beverages and Nurri™, our better-for-you protein beverage line. We are passionate about beverages – and about building a team that’s just as energized. We invite you to explore opportunities at Trilliant or Horseshoe, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.
Position Overview
The Finance Business Partner supports the BU’s and leadership team by providing financial insight, analysis, and decision support to drive profitable growth and operational performance. Reporting into the Finance organization, this role acts as the day-to-day financial partner to the BU, helping translate business plans into forecasts, evaluate trade-offs, and improve financial outcomes through strong analysis and collaboration. The role balances analytical rigor with commercial understanding and cross-functional partnership.
Responsibilities
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Business Partnership & Decision Support
Serve as the primary finance point of contact for the BU [Business Unit], partnering closely with the BU Lead and functional leaders. Provide financial analysis and insights to support: pricing and margin decisions; trade spend and promotional effectiveness; customer, channel, and product profitability; identify key cost drivers across materials, labor, overhead, logistics, and conversion costs; partner with Operations and Supply Chain to explain cost movements, productivity impacts, and operational tradeoffs within financial analyses; support evaluation of new initiatives, business cases, and growth opportunities.
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Financial Planning & Performance Management
Lead the BU’s annual budget, rolling forecast, and periodic outlook updates. Prepare and explain monthly financial results, including: variance analysis vs. budget and forecast; key performance cost drivers and trends; support monthly business reviews by highlighting risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. Help improve forecast accuracy and financial transparency for the BU.
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Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Support
Act as the finance lead for the BU as part of the weekly/monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) process, partnering across: Demand planning, Supply planning, and Production, Materials, and Resource (PMR) planning. Translate demand and supply scenarios into financial impacts, including revenue, margin, inventory, and net working capital implications. Support scenario planning by quantifying tradeoffs related to: capacity constraints, service level decisions, inventory positioning, and cost and margin impacts. Provide financial input and validation during IBP meetings to support fact-based decision-making.
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Commercial & Operational Analysis
Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to understand volume, mix, pricing, and end-to-end cost drivers. Analyze manufacturing and supply chain impacts on BU financial performance. Support continuous improvement initiatives by quantifying financial benefits tied to cost reduction, productivity, and efficiency efforts. Track and report on key KPIs, ensuring insights are clear, relevant, and actionable.
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Process, Reporting & Continuous Improvement
Develop and maintain financial models, dashboards, and reporting tools to support BU decision-making. Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, data quality, and reporting efficiency.