Vice President- Operations & Finance
16 hours ago
Greenwich
Job Title: Vice President- Operations & Finance Reports to: Managing Partner Location: Onsite- Greenwich, CT Status: FT/Exempt About the Company: Amphora Equity Partners is a newly formed private equity firm that makes control investments in the North American packaged food and beverage sector. The firm focuses on well-established branded products and contract manufacturing businesses in which it can support management teams to drive real value creation through operational excellence and follow-on acquisitions. Role Overview: The Vice President – Operations & Finance will support Amphora’s growing portfolio of food and beverage brands. This role is a hybrid of FP&A, operational finance, and M&A, serving as a critical partner to investment, operations, and portfolio leadership teams. The VP will conduct financial planning and transaction-related diligence while helping drive operational excellence and value creation across the portfolio. This position requires deep experience in CPG-focused M&A, combined with strong operational and analytical capabilities. Key Responsibilities: • Operational and financial diligence for food and beverage companies. In-depth financial modeling, consumer and category analysis, and supply chain evaluation., • Oversee and validate quality of earnings. Develop working capital, cash flow, and balance sheet analyses., • Provide detailed assumptions for transaction models, valuation analyses, and return scenarios., • Support deal structuring and seller transition services alongside portfolio leadership., • Perform detailed reviews of plant-level financials, inventory reconciliation, and cost accounting practices during diligence., • Assess manufacturing, supply chain, and working capital risks through on-site reviews and operational data analysis., • Develop and oversee portfolio-level and company-level FP&A processes, including budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning., • Build and maintain scalable financial reporting and KPI dashboards., • Analyze unit economics, margins, pricing, trade analysis and cost structures to support decision-making., • Evaluate manufacturing, sourcing, logistics, and inventory management performance, inclusive of co-manufacturers., • Support capacity planning, demand forecasting, and inventory optimization initiatives., • Identify and execute margin expansion, cost reduction, and working capital optimization opportunities., • Analyze and improve plant-level cost structures, standard costing models, and variance reporting., • Perform reviews of bill of materials, labor and overhead absorption, and yield/scrap metrics., • Support implementation of systems, reporting processes, and controls post-close., • Partner with portfolio leadership on add-on acquisitions, refinancings, and exit preparation. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, or a related field., • 10+ years of experience in large food and beverage company M&A group, CPG-focused investment banking, private equity, or transaction advisory firm., • Demonstrated experience with complex M&A transactions and end-to-end diligence processes., • Strong background in FP&A, financial and accounting diligence, and operational finance., • Comprehensive understanding of the CPG ecosystem, including retailers, distributors, co-manufacturers, and internal manufacturing operations., • Proven knowledge of plant-level accounting, including inventory reconciliation, standard costing, variance analysis, and yield/scrap management., • Experience evaluating cost structures, bill of materials, labor and overhead absorption, and manufacturing efficiencies., • Strong understanding of supply chain and operational metrics, including fill rates, service levels, inventory turns, capacity utilization, and logistics costs., • Experience supporting post-merger integration and financial and operational systems implementation., • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, with a strong emphasis on Excel for financial modeling and scenario analysis and PowerPoint for executive presentations., • Strong knowledge of GAAP accounting, quality of earnings, and transaction structures within a CPG environment., • Experience with syndicated data sources (SPINS, Nielsen, Circana) is a plus., • Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level communication skills., • Self-directed, entrepreneurial, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.