Financial Analyst

Join Riverside Natural Foods Ltd., a Canadian-based, family-owned, and globally operating business, committed to leaving the world better than we found it. As a B-Corp certified, Triple-Bottom Line company, we proudly manufacture nutritious, 'better-for-you' snacks such as MadeGood and GOOD TO GO. We value teamwork, humility, respect, ownership, adaptability, grit, and fun.

We’re on an ambitious mission to double our business by 2030, and we need talented individuals like you to help us reach new heights. At Riverside, you’ll have the opportunity to chart your own path to success while contributing to ours. We believe anything worth doing is worth doing right, and our values will guide us through the rugged terrain – and yes, it will get rough. But that’s what makes the journey worthwhile.

So, lace up your boots and let’s tackle the climb together.

You can learn more about us at www.riversidenaturalfoods.com.

Position Summary:

As the Senior Financial Analyst – Manufacturing, you will provide financial leadership and strategic partnership to plant operations, procurement, and cross-functional teams by delivering actionable financial insights that drive operational performance and continuous improvement.

As the primary finance partner to plant leadership, you will influence decision-making, promote accountability, and help drive cost optimization and operational excellence through strong analytical skills, collaboration, and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.

Key responsibilities include leading monthly production variance reporting, conducting product cost analysis, supporting financial forecasting, and coordinating plant-specific year-end audit activities.

This is a highly collaborative role that works closely with our plant and cross-functional teams and requires working onsite 4 days per week.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with plant managers and the production team to ensure the smooth running of our manufacturing facilities, investigating and resolving day-to-day issues that arise.
• Lead the preparation and delivery of a comprehensive monthly manufacturing scorecard with operational and financial KPIs that gives a driver-based understanding of variances and provides full visibility to overall plant performance.
• Own innovation and site-level costing. Review and analyze costing elements for each production line, validate product costing for innovation or formula changes with Brand, Supply Chain and R&D teams, and conduct ad hoc costing analytics.
• Provide recommendations on opportunities for productivity initiatives and areas of opportunity across our manufacturing footprint, including Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) decisions, inventory management, controls, quality, safety, or other key areas.