About this opportunity
Amphora Equity Partners lists this Vice President- Operations & Finance opportunity in greenwich, Connecticut. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Title: Vice President- Operations & Finance
Reports to: Managing Partner
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.
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Worksite address
greenwich, CT, 06831, US
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