Associate Finance Manager
Location: Modesto, CA, US, 95354
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Date: Nov 3, 2025
Company: Gallo
Job Req ID: 106543
Job Type: Full-time
Work Category: Hybrid Telecommute
Application Close Date: 11/06/2025
Sponsorship: Not Available
Compensation: $110700 - $166100
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We are GALLO
We're a family-owned company with a 90+ year legacy, that's consistently recognized as a Glassdoor "Best Places to Work." We have 130+ brands (https://www.gallo.com/portfolio/) in our total alcohol beverage portfolio including wine, malt, spirits, and ready-to-drink beverages. We're home to the #1 wine and spirits brands in the U.S. - Barefoot Wine & High Noon and are the official sponsors of the NFL, NHL, UFC, and PGA of America.
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As an Associate Finance Manager you will lead the development of strategic finance business initiatives and plays a critical role in offering insights to leadership. Identifies, researches and evaluates threats and opportunities to the long-term growth plan. Provides financial and business-related analyses to assess the impact of various projects, systems and transactions.
A Taste Of What You'll Do
Supports strategic business initiatives by providing in-depth analysis as well as quantify financial impact.
Understands key drivers of the business and develops data-driven performance measures to support decision-making processes. Identifies threats and opportunities from data insights and communicates to leadership.
Leads and supports initiatives focusing on key drivers impacting the enterprise key objectives and P&L.
Serves as a contributor or leads cross functional projects for key Corporate goals.
Supports business target setting model to understand current year forecasts/outlooks and longer-range financial outlook and strategic business plans.
Conducts complex analyses and research in such areas as financial and expense performance, rate of return, depreciation, working capital and investment.
Prepares forecasts and analyze trends in manufacturing, sales, finance, general business conditions, and other related areas.
Prepares detail of work plan and schedule, completes detailed analysis and research, identifies options, prepares reports for management and recommends action or change for assigned projects.
Participates in the formulation of department budgets. Reviews departmental actual expenses versus budget. Issues monthly variance statements.
Participates in the development of department procedures and performance measures.
Conducts special financial and business-related studies as requested.
Maintains satisfactory attendance, to include timeliness.
Responsible for understanding and complying with applicable quality, environmental and safety regulatory considerations. If accountable for the work of others, responsible for ensuring their understanding and compliance.
Intrapreneurship is entrepreneurship in an established company: behaviors that include thinking boldly, taking appropriate risks, learning from mistakes, showing initiative, and encouraging and reinforcing innovation.
Ownership refers to behaviors that include setting high expectations, driving candid discussion, and holding self and others accountable.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Develops, coaches and mentors peers, indirect and subordinate staff.
If accountable for the work of others, conducts performance evaluations; reviews and communicates salary adjustments; rewards employees or takes disciplinary action, as necessary; addresses complaints and resolves issues.
A Taste Of What You'll Do
Are you ready to make a meaningful impact and shape the future of our business? We are seeking an enthusiastic and analytical Associate Finance Manager to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be a trusted advisor to leadership, driving strategic financial initiatives and uncovering insights that help us grow responsibly and sustainably. You'll bring your expertise in identifying risks and opportunities to influence long-term business strategies while delivering actionable recommendations that align with our goals.
As an Associate Finance Manager, you will leverage data and analysis to inform critical decision-making processes. You'll prepare forecasts, analyze trends, and conduct in-depth research across areas like performance, investments, and working capital. Your work will not only support key corporate objectives but also foster collaboration through cross-functional projects. In this role, you'll develop performance measures, guide strategic financial planning, and lead initiatives that impact the company's success.
We value diversity and celebrate unique perspectives, encouraging bold thinking and innovation as part of our intrapreneurial spirit. We're committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered to contribute their best ideas. Whether you're mentoring peers, coaching your team, or driving results, your ownership and accountability will set the tone for others to follow.
If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy tackling complex challenges, and are passionate about making data-driven decisions, we invite you to apply. Join us in shaping a brighter future where your expertise and leadership will make a difference. Together, we'll continue to innovate and grow while creating opportunities for all.
What You'll Need
MBA degree plus 3 years of finance, accounting, audit, economics, statistics, mathematics, military, operations, supply chain, sales, consulting, or wine industry experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of finance, accounting, audit, economics, statistics or mathematics experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Bachelor's degree plus 4 years of Gallo experience to include business analytics and financial modeling work reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
Strategic planning or corporate development experience.
Ability to influence at executive levels and drive organizational change.
Experience with MS Excel at an intermediate level.
Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.
How You'll Stand Out
MBA degree plus 5 years of Finance, Accounting, Military, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Consulting, or wine industry experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; or Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance plus 8 years Accounting or Finance experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.
Consumer Products Goods (CPG) or strategy consulting experience.
Experience with MS Access at an intermediate level.
Experience with SAP.
Experience with Outlook Soft.
Experience with MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
Experience reading, analyzing and interpreting common scientific and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents. Experience responding to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the business community. Experience effectively presenting information to top management, public groups and boards of directors.
Experience applying mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
Experience defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts and drawing valid conclusions. Experience interpreting an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and dealing with several abstract and concrete variables.
Experience completing assignments that broad in nature, usually requiring originality and ingenuity. Has appreciable latitude for unreviewed action or decision.
Broad knowledge of principles, practices and procedures of this particular field of specialization.
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Our Benefits & Perks
We are committed to providing competitive compensation, perks, and a culture that supports your well-being. Benefits depend on your work category and may include medical and dental coverage, 401k plans, profit sharing, pet insurance, company holidays, access to an employee wine shop, and more! Additional information will be provided before your first interview.
The Fine Print
The Company does not sponsor for employment-based visas for this position now or in the future.
Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. In addition to the salary, this position may be eligible for bonuses, incentive plans, or participate in tasting room tip pools, as applicable.
This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting with an option for occasional telecommuting. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance.
It is the Company's policy for job postings to be open to internal candidates for a minimum of 5 days and to external candidates, if applicable, for a minimum of 3 days.
Gallo's policy is to afford equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and not to discriminate on the basis of race, traits associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles (such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition as defined by applicable state law (including cancer and predisposing genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, familial status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation (actual or perceived), transgender status, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, reproductive health decision making, age, military or veteran status, domestic violence or sexual assault victim status, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Nor will Gallo discriminate based on a perception that an individual has any of the foregoing characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.
Gallo will comply with state and local laws prohibiting discrimination for lawful out-of-work behavior, such as off-duty use of cannabis away from the workplace (subject to federal and state law exceptions), the existence of non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites in hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids as determined by a drug screening test (subject to federal and state law exceptions).
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gallo is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please let us know at 209.341.7000.
Gallo is enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify program and will use the program to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees as required.
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