Manager, Corporate Development & Strategy
Ircagroup · Duluth, GA · onsite
A good food story is built on layers—inside, where quality and performance excel, and outside, where artistry shines. Through IRCA Group’s diverse capabilities, premium ingredients, and innovative solutions, they empower chefs and the food industry to create without limits, making the extraordinary simple at every step.
IRCA Group is a global leader in high-quality food ingredient production, specializing in chocolates, creams, fillings, fruits, pistachios, and chocolate and sugar decorations. Its brands include: IRCA since 1919, Dobla, JoyGelato, Ravifruit, Cesarin, Domori and Graffiti Sprinkles, each with its own unique history, specialties and positioning in the market.
With over 100 years of Italian heritage, IRCA operates 21 production facilities across Europe,
the U.S., and Vietnam, serving customers in more than 100 countries. With more than 2,000 employees globally, IRCA Group continues its focus on expansion via acquisition and organic growth. With strong support from Advent, the private equity firm that acquired IRCA in 2022, IRCA Americas is expanding its footprint with new and increased domestic capabilities, particularly in chocolate, fillings, and decorations. In the US, IRCA Group has offices and manufacturing facilities near Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and St. Louis. In 2023 IRCA Group had a combined revenue of €1 billion.
The FP&A Manager will report to the Director, FP&A, and will support the end-to-end financial planning and analysis and partner with senior leaders to provide guidance to management and provide value-added insights into the business. The manager will also drive a comprehensive process for developing financial plans and corresponding forecasts for all business objectives.
We are requiring someone to work onsite at our plant located in Duluth, GA.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain the Americas MTP: the integrated 3–5 year financial and strategic plan covering revenue, margin, capex and cash flow.
- Run the annual MTP cycle and in-year refreshes, coordinating inputs from Commercial, Operations, Supply Chain and Finance.
- Translate strategic initiatives into financial targets and track delivery against plan.
- Build the Americas Value Creation Plan: the initiatives, KPIs and EBITDA impact that underpin the investment thesis for the region.
- Track VCP delivery with initiative owners and report progress to CVC through regular shareholder updates.
- Partner with the CFO and CEO Americas on Group strategy: market and competitor analysis, growth priorities, pricing and portfolio choices.
- Lead strategic projects end to end, from problem framing and analysis to recommendation and implementation.
- Prepare strategy materials for the Group, the Board and CVC.
- Coordinate ALT activities: agenda, priorities, action tracking and follow-up on decisions.
- Own the monthly ALT deck: collect inputs from functions, shape the storyline and highlight issues requiring decisions.
- Run the cadence of ALT strategic initiatives, ensuring accountability and progress across functions.
- Support M&A activities: market screening, target profiling, business cases, valuation and due diligence.
- Contribute to post-merger integration planning and value-creation tracking.
Why this role:
- C-suite exposure from day one. Work directly with the CFO and CEO Americas and present to the Americas Leadership Team every month.
- Real ownership. Own the plan that drives the division's targets, not a slice of someone else's analysis.
- Tier-1 private equity ownership. Work in a business owned by global tier-1 private equity funds, interacting directly with CVC on value creation, strategy and M&A.
- International scope. Interact regularly with Group headquarters in Italy and with peers across a global organization.
- Clear growth path. A natural step from consulting into industry, with exposure that prepares for senior roles in finance, strategy or general management.
Profile:
- Around 5 years in management consulting (strategy or operations practice), with a track record on growth strategy, business planning or performance improvement engagements.
- Exposure to consumer goods, food & beverage, industrials or private equity clients is a plus.
- Experience with M&A, commercial due diligence or value-creation plans is a strong plus.
- Strong financial modeling and business-case skills; comfortable building a multi-year plan from the ground up.
- Structured problem solving and the ability to turn complex analysis into a clear executive storyline.
- Excellent PowerPoint and Excel; experience with ERP or BI data is a plus.
- Confident with senior stakeholders; able to drive cross-functional work without direct authority.
- Self-starter, comfortable in a lean, fast-moving organization.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics or Engineering; MBA preferred.
- Italian language skills are a plus.
Irca Group offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits:
Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) matching, Paid Vacation, and Holidays, Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program