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Finance Manager

Gate Gourmet Inc
  • schiller park, IL
  • $93,000–$100,000 Per Year
5 days ago

Job Description

We're looking for motivated, engaged people to help make everyone's journeys better.

Position is responsible for supervising accounting staff and/or processes ensuring all cost control methods and accounting protocols are maintained and followed, focusing on but not limited to accounts payable and billing customers.

Annual Hiring Range/Hourly Rate:

$93,000 to $100,000 (plus 10% annual STIP)

Benefits, US

  • Paid time off
  • 401k, with company match
  • Company sponsored life insurance
  • Medical, dental, vision plans
  • Voluntary short-term/long-term disability insurance
  • Voluntary life, accident, and hospital plans
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employee Discounts
  • Free hot healthy meals for unit operations roles

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Maintains office services by organizing office operations and procedures, controls correspondence, designs filing systems, reviews and approves supply requisitions, assigns and monitors clerical functions

  • Provides historical reference by defining procedures for retention, protection, retrieval, transfer, and disposal of records.

  • Designs and implements office policies by establishing standards and procedures: measures results against standards.

  • Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees, following up on work results

  • Keeps management informed by reviewing and analyzing special projects; summarizes information; identifies trends

  • Maintains office staff results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; plans, monitors and appraises job results and/or in the case of dotted line reports influencing and monitoring results and recommending appropriate actions to the BU controller and/or local GM.

  • Performs weekly projections and forecasts as needed

  • Contributes to and performs monthly closing for two operating units

  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing results as needed

  • Manages billing, AP, SAP coordinator, and payroll staff for two operating units

  • Assists controller in ensuring necessary controls are in place

  • Coordinates monthly inventory process and ensures SAP functions are performed on a timely basis

  • Performs other duties as needed

Qualifications

Education:

  • Associates Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related Field required.

  • BS/BA in Accounting or Finance preferred.

Work Experience:

  • 3 years accounting experience in high volume, high transaction, manufacturing environment.

  • Previous supervisory experience with accounting/payroll staff preferred.

  • Previous experience in SAP or other ERP programs preferred.

Technical Skills: (Certification, Licenses and Registration)

  • CPA or finance/accounting certifications a plus.

Job Skills:

  • Knowledge of MS Office applications, specifically intermediate knowledge of Excel.

  • Forecasting, budgeting, and implementing/following cost control methods.

Language / Communication Skills:

  • Effective written and oral communications

  • Bi- Lingual is a plus

Job Dimensions

Geographic Responsibility: US Units

Type of Employment: Full time

Travel %: 10%

Exemption Classification: Exempt

Internal Relationships: Unit billing, unit accounts payable, centralized purchasing office and procurement and ASG - (charter)

External Relationships: Vendors regarding payment (accounts payable)

Work Environment / Requirements of the Job: Must be able to work varied shift or days, during specific periods of month (yearly, quarterly, month end)

Budget / Revenue Responsibility: 70.5 million

Organization Structure

Direct Line Manager (Title): Dir, Field Controlling / BU Unit Controller

Dotted Line Manager (Title, if applicable):

Number of Direct Reports: 0-6

Number of Dotted Line Reports: 0-4

Estimated Total Size of Team: 1-7

gategroup Competencies Required to be Successful in the Job:

  • Thinking - Information Search and analysis & problem resolution skills

  • Engaging - Understanding others, Team Leadership and Developing People

  • Inspiring - Influencing and building relationships, Motivating and Inspiring, Communicating effectively

  • Achieving - Delivering business results under pressure, Championing Performance Improvement and Customer Focus

Demonstrated Values to be Successful in the Position

Employees at gategroup are expected to live our Values of Excellence, Passion, Responsibility and Respect. To demonstrate these Values, we expect to observe the following from everyone:

Excellence

  • We put the customer at the forefront of everything we do, taking time to understand their needs, wishes and desires.
  • We constantly learn by giving and receiving feedback, improving from our mistakes and bettering ourselves.

Passion

  • Hospitality, in its purest form, comes down to a single, core principle: care. We do everything with thoughtfulness, attention, and care.
  • We have a growth mindset, a resilience that makes us determined to bounce back from failures and setbacks.

Responsibility

  • We care about what we do, and we understand the impact we have on others and the planet.
  • We always look out for each other -creating a safe workplace environment is everyone's responsibility.

Respect

  • Every job matters. We each do our part to ensure our colleagues and our customers succeed in their goals.
  • We respect each other's voices and foster a workplace that supports inclusion and belonging. We are all one gategroup.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

gategroup is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status or other category under applicable law.

For further information regarding Equal Employment Opportunity, copy and paste the following URL into your web browser: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

We anticipate that this job will close on:

09/07/2026

For California Residents, please click here to view our California privacy notice.

If you want to be part of a team that helps make travel and culinary memories, join us!

Numbers & Facts

Locationschiller park, IL
IndustryAerospace and Defense
Salary$93,000–$100,000 Per Year
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1992
Websitehttp://www.gategourmet.com/home

About Company

Gate Gourmet is the world’s largest independent provider of airline catering and provisioning services. We are also very active in adjacent markets. With more than sixty years of experience in providing appealing food and beverage options, designed to fit any budget, we offer: A wide range of culinary solutions "Last mile" provisioning to aircraft Catering and provisioning services for non-airline business, such as railway companies, lounges, and convenience retailersGate Gourmet is the core business behind gategroup, whose ten associated companies offer customers a comprehensive scope of products and services for virtually any onboard need - from innovative menu design to stylish packaging to sophisticated supply chain solutions.

Skills

  • Accountingunmatched
  • Accounting Certificationsunmatched
  • Accounting Closeunmatched
  • Accounting Policiesunmatched
  • Accounts Payableunmatched
  • Administrative Skillsunmatched
  • Billingunmatched
  • Budgetingunmatched
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
  • Coachingunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Cost Controlunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Dental Insuranceunmatched
  • Disability Insuranceunmatched
  • Disciplinary Actionunmatched
  • Diversityunmatched
  • Employee Assistance Planunmatched
  • Filing System Designunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Financial Controlunmatched
  • Financial Managementunmatched
  • Forecastingunmatched
  • Hospitalunmatched
  • Inventory Levelsunmatched
  • Life Insuranceunmatched
  • Manufacturingunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft Officeunmatched
  • Multilingualunmatched
  • Needs Assessmentunmatched
  • Operations Processesunmatched
  • Payroll Accountingunmatched
  • Payroll Managementunmatched
  • People Managementunmatched
  • Performance Managementunmatched
  • Policy Implementationunmatched
  • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
  • Procedure Developmentunmatched
  • Process Managementunmatched
  • Project Evaluationunmatched
  • Public/Media/Press/Analyst Relationsunmatched
  • Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
  • SAPunmatched
  • SAP ECC (fka SAP R/3 and SAP ERP)unmatched
  • Safety/Work Safetyunmatched
  • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Trend Analysisunmatched
  • Vision Planunmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched

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