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Full Time Professional Ontario, CA, US

Salary: $120,000.00 Annually

GS Foods Group is a leading specialty food distributor serving customers nationwide, with a primary focus on K-12 schools and other specialized end markets. With nineteen distribution facilities across the country, GS Foods and its subsidiaries are committed to providing high-quality products, dependable service, and innovative solutions to the communities and customers we serve.

GS Foods is seeking a Senior Treasury Analyst to support Treasury and Accounting administrative functions across all locations nationwide for the private equity-backed GS Foods Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“GS Foods” or the “Company”).

Based in Ontario, California, this position will play a key role in cash forecasting and analytics, working capital management, liquidity and debt management, treasury operations, controls, and process improvement. The Senior Treasury Analyst will partner closely with the Corporate Treasurer and other Finance stakeholders to strengthen treasury processes, enhance analytical capabilities, and support the continued growth of the organization.

• Prepare the weekly 13-week direct-method cash flow forecast across all operating entities in partnership with the Corporate Treasurer, including gathering and validating inputs, building the collections waterfall and disbursement timing, and producing the weekly roll-forward.
• Maintain and continuously improve the forecast model by strengthening mechanics, reducing manual effort, and recommending refinements to methodology and assumptions.
• Prepare forecast-to-actual variance analysis by decomposing variances by driver, including collections timing, AP timing, and revolver activity.
• Track forecast accuracy over time and identify insights that can strengthen future forecasting assumptions.
• Build and run scenario and sensitivity analyses, including base, downside, and stress scenarios, quantifying liquidity headroom under each.
• Explicitly model the seasonal back-to-school working capital build and summer trough .
• Safeguard model integrity by designing forecast logic and toggles that are auditable and fail visibly rather than silently.

• Analyze and report on working capital performance, including DSO, DPO, DIO, and the cash conversion cycle across entities.
• Incorporate the seasonal K-12 business cycle into working capital analysis and provide entity-level comparability within a roll-up environment.
• Maintain strong working knowledge of working capital drivers and effectively explain what is impacting receivables, payables, and inventory and how each translates into cash.
• Support the identification of working capital opportunities, including collections acceleration and payment-term optimization.
• Quantify the cash impact of potential working capital initiatives to support leadership and sponsor discussions.

• Support daily cash positioning, target-balance management, and funding of disbursement accounts.
• Compile inputs for covenant compliance, including leverage and fixed-charge coverage.
• Proactively identify and flag potential covenant headroom risks.
• Serve as a technical resource and mentor to the Treasury Analyst, sharing forecasting, analytics, and process knowledge to strengthen the overall capability of the team.
• Set the standard for analytical rigor and process discipline by modeling strong documentation, automation, and control practices.
• Help build and improve treasury processes and training as the function scales, including contributing to procedures and cross-training initiatives.

• Support bank account administration, online banking platform management, and entity-level account structure.
• Maintain treasury SOX controls and related documentation.
• Support month-end treasury close activities.

• Analytical Rigor: Comfortable owning the numbers and defending the assumptions behind them.
• Ownership Mindset: Thrives in a build-from-scratch environment with evolving processes.
• Clear Communication: Able to translate treasury analysis for finance and non-finance audiences alike, including sponsor and advisory stakeholders.
• Process Automation Instinct: Consistently looks for opportunities to reduce manual effort and key-person risk.
• Discretion: Handles sensitive financial and banking information with sound judgment.

Salary: $120,000.00 + 10% Bonus

This position will be in an office setting at a desk equipped with computer , monitors, phone , and other applicable resources/equipment. It will require the applicant to routinely sit, stand, stoop, kneel, crouch, and bend for up to 8 hours. Position requires the occasional lifting of objects up to 10lbs.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EOE M/W/Vet/Disabled

All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently . This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements as the employee may be required to perform any other duties as assigned . In the event of an absence where the Staff Accountant cannot perform these duties, the manager will determine who will perform these duties.

TITLE: Senior Treasury Analyst
DEPARTMENT: Finance REPORTS TO: Corporate Treasurer
FLSA CLASSIFICATION: Exempt