Offers “Unilever”

Expires soon Unilever

Upfield Controller - North America

  • Englewood Cliffs (Bergen)

Job description

Controller - BU and Country (USA)

Based in North America

On the 2 nd July 2018 Unilever completed the sale of the Spreads Business and it is now under the new ownership of KKR as “Upfield”, therefore any successful applicants will be employed by “Upfield Foods” not Unilever. For more details on Upfield, please click here .


Your Main Responsibilities: -

Business Delivery & Performance Management
· In-year holistic business delivery across all KPIs (Market Share, Turnover & Operating Profit, Cash & Working Capital)
· Provide analytics and insights to drive business performance and inform pricing, investment and innovation decisions
· Drive robust cost control and embed Return of Investment approach
· Interface with local Sourcing Unit Controller to understand cost trends and Capital investment requirements
· Active cash management to manage business Working Capital and Free Cash Flow delivery
· Lead financial forecasting/budgeting and longer-term strategic planning processes

Business Controls & Risk Management
· Develop, implement and monitor strong internal control environment across all business processes.
· Safeguard adherence to all company policies and procedures
· Active risk management with a focus on driving key actions in partnership with country leadership team

Core Business Processes
· Manage Purchase to Pay and Order to Cash processes, including Credit management, pricing and claims management

Tax, Audit & Legal
· Local Tax compliance and reporting, in conjunction with any local advisers
· Lead Statutory audit process and reporting, managing relationship with external auditors
· Support Internal Audit team and drive full implementation of any recommendations
· Local commercial contract set-up and management, in conjunction with any local legal advisers. Drive adherence to contracts to realise business value
· Manage local statutory insurance programmes

Change Management
· Support transition away from Unilever and set-up of distinct Spreads organisation
· Ensure effective local implementation of Transition Services Agreements (TSAs) in conjunction with Unilever management
· Provide support to other countries within the BU during the transition

Talent Management & Development
· Recruit, retain and develop talent
· Contribute to global Spreads Finance function agenda, with a focus on improving capabilities that can be leveraged locally

Skills, experience and qualifications: -

Business skills
· Professional Accounting qualification and solid reporting and control skill-set
· Commercial business partnering experience with proven ability to deliver results
· Experience of direct line management
· Proven ability to work in a matrix organization (cross-functional) with multiplestakeholders

Personal skills
· Strong leadership, strategic influencing and communication skills
· Delivery-focused with a high degree of ownership
· Collaborative and team-oriented mindset
· Drive, energy and passion for developing business and financial processes and capabilities

Your Personal Power! :-
At BCS we want you to bring your ideas, your motivation and desire to succeed! This part of the role is up to you to complete.

Culture
We are a highly entrepreneurial fast-paced team running a multi-billion Euro business across 60+ countries with the mind-set of a start-up! We are agile, creative, fast-to-market and obsessed with customers and consumers.
If you are an entrepreneur at heart and have a passion for winning, a strong understanding of the CPG business, ad would like to join us, apply and speak to one of our Talent Matchmakers!

On the 2 nd July 2018 Unilever completed the sale of the Spreads Business and it is now under the new ownership of KKR as “Upfield”, therefore any successful applicants will be employed by “Upfield Foods” not Unilever. For more details on Upfield, please click here .

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