Senior Finance Manager, UFS North America

Background & Purpose of the Job:
Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) is the dedicated culinary foodservice business of Unilever which operates in more than 70 markets across the globe. The world of Food Solutions is a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and exciting environment with passionate professionals who work hard to carry out their common purpose of “freeing chefs to love what they do”. The UFS portfolio consists of world’s leading food brands like Hellmann’s and Knorr. Our customers range from restaurants and hotels through to workplaces, schools, and caterers. North America is the second largest market of UFS globally, with annual sales exceeding half billion dollars.

The Senior Finance Manager for UFS NAM, is a key role within the organization, responsible for delivering 4G growth of UFS business across North America, leading the performance from the front while ensuring strong financial governance of spends and controls. The role plays a central role in driving profitable growth by managing $200Mn of spends across TTS, BMI & Overheads, making resource allocation choices and supporting decisions around new launches and investments. The candidate will be a core member of UFS NA finance leadership team and will help in driving in-year performance along with driving value creation initiatives and influencing to shape future agenda by leading annual business planning. The role offers an attractive balance between FP&A, partnering and controllership experience, and responsibilities include:

•    Enable, drive, and lead the creation and delivery of annual plan in line with target framework and partner in setting the long-term strategic direction of the business
•    Manage, lead, coach and develop a diverse team of 3 associates
•    Partner CD, marketing, and Supply chain team in driving monthly sales planning cycle (S&OP), and creation of annual operating plan (IBP) including identification of key strategic initiatives, target setting, and creation of OKRs
•    Oversee development of innovation business cases, and assess capital requirements along with supporting investment decisions
•    Leading the Savings agenda and transformational projects to reset cost base, and liaise with Foods SCF team for GM delivery
•    Oversee monthly-end close & reporting activities to ensure timely and quality reporting of UFS financial results
•    Lead performance updates to the FSLT and Global leadership team
•    In capacity of UFS Controller, maintain the integrity of the financial processes and ensure compliance to GFCF and locally managed controls, interfacing with NA Controllers team
•    Full ownership of UFS Balance sheet (TTS, BMI, OH)
•    Building new analytical capabilities which bring insights to the business to drive action and improve category and business performance.
•    Drive automation and further optimization of all FP&A and FET processes.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do:
The ideal candidate would have a strong financial foundation coupled with a blend of decisiveness, analytical power, and strategic thinking in order to be a key force in driving 4G growth for UFS NAM. 
•    You’re a born leader: You love to be in the driving seat. You are quick to spot trends and  identify the root cause of the business issues through analytics, creative in proposing solutions, influential in selling your ideas and resilient in execution.
•    You’re driven by results: You have a natural bias for action and are willing to go the extra mile to achieve higher levels of performance. You take direct ownership of objectives, with high levels of self-assurance and resilience to achieve goals.
•    You’re a changemaker:  You are a self-starter. You enjoy the challenge of connecting the dots that follow and have passion for shaping a legacy. You will focus on streamlining the processes in role and will be restless in understanding not just the what, but also the why behind our strategies.
•    You’re a talent catalyst: You have a passion for coaching and leading people and are able to inspire them to bring their true & best selves to work. You invest time in training and mentoring people and are motivated by team’s success.

What You’ll Need to Succeed:
•    Strong understanding of P&L, Balance sheet, monthly forecasting and reporting activities
•    7 years of relevant progressive finance experience. Experience in more than one of core finance areas (Brand, Supply Chain, Customer & Channel Development, Planning & Analysis, Controllers) preferred
•    Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related area. 
•    Owner’s mindset towards business challenges. Ability to tackle complex situations, evaluate alternative courses of action, and provide fact-based solutions. 
•    Ability to manage multiple projects / processes simultaneously.
•    Strong communication, and organizational skills with strategic perspective and ability to influence and steer the decisions

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