Controller SCBU

Louisville, KY

Full Time

Finance

Experienced

The Controller is to provide overall financial and accounting direction and leadership for global food ingredient company. They will Place emphasis on Growth, Innovation, Operational Excellence and Superior Customer Experience.

Responsibilities:

Uphold Givaudan’s Mission Statement, Quality Policy, Values and Beliefs.
Responsible for strategic and operating decisions as a member of the Sense Colour Leadership Team (SCLT). Maintain focus on achieving business objectives.
Set the tone and example for financial and business integrity of SCBU and subsidiaries.
Lead Finance and IT teams to achieve annual and multi-year objectives. Assess team performance and create well-rounded development plans for growth and improvement.
Develop and maintain a strong network of advisers on finance and general business issues.
Perform analysis and develop and execute plans for both internal growth and acquisition opportunities to optimize and protect Givaudan interests. Lead financial integration and process improvement.
Develop and operate a capital expenditure process, including tracking of expenditures against plans and post-audit of achieved returns. Analyze financial impact of capital expenditure alternatives.
Coordinate financial and management reporting systems to provide accurate, timely and meaningful data to all internal and external users.
Prepare financial projections in line with strategic scenarios. Identify improvement opportunities in financial operations and drive continuous improvement.
Work with Finance Directors to ensure proper internal control structures are designed and implemented to ensure timely and accurate financial management reporting.
Manage cash, including annual cash projections. Identify opportunities to maximize cash flow.
Develop and execute strategies to ensure entity tax positions are compliant globally.
Manage pension and insurance processes to optimize Company benefits.
Develop and manage foreign currency exposure and commodity hedging strategies to limit risk.
Provides support for pricing strategy teams. Review costs and costing strategy using market inputs.
Coordinate with IT team to improve information technology platforms, develop and maintain linkage among legacy IT systems and drive efficiency projects for platform users.

Controller Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting with 15-20 years of experience; minimum of 10 years in a management / leadership position with broad business background.
Knowledgeable and experienced in accounting, financial analysis, business structures and strategic planning.
Experience with acquisitions and foreign currency management required. Computer literate, particularly with spreadsheets and industry-standard software/ERP systems.
Good people management skills and demonstrated ability to successfully interact at all levels of the organization.
Relationship builder with demonstrated people skills.
Strategist - balances long term goals with short term needs, comfortable with calculated risk.
Seeks feedback and is willing to be challenged in order to accelerate personal growth.
Continuous learner with demonstrated application of same; curious … demonstrates solid understanding of market, competition, customers, products and industry dynamics.
Visionary / Conceptual thinker; able to think creatively.
Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
Passionate / Willing to challenge the status quo.
Decision Maker (independently and in consensus mode when appropriate).
Solution generator; change agent.
Comfortable with getting into the details and knows when to do so versus being “directionally correct”.

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