Finance Manager Manufacturing Projects

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We're a global snacking company empowering people to snack right.
The Role
The Finance Manager for Manufacturing Projects at Mondelēz International will oversee financial integrity for a manufacturing site, supporting operational finance planning, performance management, and compliance. Key responsibilities include financial modeling, decision support for manufacturing, and building a high-performing Finance team while ensuring continuous improvement in financial processes and controls.
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Job Description
Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?
Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Uniquely Yours.
You will be the finance partner to plant management and manage the overall financial integrity and performance of a manufacturing site. You will support the Plant Leadership team in preparing and executing business proposals, verifying assumptions, and checking for daily execution. You will manage finance for a complex plant cluster, hub or large manufacturing plant.
How you will contribute
You will:

  • Manage finance planning and performance management processes and related financial decisions potentially including strategic plan and annual contract planning/forecasting, target development, financial performance reporting/analysis, financial modeling and decision support for a manufacturing plant, plant cluster or hub.
  • Ensure a strong controls and compliance environment in the manufacturing plant. You will also ensure that policies are understood in the organization and that proper controls and compliance are in place.
  • Partner with plant management to provide critical financial perspective and insight for business strategies and decisions. You will also monitor and adjust execution of actions.
  • Drive for harmonization, efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and build a mindset of continuous improvement within the Finance team.
  • Build a high-performing Finance team. You will also recruit and develop Finance talent and drive our Finance talent agenda with a focus on Supply Chain/plant controlling.


What you will bring
A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

  • TECHNICAL EXPERTISE in financial planning and performance management including analyzing, planning and reporting company financial performance across all financial KPIs and strategy development, investment decisions and cost management to achieve financial targets.
  • BUSINESS ACUMEN and understanding of our business, consumer packaged goods industry, and snacking market including Supply Chain/manufacturing dynamics. Relevant experience in a large regional (or global) corporation.
  • LEADERSHIP SKILLS including proven business partnering, influencing and communication skills across a large regional or global, public company; experience working as a finance leader managing cross-functional and business partner teams to make decisions and drive results.
  • GROWTH/DIGITAL MINDSET and ability to identify opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
  • INTEGRITY and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with our values and policies and external regulations.


The Manager Manufacturing Finance Projects will be responsible for the end-to-end financial controlling of 2 manufacturing projects in the MDLZ Bakery network. This includes tracking of actuals capex, opex and savings versus plan, by establishing budget control processes, as well as providing on a regular basis Opps & Risks updates and quarterly budget re-plans for the projects in scope. She/he will be the business partner for the respective Project Leads, will closely co-operate with plant/cluster directors and controllers, as well as with central Bakery support functions (Engineering, Business Development, Capex controlling) and with the Bakery Supply Chain Leadership Team.
Main responsibilities:

  • Develop and implement project cost control processes and systems for capex and opex spending, to ensure the management of approved budgets.
  • Develop and implement a control process for project savings.
  • Set up a detailed budget tracking system for project resources and their costs.
  • Analyze and document variances on quarterly basis vs plan.
  • Recommend and manage corrective actions to mitigate financial risks.
  • Provide all stakeholders and the Supply Chain Leadership team on a regular basis with an update of financial performance, cash flow analysis and Opps/Risks vs plan.
  • Provide regular updates on quarterly (re-)phasing of project capex, opex, savings and cash forecast.
  • Provide strong financial business partnership to the respective Project Leads, to drive together corrective actions, budget/phasing updates and safeguard timely and complete project execution.
  • Closely co-operate with the respective plant/cluster directors and controllers, as well as with central Bakery support functions (Engineering, Business Development, Capex controlling, SCR team).
  • Conduct regular project audit reviews in order to ensure compliance with accounting principles, Mondelēz policies and internal controls requirements.


Relocation Support Available?
No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
Our people make all the difference in our succes
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Excited to grow your career?
We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
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Job Type
Regular
Finance Planning & Performance Management
Finance

The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
90,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois which employs approximately 90,000 individuals around the world.

Our Purpose
Our purpose is to empower people to snack right. We will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way.

Our Brands
We’re leading the future of snacking with iconic brands such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum.

Our People
Our 90,000+ colleagues around the world are key to the success of our business. Our Values and Leadership Commitments of Love our Consumers and Brands, Grow Every Day, and Do What's Right shapes our culture – what we believe in, stand for, and what guides our actions and decisions. Great people and great brands. That’s who we are.

Our Strategies
We are uniquely positioned to lead the future of snacking with strong leadership in our categories, an unparalleled portfolio of global and local brands, and a solid footprint in fast-growing markets. Aimed at delivering sustainable growth, our strategic plan is centered around three strategic priorities:

• Growth: accelerate consumer-centric growth
• Execution: drive operational excellence
• Culture: build a winning growth culture

Why Work With Us

We offer passionate, energetic and curious people a huge choice of careers in our fun, fast-paced, global business. We operate in four regions: Asia, Middle East & Africa; Europe; Latin America; and North America. And in over 80 countries our people are united in a common purpose to empower people to snack right.

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