Senior Financial Analyst

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 perform detailed finance work, transactions and data structuring under the guidance of the Finance Manager. You will collect data, be responsible for maintaining information integrity, monitor reconciliations and conduct basic checks and controls.
How you will contribute
You will:

• Execute aspects of finance planning and performance management process and related financial decisions potentially including Annual Contract planning/forecasting, target development, financial performance reporting/analysis, financial modeling and decision support for a focused scope within a region, business unit, country, Supply Chain, Mondelēz International Business Services or Corporate Finance team. You will also execute data collection and data integrity checks
• Contribute to a strong controls and compliance environment in area of scope and ensure full compliance with our policies
• Execute ad hoc analyses and projects as requested by the Senior Finance Manager (or Director)
• Support projects to improve efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and embrace a mindset of continuous improvement
• Contribute to a high-performing Finance team. You will also invest in personal development and the development of your Finance peers

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 analysis and data collection/structuring
• BUSINESS ACUMEN and a basic understanding of our business, consumer packaged goods industry, and local snacking market. Relevant experience in a regional (or sizeable local) business
• LEADERSHIP SKILLS including collaboration and communication skills within a larger Finance team. Team player with can do mentality to deliver results
• GROWTH/DIGITAL MINDSET and the ability to execute 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

More about this role

• CPA Designation Preferred.

• Minimum 3-4 Years of Experience in Finance and Manufacturing.

• SAP Experience preferred

• Well organized with good analytical, reporting and presentation skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills as a Team player

Job specific requirements:
Project Costing:

• Performing costing for new initiatives at a bakery involves evaluating the expenses related to launching new products, processes, or equipment and identifying opportunities to reduce costs while maintaining quality.

• Partnering with plant operations team to ensure all assumptions for the costing are accurate and challenging the status quo.

• Reviewing the costing initiatives with Plant Controller and be able to articulate results.

Business Partnering:

• Role involves providing strategic advice and working together with the plant leadership to ensure that business and financial targets-such as productivity and capital spending-are met. The objective is to ensure that actions taken in plant operations align with the company's broader goals and financial health.

• Focus on managing the plant's productivity improvement pipeline by planning and prioritizing initiatives. It ensures that capital investments are aligned with productivity goals and assists business development teams in evaluating key business metrics (cost, capacity, profit growth, etc.) to ensure alignment across different projects. The goal is to drive growth while maintaining efficiency, profitability, and compliance.

• Oversight of the Section Controller's specific duties and the management of the broader day-to-day financial activities at the plant.

• Ensure there are robust internal controls in place to protect fixed assets (e.g., machinery, buildings, equipment) and inventory (e.g., raw materials, finished goods)

Loss Analysis & Elimination:

• Leading the loss elimination program involves a strategic approach to identifying and reducing inefficiencies and losses in plant operations.

• This role involves assisting in the development of tools and resources that enable key teams (production, business development, and process engineering) to identify, quantify, prioritize, and continuously monitor operational losses.

• This role involves partnering with process owners to evaluate the financial performance of loss elimination plans, ensuring that they are delivering the expected financial benefits. It includes assessing both the financial risks and opportunities of these plans and communicating these findings regularly to relevant stakeholders. The goal is to ensure that loss elimination efforts are not only operationally effective but also financially viable, and that any risks or opportunities are identified and managed in a timely manner.

• This role involves tracking and comparing actual performance in terms of KPIs, production standards, and direct fixed costs

• In this role, you are responsible for leading or co-leading the FI Pillar to drive financial and operational improvements across the organization

Budgeting & Planning

• This role involves leading and driving the entire budgeting and forecasting process.

• This role involves ensuring that all key documents-such as the operating BOM, waste management plans, master recipe, and BOL-are accurate, up-to-date, and aligned with the daily operations of the manufacturing plant.

• In addition, provide support to the Capex Finance team in gathering/building information required to prepare ARs and post-evaluations

No Relocation support available
Business Unit Summary
With several brands that are among consumer favourites, including Cadbury, OREO, Christie and Maynards, we are one of the largest snack companies in Canada. Many of our iconic brands are ranked first, second or third in their categories, and our manufacturers and pastry chefs have an enviable mission to create and manufacture chocolate, cookies, crackers and candy in our iconic factories and locations across Ontario. A company with many ambitious growth targets, we have invested close to $250 million in our Ontario plants in recent years alone; We run marketing campaigns promoting innovative products such as Cadbury Dark Milk tablets and OREO Birthday Cake and Peppermint Bark cookies. Our community of more than 2,683 employees is present across Canada and our head office is in Toronto. Passion and dedication characterize our Company. We encourage all our employees to be themselves at work, to speak out and to encourage diversity in all areas of activity. In addition, we foster a flexible work environment and place great importance on the notions of trust and empathy to promote a true sense of belonging.
Mondelez welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please note that the term "accommodation" in this posting means changes that are made in order to meet the needs of a person with disabilities and not lodging.
Job Type
Regular
Finance Planning & Performance Management
Finance