Finance Director Europe

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Your role at Clorox:

This is a complex business that currently spans multiple countries. Annual revenues are currently at $52M USD with aspirations for strong growth. The PMU Finance team has approximately 3 people in total, with an additional 5 people in Controllership & Accounting with a dotted line to this role. The position serves as the CFO for the business and is responsible for thought leadership in driving profitable growth, preparing short and long-range financial projections and annual budgets, providing financial analysis and key decision support for growth strategies, and ensuring the appropriate internal controls are in place. This person drives the strategic agenda with the GM of Europe and has key seat at the table in the Europe leadership team.

In this role, you will:

Leadership/Strategy: Establish, deploy and execute against strategic objectives and goals of the business

• Key member of the Europe Leadership Team – Providing thought leadership for establishing and executing both strategic and tactical choices with collaboration and alignment cross functionally. This role represents the total Europe Finance function.
• Serve as an impartial advisor to the Europe GM providing counsel on financial issues, strategic choices, and growth opportunities.
• Partner with Brand and GM to co-lead the muti-year strategic planning process and then lead the annual strategic planning process for the business, working with leadership to develop high quality business plans and aligned with business priorities and the macro business environment.
• Scope of this role includes being the Compliance Officer of CBEE Europe (Uk Legal entity) and also considers the option to be a director of any of the legal entities across the various markets.
• CFO Lead for the Kenya JV.

Functional Operations: Establish strategy, provide direction and oversight for all financial functions including:

• Financial Planning & Analysis.
• Business Analysis and decision support.
• General Accounting / Payables / Receivables.
• Cost Accounting.
• Capital/Asset Planning (IS, Facilities & PSO).
• Managing currency exposure.
• Partnering with key functions such as Corporate Accounting, Tax & Treasury.

Work in partnership with finance counterparts across AMEA and globally to ensure effective leadership and delivery of functional operations.

Risk Management- Ensure the development and strict adherence company policies and Internal Controls

• Review, enhance and develop company policy / procedures in close coordination with corporate partners.
• Evaluate and recommend improvements of operating and internal controls to ensure financial integrity of the business and compliance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements. This includes all business / legal reporting requirements.
• Partner with Internal Audit to identify and enhance controls.

Provide Business/Decision Support- Proactively ensure People, Process and Data converge at the right time to support decision making within the Business Unit

• Ensure appropriate processes are in place supporting:
  • Budget / Estimate / Reporting / Strategic Planning and Analysis.

• Develop and implement key financial measures to track the business performance and to anticipate risks and opportunities and deliver against financial commitments.
• Provide financial leadership to the development of new businesses in current or new geographies and to new product introduction.
• Lead major Process Improvement initiatives across the PMU.

Organizational Capability & People Development: Establish and strengthen the Organization structure and culture to deliver against strategic and financial objectives

• Lead and develop the Finance organization across the PMU (including the Controllership and Accounting team), ensuring the right individuals are in the right roles to build bench strength and higher capability with Finance leads and wider team to enable succession planning
• Facilitate the creation of an environment where all employees are engaged and inspired to excel.
• Continued performance and potential assessment of the Finance employees as per Enterprise processes and deadlines
• Provide regular coaching and feedback to the Finance organization.
• Key member of the FinEx leadership team.

What we look for:

Years and Type of Experience:

• +10 years progressive experience in FMCG or related industries culminating in a leadership role.
• Professional accounting qualifications. E.g. CPA, CIMA, CA

Skills and Abilities:

• Passionate, high-energy leader with ability to build, motivate and develop a high-performance team
• Ability to interpret data, trends and insights and be decisive to drive business decisions
• Ability to work effectively and influence within a Leadership Team
• Solid financial planning and analysis skills
• Strong Knowledge of US GAAP / Sarbanes Oxley and internal controls.
• Systems knowledge

• ERP Systems and Reporting systems
• HFM/Essbase preferred
• Microsoft Office

Education Level/Degree:

• Undergraduate Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Graduate degree a plus

Workplace type:

#LI-Hybrid

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Benefits we offer to help you be well and thrive:

• Competitive compensation

• Generous 401(k) program in the US and similar programs in international

• Health benefits and programs that support both your physical and mental well-being

• Flexible work environment, depending on your role

• Meaningful opportunities to keep learning and growing

• Half-day Fridays, depending on your location

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