Associate Finance Manager- Overheads

 

About Flora Food Group

We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.  

Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.  

 

About the position  

Location:  Hackensack, NJ

Hybrid 2-3 days per week

 

In this role you will be responsible for maintaining Marketing Budgets and Overheads activities for the USA. This includes monthly and annual budget updates, and building relationships with cross functional teams to reach success. 

Overheads Management

• Partner with Cross functional Department owners to plan, forecast and understand Marketing and Overhead costs
• Responsible for creating the annual operating budget
• Monitor development of Marketing and Overhead expenses throughout the month and at month end close.
• Reconcile GL activity and process journal entries in the form of accruals or reclasses.
• Provide insights to the FP&A team on actual spend vs budget to assess risk / opportunities
• Analyze financial results and key trends to assess risk & opportunities and communicate to the FP&A Sr. Manager and CFO.
• Manage monthly financial control activities including journal entries, reconciliations, review general ledger and oversee preparation of variance analysis and investigate unusual items, omission and significant differences
• Responsible for alignment across functions of month-end closure and forecasting timelines
• Prepare and submit monthly Marketing and Overheads forecast in financial planning system - SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) Software
• Ensure Marketing budgeting system ‘Allocadia’ aligns to Forecast
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with different department key players to ensure that budget and expenses are applied correctly.
• Consolidation of monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting
• Implement process and improvement in areas where we can improve efficiency.
• Prepare monthly Overhead reports and share them with department leaders.
• Work closely with various global teams including 3rd party service providers.
• Submit R&D, Legal, IT and Communications recharges to global.
• Oversight of insurance, 401K and payroll requirements including maintenance of the prepaid schedules, completion of annual forms and invoicing.

General

• Support FP&A team on month end close processes including reconciliations of accruals, posting all entries, including benefits group reporting and treasury reporting
• Assist with the internal and external audit processes
• Provide assistance on new projects and initiatives

 

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in accounting, finance or equivalent;
• +5 years of experience in accounting
• Excellent analytical and communication skills with ability to respond under pressure
• Ability to meet deadlines and enforce time management
• Flexible and open minded, quick to adapt to changing requirements
• Very strong work ethic and reliable
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong system knowledge: (SAP (S4 Hana), BPC, Power BI, AFO, Microsoft Office, MS Excel)
• Ability to travel 5%

 

About you!

 

You’ll have to enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and it will take hard work and determination; we will give you the ownership you need to make an impact. 

You’ll have to deliver on the commitments you make. And we’ll give you the freedom and flexibility to do your job and build your own career. 

At Flora Food Group we want you to bring your ideas, your motivation and desire to succeed! This part of the role is up to you to complete.

 

About Flora Food Group

 

We are the largest plant-based company in the world, and we believe in doing what’s right for our people, our customers and the planet.

At Flora Food Group our purpose is clear: we make people healthier and happier with nutritious an