Factory Finance Lead

Location: Brantford, ON

Onsite 4-5x/week

 

About the position  

Your Role!

This position will be based in Brantford, Canada managing the cheese production process including end to end COGS impact for products manufactured on site. The role will partner with the Supply Leader and management team at the site, the business leads for the cheese business in North America and globally and the Head of SC Finance, North America. This role is instrumental in the delivery of Manufacturing/Operation sourcing projects and target achievement including productivity, and as such, is a key element in the Upfield SC strategy. This role reports to the Factory Finance Manager at the site.

Your Responsibilities:

• Maintain financial accuracy for Plant processes - accounting, generate and review journal entries.
• Deliver Investment analysis – Profitability, Pay-back, Cash flow and business impact.
• Account for CAPEX Investment & asset capitalization.
• Establish controls for Investment funds via Internal orders, purchase orders and invoice processing.
• Provide partnering to multiple stakeholders on Brand related discussions.
• Category end-to-end Brand reporting for maturing brand.
• Project management and accounting for Innovation products.
• COGS reporting and KPI analysis and review.
• Participate in review and implementation of controls, Inventory & waste management.
• Month-end variance analysis.
• Deliver Brand forecast – Annual, quarterly & monthly.

About you!

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and Accounting Certification.
• 5+ years of accounting experience.
• Intermediate analytical skills.

• SAP experience an asset.

About Upfield!

At Upfield our purpose is clear: we make people healthier and happier with nutritious and delicious, natural, plant-based products that are good for you, our planet; and with packaging that’s free from plastic.  We’ve got iconic brands like, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!, Country Crock, and Imperial that people all over the world know and love. We’ve been a trusted category leader since 1871 and yet we feel like we’re only just getting started.

Performance, Passion and Care define who we are as a company, how we work every day, and the responsibility we feel toward each other, our consumers, our business partners and our world.

We have a passion to grow this business and we’re looking for the right people to share our passion – those that love what they do, come to play every day and not sit on the sidelines, and are looking for exciting career opportunities.

What’s next 

If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now! 

 We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Upfield is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.  

 

Upfield is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.  

 

No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Upfield. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics. 

 

 

 

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What’s next 

If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now! 

We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Upfield is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.  

 

Upfield is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.  

 

No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Upfield. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics. 

 

 

 

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