Finance Manager Business Unit Control

At Nestle Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Vital Proteins, Orgain, Nuun, BOOST, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Peptamen, Compleat Organic Blends, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

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Position Summary:

The primary role of the Finance Manager, Business Unit Control (BUC), is to provide financial partnership to the Marketing and Other General Expense (MOGE) and Globe ISIT functions. This includes managing cost center budgets, conducting variance analysis of actual expenses against budget/forecast, and developing monthly forecasts and the annual plan.

The preferred candidate will be within a commutable distance to a Nestle Health Science location in Bridgewater, NJ, Chicago, IL, Palm Beach, FL, or generally located in the NY metro area.

Responsibilities:

• Manages Annual Cost Center Budgeting process, reporting requirements/submissions with cost center owners for NHSc commercial,consolidates the submissions and performs analytics to ensure integrity of data, andliaises with cost center owners and various stakeholders to understand key drivers/inhibitors of performance
• Accountable for tracking actual vs. budget expenses for the responsible department heads in NHSc commercial and provides variance analysis, commentary, and solicits future spending projection for inclusion in forecasts
• Primary contact for all interactions with Nestle USA (NUSA) Costing Center of Competence (CCC) regarding OCM (SAP allocation) process
• Ensures that SOCM allocations are properly reflected in the P&L and reconciled
• Assists in issue resolution related to the allocation process
• Subject matter expert for allocations to/from NUSA /Nestle Business Center (NBS) and other businesses
• Creates and distributes timely and accurate monthly reports and scorecards
• Works with the Global Finance team regarding cost centers that are cross charged
• Presents summary of actuals versus Dynamic Forecast to the executive team
• Monitors and records accruals to ensure the P&L properly reflects expenses that have been incurred or should be accrued
• Continuously improves and re-evaluates accounting and reporting activities to streamline and improve controls and processes
• Provides insight to management during monthly P&L and balance sheet meetings on main drivers of account fluctuations
• Prepares journal entries to clear reconciling items that need to be reclassed or written-off
• Leverages Oracle FIT tool to consolidate and submit monthly Dynamic Forecast in accordance with the financial calendar
• Manages 1 direct report
• Special projects and ad-hoc requests

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in finance or accounting
• MBA a plus!
• 5+ years' experience in planning and reporting
• People leader experience
• Previous experience in Consumer Products and Manufacturing Environment a plus
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and other analytical tools
• SAP or other ERP system experience

Skills:

• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to communicate and influence across different levels within the organization

The approximate pay range for this position is $104,000- $136,000 base. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location.

Nestle offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefits packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at:

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Requisition ID#327789

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