Job Description

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

What makes this a great opportunity?

As a Key Finance Leader in the Global Supply Chain Finance organization, you will have an opportunity to build the annual global operating plan, craft the story of Supply Chain P&L results and forward-looking guidance, influence decision making, and partner with executive leadership to drive sustainable financial performance and continuous improvement activities. This role will also lead the creation of our enablement roadmap with the Director Cost Productivity and Enablement to drive key initiatives including improving ways of working, identifying tools and technologies for the Global Supply Chain organization to ensure continuous improvement and focus on driving value for the Global Supply Chain.

This role has high visibility to leadership and will regularly engage with the Sr. Director – Global SC P&L and Customs and CFO Global Supply Chain as well as partner with a broad cross-section of the BSI business on reporting and decision support: the Supply Chain Leadership Team, their Financial Leadership team, Costing and Finance Business Partners in Manufacturing, and Corporate FP&A.

Role Responsibilities

Global Financial Planning & Analysis

• Lead the monthly and quarterly reporting and forecasting process for the Global Supply Chain P&L.
• Own global Risks and Opportunities tracking and recommended actions for SC to manage delivery of financial commitments.
• Design and implement a management reporting strategy to facilitate analysis and decision making to support overall GSC strategy, for example monthly Supply Chain P&L, discretionary and headcount spend, and other key supply chain investments.
• Design and communicate monthly and annual calendars, consolidate data from Supply Chain regions, to generate insights into results / forecast for Sr. Director – Global SC P&L and Customs and CFO - Supply Chain.
• Derive, understand, and communicate driver-based insights on variances, and recommendations to manage budget and forecast.
• Own the annual and 3-year planning cycle for the Global SC P&L:
  • Develop annual planning calendar and guiding principles in collaboration with Global Costing Process Owner.
  • Create global views for executive consumption, and drive towards OI targets from Global FP&A including phasing and “shape” of delivery.
• Create summary net inflation presentations and “budget books” for delivery to SCLT and ELT
• Lead OPEX / Central COGS Reporting, Analytics, Forecasting & Budgeting efforts and collaborate across all SCLT members and cost center owners. Coach and develop the SC Finance Senior Analyst in monthly OpEx tracking and communication.
• Perform analysis, create materials on key topics for Supply Chain Leadership Team Operations Review, S&OP Executive Review, and Supply Chain Special Topics

Long Description

Strategic Finance Support

• Strategic business partner to CFO – Supply Chain and Sr. Director – Global SC P&L and Customs for ad-hoc content development, reporting, and strategic topics, as required, to drive accountability and influence actions across the Global Supply Chain.
• Link annual savings targets, enterprise productivity reporting, and inflation calculations to overall GSC P&L delivery.
• Contribute to (or, where appropriate, lead) special projects and initiatives, including Management Reporting Refresh, Long Term Inflation Calculations, Driver Based Analytics, etc.
• Manage Supply Chain Cost Centers, including approval of new CC / changes. Ensure approval matrices and release strategies are properly assigned.
• Own overall Global SC FP&A Process, driving continuous improvement activities including: Global standardization of processes, templates, and reporting amongst SC FP&A leads

Enablement

• Drive continuous process improvements (simplified budgeting, reporting, ad-hoc spend approvals) for spend across diverse categories, departments, and geographies.
• Lead Forecast Accuracy Initiative, driving forecast improvement activities and collaboration across priority areas (e.g. Material Ledger)
• Drive and coordinate GSC reporting simplification projects and scope further enablement areas

Qualifications

• Education - Finance, Accounting or equivalent Business degree
• Years of experience - Ideally 10+ years work experience in Finance, FP&A, or related fields
• Industry experience – Spirits, Sup ply Chain, Manufacturing, Operations Finance experience is preferred but not required
• Travel - Up to 25%
• Certifications/Licensure - MBA preferred; CPA or equivalent a plus
• Clear and effective communication skills
• Ability to level up discussions-review and understand granular information, and be able to relay key messages to leadership
• Actively coach, grow, and develop direct report (Sr Analyst)
• Lead training/orientation sessions with finance/reporting teams
• Ability to influence and effectively work across Finance, Operations, Commercial, IT, and other teams throughout the organization.

Salary Range - The salary range for this role, based in Chicago Illinois is $150,000-155,000, along with an annual bonus, 401K match, profit sharing, and medical and wellness benefits. The salary range is commensurate with the candidate’s location, experience, and skillset. The range will vary if outside of this location.

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.

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