SBU Finance Head, Category & Channel Solutions, Rest of World

Lead the finance function for Category & Channel Solutions (CCS) across Rest of World (ROW), providing strategic financial guidance, strengthening financial discipline and accurate reporting, and supporting business growth in alignment with the business strategy.

What success looks like: trusted commercial partnership, rigorous planning and reporting, strong controls, and a high-performing finance team.

Key responsibilities

• Develop financial strategies for ROW and APAC business lines that align with overall business goals and commercial priorities.
• Lead and govern budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and reporting processes.
• Direct financial modelling, budgeting and variance analysis to generate insights that enable effective commercial and strategic decision-making, including portfolio management and category development.
• Lead the accurate and timely submission of financial reporting in line with relevant internal and external requirements.
• Create an environment that supports compliance with statutory law, internal policies, audit requirements and financial regulations.
• Maintain, review and enhance internal control safeguards to protect the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting.
• Lead the financial analysis of business development opportunities and govern successful business development activity and subsequent integration of new businesses.
• Ensure effective treasury management, including cash-flow forecasting, funding requirements and disbursements.
• Monitor developments in finance best practice and integrate relevant improvements into the function.
• Assess and continuously improve financial and accounting systems, tools and processes.
• Build value-generating relationships with external stakeholders to represent and strengthen ofi’s position.
• Develop and lead a high-performing finance and accounting function, with strong people practices that support engagement, coaching, mentoring, career paths and the talent pipeline.

What will make the incumbent successful:

Experience

• More than 15years of finance experience in a global manufacturing or processing company.
• A strong track record balancing strategic leadership with operational execution.
• Experience leading diverse, global finance teams and working effectively across a complex stakeholder matrix.
• Broad financial expertise spanning commercial finance, planning, reporting, controls, compliance and treasury.
• Demonstrated success in performance improvement, commercial growth and profit enhancement.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant qualification or a related professional finance qualification.

Capabilities

• Engaging written and verbal communication.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Commercial acumen, problem-solving and sound decision-making.
• Data analysis, attention to detail and a strong value orientation.
• People and team leadership.
• Financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and compliance.
• Ability to work across the time zones very frequently as this role covers all regions exclude the Americas

Why this role matters

This is a senior finance leadership opportunity with the scope to shape financial direction, strengthen decision support and controls, enable disciplined growth, and build capability across the finance organisation.