Director, Finance Category Controller

Ferrero•Parsippany, NJ

3d•$142,016 - $189,355

About The Position

We have a current opening for a Category Controller, Kinder & FMC and are actively reviewing applications. As a Finance Category Controller Director you will provide strategic financial leadership across assigned categories, shaping category priorities and translating business strategy into clear financial choices, resource allocation, and long-term value creation. You will act as a senior partner to the Category, working closely with Marketing, Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, Finance, and executive leadership, ensuring an integrated view of performance, risks, opportunities, and investment priorities. The role will support recurring financial processes and ad hoc analyses across innovation, portfolio, and investment decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field required
Typically 12 or more years of progressive finance experience, including significant leadership responsibility in consumer packaged goods, commercial finance, financial planning, or category controlling.
Demonstrated ability to shape category or business strategy, influence senior leaders, and convert complex financial and commercial information into clear choices and actions.
Strong command of full P&L management, planning, forecasting, management accounting, investment evaluation, and performance management.
Proven experience coordinating across functions and navigating a matrix organization to align priorities, strengthen governance, and deliver business outcomes.
Established people-leadership capability, including coaching, training, talent development, performance management, and building effective finance teams.
Excellent executive communication and storytelling skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and present recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Strong change-leadership mindset, with experience improving processes, controls, analytical tools, and ways of working.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CPA, or equivalent advanced qualification preferred
experience with SAP FI/CO and financial reporting or business intelligence platforms preferred

Responsibilities

Act as the senior Finance partner to Category leadership and executive stakeholders, challenging assumptions and influencing strategic, portfolio, pricing, investment, and resource-allocation decisions.
Coordinate category performance management across Finance and cross-functional teams, providing an integrated view of full P&L results, key drivers, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
Own the financial direction and quality of Budget, Forecast and Strategic plan ensuring alignment with category strategy and corporate targets.
Guide the evaluation of innovation, portfolio choices, customer opportunities, capital investments, and strategic initiatives through robust business cases, scenarios, and value-creation recommendations.
Establish financial governance, common standards, and decision frameworks across categories, improving consistency, transparency, accountability, and execution discipline.
Build strong cross-functional alignment among Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Production, Administration, Group Controlling, and senior leadership, resolving priorities and ensuring coordinated delivery.
Lead, coach, and develop the Category Finance team through regular feedback, on-the-job guidance, formal training, and development plans that strengthen strategic thinking, business partnering, storytelling, and technical finance capabilities.
Set clear objectives and priorities for the team, allocate resources effectively, review the quality of key outputs, and foster ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Sponsor process simplification, reporting enhancements, and digital tools that improve the speed, accuracy, and strategic value of category finance insights.