ISC Section Controller Richmond Bakery

Mondelēz International • Richmond, VA

21d

About The Position

The ISC Section Controller / Business Unit Controller acts as a business partner to local plant management, providing financial support for Integrated Supply Chain manufacturing under the guidance of the Plant, Operations, and Finance Managers. The role focuses on site-specific cost budgeting, actual performance tracking, analysis of gaps between standard and actual performance, and fulfillment of ISC key performance indicators. It provides financial and strategic support across the supply chain to help deliver the network’s best conversion cost while ensuring compliance with internal controls and regulatory procedures.

The position leads financial information and loss-analysis activities, supports manufacturing productivity planning and reporting, and helps maintain accurate operational and financial data in SAP and other systems. It partners with plant teams and functional leaders on budgeting, cost analysis, product costing, standards, project benefits, and continuous improvement. The role also supports internal controls, audits, KPI governance, reporting, and communication of financial information across the organization.

Requirements

• University degree required; Administration, Accounting, Economics, Supply Chain, Finance, or Engineering is strongly preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment and/or financial areas.
• SAP experience required.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Comprehensive understanding of a manufacturing finance environment.
• Ability to manage multiple and diverse organizational stakeholders.
• Well organized, with analytical, reporting, data-processing, and presentation skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Team player.
• Demonstrated self-management and time-management skills.
• Results-driven, proactive, and action-oriented.
• Organizational agility.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Design and monitor manufacturing internal control procedures in accordance with SOX and internal policies to safeguard data and assets.
• Serve as a shop-floor focal point during internal and external audits.
• Lead activities to provide timely, reliable, and useful financial information from operations.
• Support SAP data processing and maintain end-to-end data accuracy through follow-up on DMS forums.
• Lead site loss analysis in coordination with business units and functional leadership.
• Provide key support to the plant’s FI pillar.
• Lead implementation and management of VOLT for productivity pipeline planning and actuals reporting.
• Validate financial benefits related to gross productivity projects.
• Establish governance and track critical financial KPIs within operations.
• Support measurement, validation, and tracking of plant productivity projects against committed financial results.
• Support bottom-up planning of waste and efficiency KPIs for quarterly and yearly planning cycles.
• Support weekly and monthly actuals reporting and variance analysis of key KPIs.
• Contribute insights and guidance based on data and multifunctional workshops to financial budget development and scenario planning.
• Support business initiatives involving cost-run scenarios, SAP implementation upgrades, and other operational requests.
• Ensure appropriate allocation and visibility of project charges, distinguishing plant and project responsibilities.
• Support materials, operations, and quality teams with bill of materials creation and maintenance.
• Work with materials and operations teams to investigate consumption deviations against standards and guide corrective or minimizing actions.
• Create and use formal or informal communication platforms to share financial data across organizational levels.
• Act as the operations focal point for quality traceability exercises and other SAP consumption-related requests.
• Lead implementation and coordination of SAP contingency-process activities within operations.
• Work with Business Development, Engineering, and Operations to quantify planned product-trial impacts, create standard labor reports, and quantify payback on strategic projects.
• Support accurate product costing and periodic updates to standards.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of specific costs and analyze related ad hoc requests.
• Keep shift reports, budget cards, and scorecards updated in a timely manner.
• Support maintenance of Tableau and other systems to ensure reported data accuracy.
• Ensure strict compliance with applicable finance policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Wellness and family support programs
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plans
• Paid leave programs
• Education-related programs
• Paid holidays
• Vacation time
• Competitive bonus program with potential for overachievement based on performance and company results

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior