Senior Manager, Controller Integration
About The Position
McCormick is seeking a Senior Manager, Controller Integration to lead accounting workstreams for the McCormick and Unilever Foods integration. This role is crucial for one of the largest food-industry combinations and involves managing third-party service providers and staff augmentation resources. The position reports to the Director Controllership Integration and offers exposure to global Finance and Integration Management organizations, with opportunities to present to Finance leadership. This role is fully dedicated to integration activities through close and for a period thereafter, with an eventual transition into the end-state organizational design.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
- CPA strongly preferred
- 8+ years of accounting / finance experience
- In-depth knowledge of SEC reporting and filing processes
- Experience supporting M&A integrations
- Proficiency in US GAAP
- Demonstrated ability to support and analyze complex accounting / finance processes
- Experience working with and directing external advisors and third-party service providers
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional workstreams, influence stakeholders across multiple business functions, and communicate effectively with executive leadership
- Strong communication, program management, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Microsoft Office Suite
Nice To Haves
- SAP and Hyperion experience/skills a plus
- Proficiency in IFRS a plus
Responsibilities
- Serve as the dedicated Accounting lead for the financial integration through close and beyond.
- Oversee corporate accounting workstreams, including employee benefit plans, stock compensation, segment reporting, lease accounting, accounting for joint ventures and variable interest entities.
- Coordinate with external advisors to document technical accounting positions.
- Assess target company accounting policies for conversion from US GAAP to IFRS, and drive conversion activities and alignment to McCormick accounting policies.
- Oversee the process establishment step for each assigned sub-workstream, defining target-state processes, controls, and system requirements in coordination with the Controllership Integration Director and workstream advisors.
- Maintain awareness of internal controls over financial reporting, including coordination with external auditors.
- Partner with other Controllership leads to ensure consistent treatment and reporting where areas intersect with the broader Controllership integration workstreams.
- Maintain coordinated workplans to facilitate program status reporting across workstreams.
- Coordinate day-to-day activity with external advisory firms supporting sub-workstreams, ensuring deliverables stay on schedule and issues are escalated promptly.
- Prepare regular status updates and executive level readouts summarizing workstream progress.
- Manage cross-functional dependencies to drive proactive resolution across workstreams.
- Facilitate working sessions with workstream owners, advisors, and cross-functional partners to clarify open items and stay on track with key integration milestones.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth opportunities
- Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
- 401k
- health insurance
- paid time off
- Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits
- Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support
- Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans
- McCormick’s Incentive Bonus (MIB) Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
