Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles 'n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news.
Brand
Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we're growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That's where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets.
At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we're just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we're always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that's evident on grocery store shelves and families' tables across North America.
Location Description
Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.
Responsibilities
The Associate Director of Financial Shared Services provides leadership, direction and vision in the development, implementation and delivery of a Financial Shared Services team consisting of Cash Application, Credit & Collections, Deductions Management, Accounts Payable and Travel & Entertainment. This position will set the strategic direction for the team, optimize costs, and continually work to improve internal and external customer experiences.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Ensures the effectiveness of transactional areas of Finance (as listed above), maintaining a strong internal control environment, by setting overall direction and strategy.
- Acts as a subject matter expert for credit & collections, cash application, deductions processing, accounts payable, and travel & entertainment business processes and tools.
- Analyzes business processes and identifies opportunities for further improvement in both systems and processes, with an emphasis on quality, cash flow, efficiency, responsiveness, cost containment and standardization of work.
- Creates and publishes weekly/monthly Financial Shared Services metric dashboard(s).
- Participates in training and other learning opportunities to expand knowledge of the company, products, and other functions' responsibilities. Builds relationships across the company.
- Focuses on employee development, including providing opportunities for cross-training and ensuring positions are adequately backed up.
- Partners with the accounting department to ensure proper recording of assets and liabilities.
- Plays a key role in any related system implementation and/or acquisition integration.
- Ad-hoc analysis as assigned.
Qualifications
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or Finance is required.
EXPERIENCE:
Minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience in accounting and/or financial business support services. Experience with ERP systems and previous implementation/integration experience a plus. Experience working in a CPG company would be ideal.