Ice Cream Canada Associate Director Finance

The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to stand on its own, aiming to become an independent, EUR 8.3 billion publicly listed company by the end of 2025. We’re on a mission to create the ultimate snacking company.​ A place where growth, innovation, founder and ownership mentality, and performance are cultivated and rewarded. And where we craft extraordinary ice cream experiences - transforming ordinary moments into lasting memories.​ Because we know, life tastes better with ice cream.​

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is all about growth. Growing our business. Growing our customers’ businesses. Growing our people’s careers.​ Growth begins with empowerment. So we free our people to be innovative, responsible entrepreneurs, driven and equipped to give our consumers more amazing products and unforgettable moments – and having fun doing it.​  

With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry.  We have been taking pleasure seriously for more than 100 years, serving happiness with every lick or scoop of ice cream for generations.  

We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of The Magnum Ice Cream Company as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen before the end of 2025.  

We dream big but keep things simple to act fast.​ 

If you want to grow with us, make an impact, and shape the future of Ice Cream, this is the place for you! 

JOB PURPOSE:

The Head of Finance will lead the Ice Cream business and the finance function through a significant change program while fulfilling all role responsibilities as the senior most finance professional dedicated to ice cream business in Canada. The candidate will steer the business on value-driving path founded on facts. The ideal person will be able to manage multiple stakeholders and initiatives parallel, while building organizational capability with a focus on value creation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This person effectively acts as the operational CFO of this unit, playing a key role on the leadership team.  

Key responsibilities include:

• Work with the IC leadership team to deliver results now while developing longer-term strategies
• Driving and shaping business performance with full accountability for delivery against P&L and Cash targets. This includes, performance analysis and dynamic interventions for delivery of in-year financial targets, for the Canadian IC business. 
• Driving the pricing and trade spend management agenda, bringing and leveraging Net Revenue Management best practices and resources
• Leverage Digital Transformation (incl. automation where possible and implementation of new I&A tools)
• Set hurdle rates and work with team to build compelling innovation business cases at key decision gates including driving post-launch evaluations and retrospectives
• Own the end-to-end budget process, including tracking, monitoring and intervening to deliver improved business performance in overheads
• Provide leadership and development for the finance team, plus act as a leader for the Finance function
• Driving ROI on all forms of investment and productivity initiatives – including supply chain and ZBB

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

EXPERIENCES & QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ yrs experience in lead finance roles; CPG and related industry experience is an advantage.
• Worked through business transformation, M&A activity or complex capability/technology implementation.
• Strong commercial (customer development and/or procurement) & supply chain finance knowledge required.
• Solid accounting knowledge coupled with leading edge analytical skills and SAP knowledge is a definite plus. Private company and/or PE experience is a plus.
• Passion for finding new solutions for efficient ways of working.  Will have shown ability to succeed in diverse, fast paced work environments – ideally have experience with an Agile organization, deploying the Agile methodology of working.
• A passion for sustainability and creative ideas for how to make business a “force for good”.
• Deep commitment to building talent and teams in an environment of diversity, inclusion and psychological safety
• Experience within the Frozen chain consumer goods sector and centralized business models are desired
• Responsible for coordinating activities of 2-3 finance team members on an ongoing basis.

LEADERSHIP: 

• Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
  • PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Has emotional intelligence to take feedback, manage mood and motivations, and build empathy for others.
  • PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Generates intensity and focus to motivate people to deliver results at speed. Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results.
  • TALENT CATALYST: Invests in people – coaches individuals and teams to realize their full potential. Creates an inclusive climate, empowering everyone to be at their best.
  • PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
  • CONSUMER LOVE: Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
  • BUSINESS ACUMEN: Creates sustainable growth with purpose, engaging different partners across the system for change.

We take pleasure seriously. Join the Ice Cream team now!