Company Description

JDE Peet’s is the world's leading pure-play coffee and tea company, with local roots dating back to 1753, and is headquartered in the Netherlands. We unleash the possibilities of coffee and tea in more than 100 countries with a portfolio of over 50 brands, including L’OR, Peet’s, Jacobs, Senseo, Tassimo, Douwe Egberts, OldTown, Super, Pickwick and Moccona.

What’s it like to work at JDE Peet’s?

We are people united by the power and possibility of tea and coffee. At JDE Peet’s, we thrive on the freedom to pursue opportunities, provoking new ideas to make an impact at scale. Our ambition is simple – JDE Peet's: unleashing the possibilities of coffee and tea.

We bring action to our intentions, following through on what was agreed, always pushing things forward. We offer our people a range of learning and development programmes to support their personal growth. We’ve worked hard to build an open, collaborative environment where you can approach anyone and be heard.

At JDE Peet's, we believe it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee or tea.

Apply to unleash a cup of amazing for your career. UNLEASH YOUR POSSIBILITY!

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Job Description

We are currently looking for a highly experienced and strategic leader for the role of Finance Director for UAEECA region, which included 12 countries. Our main office in Kyiv (+Tbilisi, Almaty, Tashkent), and we have 2 manufacture units in our region. This role is essential in guiding the long-term success of our business and driving strategic growth across the region. We are looking for a candidate who can serve as a long-term business and strategic partner, bringing a strong financial leadership to the team, GM, Leadership Team.

This position requires a forward-thinking approach to building our finance team's future, including developing a strong pipeline of senior-level talent and fostering strong capability building within the organization.

Reports to General Manager, UAEECA

Finance Director is responsible for ensuring effective management in the region UAEECA from a financial and controlling perspective, based on the company’s overall business strategy and the central and local Financial and Controlling policies and guidelines in place, in order to ensure maximization of return on investment and effective management based on accurate (management) information in alignment with the KPI guidelines from principal.

The finance function supports the company’s strategy and business activities as a business partner working closely with business leaders and functional leaders to drive improved performance, yet facilitating transparency of financial performance across the organization. In its role as business partner, the finance function ensures the company keeps continuous focus on compliance, control and risk management to manage the company’s (financial) risks and meet the requirements of governmental and other regulatory bodies, as well as the internal guidelines (e.g. the Combined Business Model).

Finance Director is responsible for all activities of the region finance function, including accounting, control and local statutory reporting. Acts as a business partner to the General Manager and the country leadership team.

Responsibilities / Key activities

- Implements and adapts the strategic plan for the region based on financial implications of business developments.

- Provides input and prepares the annual operation plan for the region (for final approval by the Executive Committee) and directs the execution of activities according to this plan.

- Ensures monitoring of business and financial performance by providing the General Manager with information, financial analyses and proactive advice, in order to ensure that business decisions are based on the correct and accurate information and considerations.

- Directs the planning and execution of transaction processing, to be in line with the overall business and organisation development, aiming for efficiency and effectiveness improvements, in liaison with the Finance Shared Service Center

- Organises and maintains a timely and adequate reporting of consolidated P&L and Balance Sheet, within local accounting rules.

- Responsible for all local taxes and levies imposed by any governmental authorities, i.e. VAT/GST reporting in non-principal countries / non-SAP countries, packaging fee/disposal fee/environmental levies/payroll/sales tax etc) in as far as not specifically handled by Central Tax team.

Qualifications

*A university degree in finance, accounting or controlling.

*Must have:

- A minimum of 10 years of experience in finance.

- Preferably a background in FMCG / supply chain/operations area.

- International experience in Commodity and Currency Risk Management (coverage, hedging, commodity futures, options, risk management tools). Commodities experience is essential and could also come from other markets.

- Fluent English

- Knowledge of MS Office, SAP.

Additional Information

Competitive salary and comfortable working conditions (hybrid format)Compensations & benefits (including insurance programs and meal allowance)Rewards & recognition program, learning and development in multicultural environmentDemocratic corporate culture and open management teamOpportunity to become expert in coffee&tea