Region Chief Financial Officer

Position Summary

This is an important role that oversees the finance function of multiple sites comprising a region, including financial planning and analysis, financial control, cost accounting, accounting, tax, treasury, accounts payable/receivable, general ledger and credit and collections. Leads analysis, planning, and control of the organization’s financial transactions, systems, and procedures to comply with regulations, accounting principles, and other internal/external financial standards. Oversees and assists managing US SSMG Regions with Business Unit, Region and Area Presidents input.

Primary point of communication and coordination for initiatives.

Responsibilities:

Region Management
:

• Develops and promotes region goals and objectives and insures alignment with overall corporate goals and objectives.
• Guides planning and development of departmental region budgets and evaluates region operations in terms of fiscal management to ensure fiscal responsibility in the regions operation.
• Collaborates with Region Leadership to maintain and enhance interface capabilities with other functions and departments in an effort to continually improve overall organizational efficiency.
• Analyzes, identifies, and proposes action to the solution of problems with the operations and leadership teams of individuals and departments in an effort to increase the effectiveness of the Region’s performance
• Serves as finance region spokesperson in cases of inquiry, feedback, or requests for special information in order to facilitate the accurate and precise flow of information.
• Provides coaching and direction to the sites finance teams in order to achieve and maintain optimal efficiencies.
• Key participant in region cross-functional leadership team.

Operations Management
:

• In partnership with all Region Team Leaders, lead with a strong customer-centric and associate focused mindset to drive collaboration and create a high-performance culture of unity
• Be a business partner with the Region Team and support Volume and Sales growth
• Align with function leaders to develop the annual operating and profit growth plan, to develop the financial forecasts each month for the region and deliver on goals; both annual and interim
• Conduct business reviews for the Business Unit and region. Analyze results of operations and explain the key drivers of variances and forecasted results
• Build, manage, and develop your Region Team through regular department meetings, ongoing interaction, and communications; monitoring morale and responding to ideas to improve associate engagement and enablement
• Directly manage Site Finance leadership, the traditional A/P, A/R and G/L activities. Proactively manage the cash conversion cycle to improve cash flow.
• Support the design and implementation of Cost Accounting capability
• Ensure compliance with production and inventory control policies and processes to protect the integrity and the accuracy of inventory transactions
• Work with Business Unit Leadership to develop improvement plans from employee surveys
• Evaluate the financial impact of plans and processed to achieve goals. Assist other departments in achieving their goals and through established processes measuring profitability and performing key analyses
• Support technological and reporting changes as sites are converted to core systems and enabling technologies
• Work proactively to ensure the accuracy and integrity your financial and full compliance with Sysco’s policies
• Support Credit function and Master Data Strategies for the enablement of SSMG’s reporting and other transformational efforts
• Provides support to ensure proper staffing needs are met.

Talent Management
:

• Select, develop, and retain the required leadership talent within the region to meet current and future business needs.
• Utilizes Sysco talent management programs tools and programs (performance management, leadership development, engagement surveys, talent reviews) to manage and develop leadership talent
• Provides consistent and ongoing feedback on the performance of finance leaders.
• Demonstrates effectiveness and collaboration in leading a remote team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or…