Intercompany and Corporate Accounting Lead - Europe and Australia

Great things are happening in the Europe and Australia (EUAU) region. Each day, our 4,000 plus colleagues bring their passion to our offices, manufacturing sites, R&D center, and commercial/distributor markets across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. We are energized by over 150 years of bringing people together with the food they love. With beloved brands Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Jus-Rol, Fibre One, Latina Fresh and more, we are on a mission to become the undisputed growth leader in food for EUAU. In a world that’s ever-changing, we look to stay ahead and seek people who share our love of food and are hungry to shape the future. Overview As a Intercompany and corporate accounting lead in the Europe and Australia Accounting and Controls team, you’ll work with Global Accounting Organization (GAO) and Corporate functions organization, maintain accurate external financial statements in compliance with US GAAP requirements and with ETM/ATM. Additionally, this role provides accounting and technical guidance to the business partners, evaluates finance transactions against changing accounting and regulatory rules with focus to intercompany and Corporate accounting. It provides the opportunity to support tax, treasury or HR (C&B, pension) projects. Enablers for success in this role include the ability to work pro-actively, have a high attention to detail, ability to partner with multiple business partners, and a commitment to process and process improvements. You will be part of the GAO reporting to the European and Australia Corporate accounting leader and will be a key member of the corporate and intercompany accounting community of Practice. Key Accountabilities Business Partnership • Provide accounting expertise and business partnership across the Europe and Australia Intercompany, corporate accounting and ETM processes. Corporate processes include: Tax, treasury, comp & ben, pension accounting, intangible accounting. • Support to the corporate organizations in their on-going activities such as Profit Before Tax forecasting, Cash repatriation, FX exposure, ETM margin compliance. • Improve processes that interact with intercompany and corporate accounting and increase results through strong relationships. • Build functional excellence in intercompany and corporate accounting processes and ensure balance between GAO strategy and business needs. • Partner across GAO and with other functions as relevant to deliver agreed project plans. Example include certain tax projects (cash repatriation, debt servicing plans), ISBC process, use of global actuary, changes to ETM Accounting Functional Excellence • Follow and comply with US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP) and current financial legislation for financial statements. • Follow and comply with European / Australia Trading models (ETM/ATM) and local statutory legislations. • Maintain and oversee Intercompany and corporate accounting procedures, controls, and processes, in line with global standards. • Develop sustainable solutions for all identified control gaps and ensure they are implemented in a manner consistent with global standard process in the area of responsibilities. • Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close, and ensure the timely reporting of all monthly financial information in area of responsibility. • Assist in the preparation of financial statements in compliance with official guidelines and requirements, and in particular own review of the holding companies based in EUAU as well as intercompany P&L review. • Review all non-routine accounting entries and Balance sheet reconciliation pertaining to expertise area per operational accounting policy Organizational leadership • Proactively identify where work can be improved to further streamline processes and strengthen financial controls. • Actively participate and influence in the global corporate accounting council network Other duties as assigned Minimum Qualifications • IFRS certified jurisdiction • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration • 7 years’ experience in Accounting roles • Ability to build trusting relationships • Ability to effectively communicate and influence across the organization • High level of efficiency and accuracy • Attention to details and ability to analyze large amounts of data • Strong ERP knowledge • English proficiency required Preferred Qualifications • Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Business administration • SAP experience preferred • Mastering a non-English language will be considered as differential COMPANY OVERVIEW We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.