Finance Director

Arla Foods Ingredients
Arla Foods Ingredients (AFI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arla Foods Group with a total revenue of €11bn. Owned by dairy farmers in seven countries, AFI is a global dairy cooperative headquartered in Viby, Denmark. Since becoming an independent subsidiary in 2011, AFI has grown from 400 employees to a total of 1,800 employees in Denmark, Argentina, Germany, UK, China, Korea, Japan, Mexico and the USA.

With an estimated revenue of €1.1bn, AFI is a leading whey ingredient supplier for early life nutrition, baking, dairy, health foods, medical applications, and sports nutrition. AFI are known for having the industry’s leading levels of quality, innovation, and food safety. The functional and nutritional whey proteins, milk minerals, lactose, and whey permeate can promote nutrition, improve texture, prolong freshness, and increase yield for industrial food products.

For more information, please visit: www.arlafoodsingredients.com

Finance Director
Opportunity to join an environment designed to support development and growth. Ideal position for a talented and ambitious person.
Arla Foods Ingredients is looking for a great leader to lead and develop the finance function, supporting the company’s continued rapid growth as a global leader in value-added whey and advanced nutrition.

Reporting to the VP for Finance and Business Development, you will oversee the overall performance of the finance department, which includes Controlling & Reporting, Supply Chain Finance, Commercial Finance Business Partner, and Performance Management. You will lead a team of 24 employees.

Ensuring the basis for global, sound financial decision-making

From the HQ in Viby J., the finance department ensures efficient systems and finance processes required for internal and external reporting. Your primary task will be to challenge the status quo and continuously improve the ways of working, which also involves close collaboration with international joint ventures and subsidiaries. Moreover, you will collaborate closely with the VP for Finance and Business Development in the process, and you will function as a financial sounding board.

Other primary tasks include:

• Active involvement in performance management, including how finance contributes to enhanced performance and which KPIs to measure by.
• Motivating and inspiring your team to ensure continuous productivity and development
• Enable smooth finance processes, continuously developing people and systems.
• Ensure topmost quality in all deliveries within reporting, board material, forecasts etc.
• Proactively develop analysis, KPIs, and dashboards to support decision making.
• Enable your team to provide valuable business partnering to all parts of the value chain.
• Cooperate and coordinate with Arla Foods Group Functions (Accounting, Tax, Legal, Treasury, etc.).

Solid auditing background with leadership experience from large industrial organization

You hold a relevant master’s degree, ideally with a background in auditing complemented by financial experience in a large industrial organization. Regardless of your exact background, you have experience from an organization with a full value chain, including production. You also have extensive management experience within a finance department, where you have handled a broad scope of financial activities and complex stakeholder management responsibilities.

Curious and visionary mindset

As a person, you possess a visionary mindset able to balance strategic challenges and operational tasks. You are curious with both the capability and ambition to understand complexity. You enjoy working in a global and fast paced environment and see yourself as a strong leader, who values teamwork and building a strong team around yourself.

Track record towards future career opportunities

This is an opportunity to become part of a highly complex and international environment with its own full value chain, where you will act as a link between and support to all function areas. The position offers an environment designed to support development and growth. With overall responsibility for a broad pallet of financial subareas, this role provides a track record towards future career opportunities.

For any questions regarding the position, please feel free to contact Senior Research Consultant Marianne Fink Stidsen at +45 2931 2465.

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