Magnum Ice Cream NYC Pop Up Store
Website:
magnumicecream.com
Job details:
Life tastes better with ice cream
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 create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure‑play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference.
What Truly Sets Us Apart Is How We Work.
We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‑performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.
We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.
Key Responsibilities And Accountabilities
- Supply Chain Finance and Manufacturing Accounting
- Lead governance and continuous improvement across manufacturing accounting, factory finance, product costing, standard costing, inventory valuation and inventory accounting.
- Oversee costing inputs and outcomes covering raw materials, packaging, conversion costs, labor, utilities, depreciation, production overheads, subcontracting and relevant logistics costs.
- Govern standard-cost setting and release, cost roll-ups, Material Ledger and actual-costing processes where applicable.
- Ensure effective cost- and profit-center accounting, activity-price calculations, overhead allocations, production-order or product-cost-collector settlements and analysis of manufacturing and logistics variances.
- Partner with factory and supply-chain finance teams to ensure accurate accounting for raw materials, packaging materials, semi-finished and finished goods, inventory movements, warehousing, freight, obsolescence and production variances.+1
- Record-to-Report and Financial Close
- Own R2R dependencies arising from manufacturing, inventory and logistics accounting, ensuring accurate and timely recording in the General Ledger.
- Govern period-end activities including journals, accruals, reconciliations, allocations, settlements, inventory and WIP accounting, price differences, intercompany transactions and relevant fixed-asset accounting.
- Ensure balance-sheet integrity, timely account certification, effective variance analysis and completion of month-, quarter- and year-end reporting.
- Maintain alignment between supply-chain accounting, management reporting, statutory reporting and group reporting requirements.
- Drive resolution of upstream process or interface issues that affect financial close, inventory valuation or reporting accuracy.+1
- SAP S/4HANA Transformation and Deployment
- Act as the Finance process lead and subject-matter expert for integrated SAP S/4HANA FI/CO, product costing, inventory accounting and R2R capabilities.
- Lead fit-to-standard and localization activities while balancing global-template integrity with valid market, legal and reporting requirements.
- Govern finance requirements across solution validation, data migration, UAT, regression testing, cutover, go-live, hypercare and post-go-live stabilization.
- Ensure effective integration across the Universal Journal, General Ledger, Controlling, Material Ledger, cost and profit centers, production processes and supply-chain transactions.
- Establish clear ownership, support processes, escalation paths and performance governance for transition from deployment into BAU operations.+2
- Controls, Compliance and Data Integrity
- Design and maintain robust controls across product costing, inventory valuation, journals, reconciliations, allocations, settlements and financial close.
- Govern master-data and interface controls affecting materials, cost centers, profit centers, activity types, production orders and financial reporting.
- Monitor Segregation of Duties, control effectiveness, audit readiness and timely remediation of control or audit findings.
- Ensure financial data remains complete, accurate and traceable across manufacturing, logistics and accounting processes.+1
- Operational Excellence and Business Partnership
- Lead cross-functional resolution of recurring process, data and system issues, addressing root causes rather than relying on temporary workarounds.
- Identify opportunities for workflow automation, improved reconciliations, enhanced analytics, simplified close activities and reduced manual intervention.
- Translate supply-chain financial information into clear insights on inventory, cost performance, manufacturing variances and financial-close impacts.
- Build strong partnerships with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Logistics, Procurement, Finance, GBS, Internal Controls, Digital & Technology and implementation partners.
- Develop process documentation, governance playbooks and team capability to support sustainable TMICC-owned operations.+1
Critical Experience And Qualifications
- CA, CPA, CMA, ACCA, MBA Finance or equivalent accounting/finance qualification.
- Typically 10–15 years of progressive finance experience, with substantial leadership exposure across Supply Chain Finance, manufacturing accounting, product costing and R2R.
- Strong hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance and Controlling in an FMCG, consumer-goods, food, manufacturing or similarly complex environment.
- Demonstrated experience in ERP transformation or deployment, including process design, testing, cutover, hypercare, stabilization and transition to BAU.
- Experience working with global, multi-market or shared-services operating models.
- Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.+1
Technical and Functional Expertise
- SAP S/4HANA FI/CO and Universal Journal
- Product Cost Planning and Cost Object Controlling
- Standard costing, Material Ledger and actual costing
- Inventory valuation and inventory accounting
- Manufacturing accounting and production-variance analysis
- Cost-center and profit-center accounting
- Allocations, activity prices, WIP and settlements
- General Ledger, journals and balance-sheet reconciliations
- Intercompany accounting and relevant fixed-asset accounting
- Financial close, management reporting and statutory reporting
- SAP Fiori, embedded analytics and process automation
- BlackLine or equivalent close and reconciliation platforms preferred
SAP documentation supports the close relationship between Product Cost Planning, Cost Object Controlling and Actual Costing/Material Ledger, while production period-end processing includes WIP, variance calculation and settlement into Finance.sap+2
WL2A Leadership Expectations
- Lead through ambiguity: Maintain delivery focus during deployment, stabilization and organizational transition.
- Demonstrate enterprise ownership: Make decisions based on end-to-end financial integrity rather than individual functional boundaries.
- Influence without authority: Align Finance, Supply Chain, GBS and Technology stakeholders around common outcomes.
- Drive transformation value: Convert deployment activities into sustainable process, control, automation and operational improvements.
- Build future capability: Coach teams, strengthen process ownership and establish scalable governance for BAU operations.
- Exercise sound business judgment: Balance global standards, local requirements, compliance, operational continuity and business value.
Why join us?
This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could!
You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you’re excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.
- Roles with real accountability and visible impact
- Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done
- Continuous learning and development as the business grows
- Reward linked to performance and contribution.
Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.
Ready to build the future of Ice Cream?
If this sounds like the place where you'd thrive, we'd love to hear from you. Apply online and share your CV. We'll review your application and be in touch with the next steps.
If you are an individual with a disability and require assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please let your Talent Acquisition Partner know.
Additional Information
The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work regardless of age, disability, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.
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