Nestlé USA Hiring for Finance Manager – Trade Compliance Job at Arlington, VA Full Time

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If you’re driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, Nestlé is the place for you. Nestlé USA is one of seven operating companies that make up Nestlé’s presence in the United States. We’re in 97% of American homes, and as the leading food and beverage company, our goals are to continue to deliver quality food and beverage products, strengthen our local communities, and reduce our environmental and climate impact.

We’re determined to challenge the status quo and be better tomorrow than we are today. As individuals and teams, we embrace our entrepreneurial culture and have created a workplace where collaboration is essential, courage is rewarded, speed is expected, and agility is the norm to delight our consumers every single day. Here, you will find limitless opportunities to learn and advance your career and feel empowered to succeed in the workplace and beyond. Because our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

The Nestle Next Governance team is newly-formed, with responsibility for the administration and organizational monitoring of the Nestle Next program. This role will act as the primary gatekeeper in the evaluation of customer trade funding, based on pre-established principles and key performance indicators. Nestle Next establishes a pay-for-performance funding structure for customer trade investment. Enforcement of the program is critical to Nestlé’s ability to grow profitably with our customer base and deliver value to consumers. As the Manager of Trade Compliance, this role will act as the single point of contact for our Field Sales, Commercial Development and RGM teams around customer compliance to their current funding levels. It will report to the Commercial Controller.

Primary Responsibilities:

KPI Development & Reporting

• Develop standardized reporting that will be used as the source of truth for Field Sales, CD, and RGM. This reporting needs to be specifically focused around customer compliance to the Nestle Next trade funding requirements.
• Establish customer & business level score carding, which will be used in determining actionable insights to improve performance.
• Ensure accurate measurement of key performance indicators, as defined in the Nestle Next trade funding framework.
• Determine current and future reporting needs to drive incremental value to the organization in 2023 and beyond.

Compliance Enforcement

• Support Commercial Controller in managing total program compliance.
• Evaluate trade activities being deployed against all funding components and identify areas of non-compliance to the program structure.
• Ensure that trade overspends are identified, communicated, and addressed with account teams and Commercial Development.
• Act as a decision maker in the governance process, based on clearly defined decision rights. Facilitate escalation to Commercial Controller, when necessary.
• Identify and track internal exceptions, where Nestle is accepting customer behavior to operate out of compliance. Ensure all exceptions are time-bound with action plans to drive toward full compliance.

Communication & Influence

• Establish meaningful, timely communication to relevant stakeholders within the organization.
• Influence internal stakeholders to drive customer behaviors that are in compliance with Nestlé’s terms of sale and trade funding policies.
• Conduct monthly reviews with Division Sales Finance Managers and Field Finance Managers to ensure clear visibility to areas of non-compliance. Provide root cause analysis to help drive action plans with the account teams.
• Determine changes in funding structure as customer performance evolves throughout the year. Provide details to DSFM’s in order to revise account goals, as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience and increasing scope and responsibility in Commercial or Functional Finance, Marketing or Sales.
• Strong understanding in key performance indicators, and the role they play in decision making.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in BI/visualization software, i.e., Power BI, Tableau; strong proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience working with sales teams and an understanding of customer and market success criteria
• Knowledge of the consumer-packaged goods industry

Skills:

• Strong oral and written communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to understand analysis, generate actionable insights, and drive decision-making through storytelling
• Ability to motivate and impact change through others
• Focused on driving culture and setting the standard in embracing the Nestle WOWs
• Strong ability to work across functions and divisions to deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• Organized with excellent attention to detail to ensure accuracy
• Results-focused with the ability to take initiative and ownership
• Process improvement mindset to generate innovative suggestions that improve performance

Requisition ID: 198171

It is our business imperative to remain a very inclusive workplace.

To our veterans and separated service members, you’re at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you’ve gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at [email protected] or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.

This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.