Senior Director, Investment Management

A successful **Senior Director, Investment & Asset Management **is one who can create and execute a strong finance Resource Allocation strategy within the OU in close partnership with Marketing, CCL, Franchise Operations, DAO and PACS to **accelerate Sustainable growth, enhance margins and drive profitability**. **What You’ll Do for Us**: - ** Partner with the OU senior leaders to orchestrate and execute the resource allocation strategy,** including: - Implement the Global resource allocation strategy in the OU - Develop and execute along with OULT the local resource allocation strategy - Analyze/Benchmark/rationalize the strategy based on local considerations. - Provide guidance on cost allocation across all resources (DME / OPEX/DFR ) - Assess all on-going projects and prioritize them based on current allocation guidelines - Assess, develop and monitor a clear asset strategy - Manage** Strategic Investments and support innovation** within the OU, including: - Partnership with Strategy on Profit pools, with Marketing on Portfolio strategy/Brand Contributions, - Implement category model framework/playbooks - Review and assess market opportunities, acceleration plans, etc - Lead Financial assessment and support all new product ideas, - Shape and Simplify **Business Economic Models and partner with Franchise Finance Directors, **to drive: - Strategic thinking on business models optimization and frameworks, new business models (World Without Waste; dairy; energy; alcohol; etc) - Develop, implement Margin optimization strategy across the entire value chain - Bring margins discipline to operational business decisions - Track and be accountable for margins objectives at OU level - Drive OU **Business Development** (M&A) agenda - Gather input from the Tax, Legal, Marketing, Human Resources, Treasury, and environmental representatives of the deal team to ensure their approval of the agreement - Collaborate with Franchise Units to create a strategy and set of criteria to continuously evaluate value creating opportunities - Main contact point for M&A analysis and assessment at OU level - Support** RGM, Digital, Customer & Channel functions** - Lead Financial assessment on key RGM initiatives deployment at Franchise level - Track & monitor our System Topline levers including detail analysis on price-mis - Assess Financial implications of key OU-wide Digital initiatives and Customer deals - Map overall System channel profitability & assess financial implications of key initiatives - Support PAC on all** Sustainability and Regulatory initiatives **to assess financial implications, build mitigation plans, etc - The role leads a team of nine finance associates and as member of the extended finance leadership team, will play a critical role in setting the culture and in leading the overall Investment Management Finance team **Qualifications & Requirements**: - >10 years of leadership experience in senior Commercial Finance, Franchise or, Financial planning roles - Leadership and management experience, with ability to work in a diverse cultural environment as a highly efficient communicator and influencer at all levels - Role model the “Leadership in the Network” definition - Holistic understanding of business performance inside the System - End-to-end business planning and working cross-functionally inside the organization - Fact-based, analytic, strategic approach to collaborating across the OU - Experience in deliver unparalleled core financial strategies, practices and leading-edge solutions, to grow business profitability in a sustainable way - Ability to partner internally as well as externally to effectively drive financial outcomes, as well as to build alignment on key initiatives and metrics with a focus on communication with Marketing, CCL, Digital, PACs and Finance Senior Leaders **What We Can Do for You**: You will be part of the ASP OU finance team where teams are the new heroes and our leaders that are inclusive orchestrators. Together, in pursuit of our Company Vision to craft LOVED BRANDS, done SUSTAINABLY, FOR A BETTER SHARED FUTURE, we will: - Leverage our BOUNDARY-LESS NETWORK - Make our CULTURE Code inevitable - Build superior CAPABILITIES - Change the DNA of our organization to becoming ADAPTABLE **Travel requirements**: 15% of travel required **Skills**: Leadership; Account Closing; Business Analytics; Financial Modeling; Key Performance Indicators (KPI); Budgeting; Cash Flow; Financial Performance; Financial Statements; Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP); Project Management; Microsoft Office; Group Problem Solving; General Ledger (GL); Communication; Strategy Development; Financial Performance Management; Teamwork; Profit and Loss (P&L) Management; Corporate Finance; Financial Forecasting