FP&A Finance Lead MCCS

### About the Role
The Finance Lead – FP&A MCCS will be a key finance leader within our Mexico City Global Capability Center (GCC), supporting the North America Meat, Cheese, Coffee and Snacks (MCCS) organization based in Chicago. This role will serve as a strategic finance partner, connecting category-level forecasting, planning and performance management with broader platform priorities. The position offers significant exposure to commercial finance, providing financial visibility, insights and recommendations that support growth, profitability and investment decisions across a business. In addition to providing high-impact financial analysis and decision support, this role will lead, coach and develop a team of three Finance professionals. The ideal candidate combines strong Commercial Finance and FP&A expertise with the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, operate effectively in ambiguous environments and translate complex financial information into clear business recommendations.
### Key Responsibilities

- Lead day-to-day finance integration across an MCCS business platform, connecting category-level forecasting, planning and performance management with broader platform priorities.
- Consolidate category-level risks, opportunities and key business drivers into clear financial insights and recommendations for leadership.
- Lead key planning and performance management routines, including Annual Planning / 1YP, Quarterly Sufficiency Reviews, forecasting and other business performance processes.
- Partner with business leadership on innovation, CAPEX prioritization, margin improvement initiatives and long-range planning.
- Apply financial modeling and driver-based analysis to identify opportunities, assess business trade-offs and improve forecast accuracy.
- Strengthen finance tools, processes and ways of working to improve forecast explainability, decision support and overall effectiveness.
- Serve as a key finance integrator across Marketing, BUSS, Revenue Growth Management (RGM), Demand Planning, R&D, Supply Chain Development and Central Finance, ensuring alignment on assumptions, decisions and performance actions.
- Lead, coach and develop a team of three Finance professionals, strengthening prioritization, analytical quality and consistency of outputs.
- Provide financial insights and recommendations that support growth, profitability, investment decisions and overall business performance.

Qualifications Required

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance or related financial roles, with relevant exposure to Sales, Net Sales Value (NSV), revenue and/or commercial performance management.
- Experience within the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry.
- Proven experience leading financial analysis and developing finance professionals.
- Strong financial modeling, analytical and numerical capabilities, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable business insights.
- Strong understanding of forecasting, planning, profitability and performance management.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, with experience partnering with senior and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Fluent English, both written and verbal.
- Strategic thinking combined with the ability to execute effectively in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and a proactive, results-oriented mindset.

Preferred

- MBA with a Finance concentration and/or professional finance certification such as CPA or CMA.
- Experience supporting commercial organizations in a large, complex or multinational environment.
- Experience partnering across functions such as Marketing, Revenue Growth Management, Demand Planning, R&D and Supply Chain.