Director, Business Control, Americas Region

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We're hiring a Director of Business Control for the Americas Region at UPM Raflatac in Asheville, North Carolina, USA, offering a hybrid work schedule. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in accelerating UPM's growth and success by driving digitalization, providing valuable business insights, and embracing change. You'll collaborate with regional leadership, support financial management, ensure effective processes and governance, drive profitable growth, and ensure compliance with local laws and UPM's guidelines from a financial perspective.

Greetings from your future manager

The Americas Region is an important cornerstone in UPM Raflatac’s growth strategy. You will be a leader in our global Business Control network and have a fantastic opportunity to take a forward-looking, strategic business partner role in developing the Americas Region. UPM Raflatac is a global growth business with a fast-paced working environment, where you will enjoy many opportunities to excel. - Stefan Mebus, Vice President, Business Control, UPM Raflatac

What you will do

You'll lead a team of Business Controllers and Financial Analysts spanning the US and Latin America.

You'll work closely with the Americas Management Team to drive growth and profitability, taking charge of financial management in the region.

Serving as the primary liaison between the Americas, SBUs, and UPM's global Finance and Control organization, you'll ensure seamless collaboration on finance-related matters.

You'll streamline finance processes in the region by partnering with UPM Global Finance Process teams.

You'll provide financial insights for strategic decision-making, oversee business control activities, support sales management in maximizing profitability, implement pricing best practices, optimize working capital usage, and uphold compliance with local laws and UPM's standards.

Who you are

You're well-versed in business control tasks like performance measurement, reporting, forecasting, and budgeting.

Integrity is paramount to you, and you actively promote compliance and process enhancements.

As an independent and strategic thinker, you embrace change and innovate processes. With strong leadership and influencing skills, you thrive in diverse, global teams.

Developing teams for effective business support is your forte. You possess deep knowledge of financial analysis, modelling, and business case evaluation, with experience in advanced analytics tools.

Skilled in project management, you adapt positively to change and excel in presentations for business management.

You hold a Bachelor's degree in finance or related field with at least 5 years of experience in a financial leadership role. A Master's degree is a bonus.

This is what we offer for you:

Meaningful job: We are proud of what we do. Our work highlights the expertise of our personnel, the high quality of our products and the company's values.

Inspired and motivated teams: We have a highly skilled workforce. We are a multifaceted, international organisation that works as a team to achieve our shared objectives.

Development opportunities: With us you can build up your expertise. We provide opportunities to support your development throughout every stage of your career.

Responsibility for people and environment: Our ethical principles embrace people as well as the environment. We are always striving to build a more sustainable future.

Comprehensive benefit package: UPM’s benefit package includes medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and a 401(k)-retirement plan.

Additional information:

Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA. - hybrid schedule available

Ability to travel approximately 20% of the time

The position holder will report to Vice President, Business Control, UPM Raflatac.

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If you are interested in this job offer, please submit your application via Apply button by 24th of May 2024.

This Job Description is intended to be a guide and is not intended to be a contract of employment, explicit or implicit. All contents are subject to change at the sole discretion of the company. Cooperation is expected of all employees. Other duties may be assigned as needed.

Only candidates authorized to work within the United States without sponsorship will be considered.

UPM North America is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

UPM Finance & Control is an expert organisation committed to delivering operational efficiency and value improvement for UPM businesses and UPM Group. F&C is formed of Finance Operations, Business Control and F&C Development.

UPM Raflatac is leading in sustainable labeling through our innovative self-adhesive label materials and services. We offer high-quality paper and film label stock for branding and promotion, informational labels, and labels with functionality. We operate a global network of factories, distribution terminals and sales offices. Our company employs around 3,000 people and made sales of EUR 2.0 billion (USD 2.1 billion) in 2022. UPM Raflatac is part of UPM.

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