Senior Financial Control Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Financial Control Manager based in the United States. The Senior Financial Control Manager will lead financial controllership, planning, and performance management across marketing, general expenses, headquarters operations, and information systems and technology spending. This strategic finance leadership role partners closely with senior business leaders to translate complex financial data into actionable insights, improve cost transparency, and support informed decision-making. You will oversee budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, period-end close, and cost allocation processes while ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal controls. The role also focuses on identifying savings opportunities, establishing performance benchmarks, and driving sustainable improvements across a complex, cross-functional organization. As a trusted finance partner, you will collaborate with functional teams, shared services, and business stakeholders to strengthen financial governance and operational efficiency. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced finance leader who combines technical accounting expertise, strategic thinking, and people leadership to deliver measurable business impact. Accountabilities - Financial controllership: Lead end-to-end financial management of marketing and general expenses, headquarters and white-collar costs, and information systems and technology spending, ensuring accurate accounting, reporting, forecasting, and financial insights. - Strategic business partnership: Advise senior functional and business leaders by translating financial results into clear risks, opportunities, trade-offs, and recommendations that support effective cost management and business performance.

- Performance reviews: Lead monthly and quarterly spending reviews with business leadership, highlighting performance trends, emerging risks, savings opportunities, and recommended corrective actions. - Budgeting and forecasting: Own annual budgeting, dynamic forecasting, monthly actual-versus-budget reporting, and period-end close activities, including accruals, variance analysis, balance sheet reviews, and management reporting. - Financial reporting integrity: Ensure the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of financial postings and reporting across marketing, general expense, headquarters, and technology-related profit and loss accounts. - Cost allocation management: Oversee pre- and post-allocated expenses and shared-service charges, ensuring transparent, appropriate, and compliant allocation methodologies, drivers, and outcomes. - Accounting policy compliance: Implement and maintain compliance with applicable accounting and cost-allocation requirements, including cost-center structures, master data, allocation drivers, financial tools, and internal policies. - Cost optimization and benchmarking: Establish and monitor key performance indicators, benchmarks, and productivity measures to identify savings opportunities and deliver sustainable cost improvements. - Financial controls and audits: Maintain a strong internal control environment and coordinate the timely resolution of internal, external, and operational audit findings. - Process transformation: Lead initiatives to standardize, simplify, and automate financial processes while improving governance, operational efficiency, and consistency across business service models. - Cross-functional collaboration: Build effective partnerships across Finance, functional teams, operating companies, shared services, and group stakeholders to resolve issues and strengthen end-to-end processes.