Global Finance Data & Reporting Lead

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We’re building a bold and ambitious future — and we want curious, capable people to help shape it. That’s why we’re looking for a Finance Data & Reporting Lead to join our growing team.

At Hilton Foods, our people are the heart of everything we do. Across global operations and diverse markets, we’re known for quality, innovation, and always delivering what customers need and consumers want.

Our business began with meat, and we've developed a market-leading expertise with unmatched quality globally. We’re always investing in new technology to deliver more value, efficiency and consumer-led innovative solutions.

Now, we’re bringing that same mindset to how we design and transform our finance function.

Are you a finance transformation expert who thrives on creating global standards, harmonising processes, and enabling smarter decisions through data? Do you want your work to shape strategy, improve reporting, and support a business that values efficiency and insight?

In this role, you’ll be the design authority behind our global finance data structures and reporting frameworks - enabling automation, driving consistency, and embedding a future-ready finance architecture across Hilton Foods.

Passion. Performance. Innovation. Ambition. These aren’t just buzzwords for us, they’re how we build teams, shape culture, and deliver results that matter.

• Global Finance Data Architecture: Design and implement a scalable, IFRS-aligned Global Chart of Accounts and Cost Centre Hierarchy.
• Define global standards, principles, and governance for finance master data.
• Develop mapping and translation rules for ERP systems to align local structures with global frameworks.
• Integrate with enterprise-wide data governance frameworks and initiatives.
• Management Reporting & Standardisation - Design global reporting structures for P&L, balance sheet, cost analysis, and profitability. Define allocation methodologies and reporting dimensions for FP&A and performance management. Establish and enforce global reporting standards across all sites to ensure consistency and comparability. Align reporting with planning and analytics tools (Adaptive Planning, Power BI).
• Technology Enablement: Partner with the Finance Transformation leadership and IT to integrate ERP mapping layers, IDL Konsis (consolidation tool), and planning/reporting tools.
• Define requirements for master data management and data governance solutions.
• Ensure scalability for future automation and AI-driven insights.
• Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement: Act as primary liaison between Finance, IT, and business teams. Communicate design principles and benefits to senior stakeholders and local finance teams. Drive training and adoption of new structures and processes.
• Future Transformation Initiatives: lead management reporting and process optimisation projects. Identify opportunities for predictive analytics and advanced performance insights and follow through design and implementation.

• Expertise in finance master data design (CoA, cost centres) and global reporting frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, multi-entity consolidation, and management accounting principles.
• Good awareness of Finance applications, and data architecture, and integration principles
• Hands on experience with ERP systems, cloud platforms, consolidation tools (IDL Konsis), and planning/reporting platforms (Adaptive Planning, Power BI).
• Proven track record in finance process standardisation and transformation programs.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and change management skills.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent.
• Minimum 8–10 years in finance roles, with at least 3–5 years in transformation or finance process ownership positions.

At Hilton Foods, we believe finance data is more than numbers — it’s the foundation of insight, performance, and growth. If you’re ready to build that foundation, we’d love to hear from you.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Contract
• Job function:
  Finance and Accounting/Auditing
• Industries:
  Financial Services and Food and Beverage Services

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