Ice Cream Risk Supervisor | America’s Finance Control and Compliance Toronto, Kanada

Unilever Deutschland Holding GmbH; Toronto; On-site; CAD 84,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the ice cream sector seeks an Ice Cream Risk Supervisor to enhance financial controls and compliance. This role involves collaboration across various functions, ensuring robust governance, and driving risk management initiatives. Join a dynamic team focused on innovation and excellence in the ice cream market.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Retirement Plans

Life and Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Paid Vacation

Holidays

Voluntary Benefits

Qualifications

• Over 3 years of experience in finance, especially in risk, controls, and compliance roles.
• Expertise in SOX compliance, auditing, and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Become a subject matter expert on the Global Financial Control Framework.
• Lead local change management for updates to documentation, processes, and systems.
• Monitor KPIs and financial metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.

Skills

Risk Management

Financial Controls

Process Design & Automation

Stakeholder Management

Effective Communication

Prioritization

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Title:

Ice Cream Risk Supervisor | America’s Finance Control and Compliance

Location:

Toronto, Canada

Terms & Conditions:

Full time, international assignment is not available for this role and relocation for international candidates is not provided.

The Ice Cream division at Unilever is preparing to become an independent, EUR 8.3 billion publicly listed company by the end of 2025. We aim to create the ultimate snacking company, fostering growth, innovation, ownership mentality, and performance. We craft extraordinary ice cream experiences, transforming moments into lasting memories because life tastes better with ice cream.

About the Magnum Ice Cream Company:

We focus on growth—growing our business, our customers’ businesses, and our people’s careers. Empowerment drives us, enabling our team to innovate and responsibly serve our consumers with memorable products and fun experiences. With 19,000 colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto, and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest ice cream company with over 100 years of serving happiness.

We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of The Magnum Ice Cream Company as a standalone entity, planned before the end of 2025. We dream big but act swiftly.

If you want to grow, make an impact, and shape the future of ice cream, join us!

Job Purpose:

Your role is to galvanize the organization—including headquarters, factories, logistics, and partner ecosystems—to be vigilant about controls and to take proper action to protect our business. You will promote stewardship and elevate this message across the organization.

As Ice Cream accelerates growth and profitability, your role is key to delivering consistent, competitive growth and protecting company assets and reputation. You will establish and maintain a governance model for company policies and procedures, apply risk and control concepts, communicate findings to leadership, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to design risk-reduction workflows.

The role reports to the America’s Finance Senior Manager Controls and Compliance, providing visibility, assurance, and guidance on risk management, audits, and value protection.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Become a subject matter expert on the Global Financial Control Framework (GFCF) and assist control stakeholders with guidance and implementation.
2. Lead local change management for updates to documentation, processes, and systems.
3. Establish and maintain a governance process to ensure policy updates.
4. Understand supply chain finance activities related to controls to provide direction during testing.
5. Monitor KPIs and financial metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, working closely with manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain functions.
6. Assist with financial control assessments, audits, track findings, develop action plans, and follow up on remediation.
7. Support innovation and transition projects by reviewing process designs and assessing control impacts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Understanding of business functions and their interconnections.
• Expertise in SOX compliance, auditing, and risk management.
• Experience in designing, controlling, and evaluating business operations.
• Ability to manage diverse stakeholders and ensure accountability.
• Effective communication skills with finance and non-finance audiences.
• Over 3 years of experience in finance, especially in risk, controls, and compliance roles.

Skills:

• Risk Management
• Financial Controls
• Process Design & Automation

Top Business Skills:

• Stakeholder Management
• Effective Communication
• Prioritization

Leadership:

You are responsible for high standards, resilient leadership, and guiding others through uncertainty. You should demonstrate core leadership behaviors such as passion for high performance, personal mastery, and purpose & service, fostering a motivating and empathetic environment.

Compensation and Benefits:

Pay range: $84,000 to $126,000, based on skills, experience, and qualifications. Bonus eligibility applies.

Benefits include health insurance, retirement plans, life and disability insurance, parental leave, paid vacation, holidays, and voluntary benefits.

What We Offer:

Opportunities for growth, culture, health & well-being benefits, inclusion, global reach, purpose-driven careers, and development programs. Learn more about us.

Diversity & Inclusion:

Unilever Canada values diversity and inclusion, providing equal opportunity employment. If you need assistance during recruitment due to a disability, contact us at [e-mail]. We also serve French-speaking candidates with similar accommodations.