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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is a recognized leader in confections with a wide range of product offerings including gum, mints, hard and chewy candies, lollipops, and chocolate. The company has operations in more than 40 countries and distributes its world-famous brands in more than 180 countries. Three of these brands - Juicy Fruit®, Wrigley's Spearmint®, and Altoids® - have heritages stretching back more than a century. Other well-loved brands include Orbit®, Extra®, Starburst®, Doublemint®, Skittles®, Freedent®, Airwaves®, Life Savers®, Eclipse®, and Winterfresh®. Wrigley is headquartered in Chicago, Ill., and operates as a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated, a private, family-owned company founded in 1911. Mars, Incorporated is one of the world's largest food companies, generating global revenues of $30 billion annually and producing some of the world's leading brands in six segments that include Chocolate, Drinks, Food, Petcare, Symbioscience and Wrigley.

• Distill complicated accounting issues either generated by new accounting pronouncements, new business dealings, or questions/support sought from the business into simple solutions, and communicate those solutions to executive financial management (Controller, CFO).
• Lead preparation of quarterly financial statements and financial debt covenants, and annual financial statements and footnotes and lead reviews through key management (Counsel, Treasurer, Controller, etc.) at Wrigley and Mars corporate management.  Supervise one assisting analysts in these responsibilities.
• Oversee corporate expense budgets and headcount, and understanding and analyzing variances versus plan.  Also, lead the planning and departmental coordination for corporate expense annual budgets and periodic forecasts updates.  Supervise one assisting analyst in these responsibilities.
• Control global chart of accounts and financial statement versions – authorize changes and develop account and financial statement presentation strategy for new accounting items brought about by either new accounting pronouncements or new business dealings.  Supervise one assisting analyst in these responsibilities.
• Supervise global quarterly disclosure and related party disclosure process to support financial statement and bank reporting obligations.  
• Lead accounting considerations for complicated and unique transactions (or contemplated transactions) such as acquisitions, dispositions, financing, etc.
• Support month end consolidation and reporting team providing review and guidance on treatment of items as necessary for transparent and meaningful executive management reporting deck to run the business.
• Coordinate global pension accounting activities with central actuary to deliver consolidated pension results and disclosures for financial statement footnotes.  Support international locations in timing and planning with actuaries and accounting for pension results.
• Work with global tax on parent tax schedules and ensure tax analysis is properly “translated” into financial accounting.
• Assist in coordination of auditor quarterly and annual reviews.
• Lead coordination of annual benefit plan audits and review financial statements.

• 6 to 7 years of experience of public accounting and/or external reporting experience;
• CPA preferred, strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP accounting and reporting requirements a must;
• Experience with manufacturing and/or distribution – consumer products industry and large multi-national client experience a plus;
• Able to simplify complicated accounting matters and communicate to executive financial management (Controller, CFO);
• Able to multi-task and prioritize tasks and deliverables, and “change gears” when new issues arise;
• Mastery of coordination, preparation and review of financial statements and footnotes;
• Comfortable supervising (3) staff, delegating work to supporting analysts and developing people;
• Focused on solutions and results – ability to move forward and deliver on commitments and timelines;
• Intermediate (at least) understanding of accounting for income taxes and pension accounting.
• Organized and able to plan quarterly and year end schedules considering all deliverables, reviews, stakeholders, etc. for close and reporting.