Compensation Controller Jobs in Wheaton, IL (NOW HIRING)

• Lead the annual budgeting process and forecasts across all business units
• Develop and maintain driver-based financial models to support strategic planning and scenario analysis
• Ensure alignment between financial plans and business strategy across product categories and channels
• Partner with department leaders to translate operational plans into financial outcomes

• Own monthly and quarterly business performance reviews, delivering insights on revenue, margins, and cost drivers
• Track and analyze key KPIs, identifying risks and opportunities
• Provide actionable recommendations to improve financial and operational performance
• Drive accountability across functions through clear performance visibility

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, influencing decision-making across teams.
• Move beyond reporting to actively shape business strategy and outcomes
• Support new product launches, pricing decisions, and investment planning

• Prepare high-quality financial presentations for HQ, Board, and shareholders
• Ensure accuracy and consistency with Group accounting principles
• Translate complex financial data into clear, concise, and actionable insights
• Interface regularly with global finance leadership

• Enhance data-driven reporting capabilities within FP&A
• Leverage tools such as Board BI (or equivalent) to build dashboards and automate reporting
• Consolidate and analyze data from multiple systems to generate insights
• Improve data quality, accessibility, and standardization across the organization

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing FP&A team
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration
• Implement best practices, tools, and processes in alignment with HQ guidance
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics (MBA or CPA preferred)
• 10+ years of experience in FP&A, Controlling, or Managerial Finance
• Experience in a senior leadership role within an international organization
• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities
• Proven ability to operate as a business partner, not just an analyst
• Fluency in Italian is required
• Experience working in matrixed, global environments, ideally with European headquarters
• Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Hands-on approach with the ability to balance strategy and execution

Compensation: Starting at $130,000 Annually

About Us: Rana is an international Company present in over 60 countries, with a turnover close to $1.5 billion. Founded by Giovanni Rana in 1962, the Company has been led for over 35 years by Gian Luca Rana, CEO and pioneer of the internationalization project that has led the Group to become a leader worldwide in the production and marketing of fresh food products (filled and unfilled pasta, gnocchi, sauces and ready meals). Rana focuses its investments in the following areas: the creation of jobs (our workforce doubled in the last five years), the research and development, with the aim of offering Consumers delicious products made of the highest quality ingredients. The Rana Group has always made innovation its strength, both in the technological field (with the registration of dozens of product and process patents) and in communication.

As a family-owned Company, we are united by strong Values and the aspiration of building a better future for the next generations. Ethics and sustainability are the cornerstones of our sixty-two years of history, which have made our business healthy and constantly growing. Today, Rana has 8 factories (6 in Europe and 2 in the US) and is a large family of 3,500 People. The engines of our continued success will keep being innovation, internationalization, passion and constant search for excellence in everything we do.

Rana is committed to providing a workplace of diversity and inclusion. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, evaluating performance, or termination are made fairly. We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential. We welcome all applications from a wide range of candidates and selection for roles will be based on individual merit alone.

NOTICE TO STAFFING FIRMS, AGENCIES AND EMPLOYMENT VENDORS:

Rana Meal Solutions and its affiliates will not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters without a signed Fee Agreement in place AND before the resume is inputted into our applicant tracking system. Vendor solicitation should be directed to the Human Resource Department directly; as such, firms that circumvent the required compliant process will be barred from submitting candidates. In the absence of a signed fee agreement AND proper resume submission, RMS does not recognize any claim on a candidate by a third party, will consider unsolicited resumes the property of the company and reserves the right to engage and hire those candidates without any financial responsibility to the third-party vendor.