Role Summary
This role is a key member of the GLP team, working in partnership with the Business to ensure financial implications are considered, leading the Annual Transfer Price calculation, and building a key control environment enabling the Business to sign off on all relevant controls. Preparation of GLP Group and statutory reporting, including key accounting processes to ensure integrity of the financial documents and completeness and accuracy of all related transactions, budgeting processes and the preparation of financial and non-financial information to aid decision making.
Direct Impact
Business partnering demand to ensure ongoing leaf supply across the Group and ensuring the integrity and accuracy of transfer prices. Establishes a key control environment which is SOx compliant and maintains accurate financial reporting, delivering a robust budgeting process.
Reports to
Senior Finance Manager – GLP
Direct Reports
N/A
Core Relationships
- Internal – GLP Directors, Group Tax, GLP Sourcing & Supply Chain teams, Internal Audit, Group Statutory Accounting, Group Treasury, End Markets, Legal and HR
- External – KPMG, Leaf Suppliers, Logistics Suppliers, DHL, Banking Partners
Geographic Scope
Global
Travel Required
Up to 10% of the time in domestic and international travel.
Key Duties and Accountability
- Ownership of Control Navigator, ensuring timely completion across the Business.
- Business partnering across Demand and Supply Teams ensuring ongoing leaf supply and understanding of the Transfer Price process and impacts.
- Perform month end quarterly close, ensuring completeness and accuracy of financial information and interrogation of any unexpected variances.
- Provide resilience and accuracy across budgeting processes, ensuring assumptions are robust and challenging where necessary.
- Responsible for completion of SOX Controls and liaison with audit teams in the review and testing of these controls.
- Share insightful financial analysis showing the financial implications of decisions and help business units get approval for commercially viable cases, budgets and investment proposals.
- Build financial and commercial awareness within supported areas and challenge business managers to improve performance.
- Drive continuous improvement across the team ensuring processes and ways of working are fit for purpose.
Essential Experience
- Solid understanding of SOX including experience developing, implementing and executing control environments.
- Experience dealing with auditors and other external partners.
- Proven experience in strategic analysis & planning and execution, performance measurements, project evaluation and commercial competence.
- Experience in a global FMCG or similar dynamic operating environment.
Technical, Functional & Leadership Skills
- Detailed understanding and knowledge of relevant finance systems (e.g., SAP / BPC).
- Able to influence and challenge more senior partners.
- Ability to simplify sophisticated situations and synthesize, communicate and present complex information.
- Insightful, comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty, proactive, collaborative and consultative.
Education and Professional Qualifications
- Degree educated or relevant professional qualification with at least 5 years’ relevant finance experience encompassing either finance business partnering or financial accounting and reporting.
Beneficial
- Experience in US GAAP reporting is an advantage given upcoming potential requirements in GLP.
Benefits
- Market leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility).
- Range of benefits varies by country and includes diverse health plans, initiatives for work‑life balance, transportation support, and a flexible holiday plan with additional incentives.
- Access to online learning platforms and personalised growth programs.
- Continuous improvement within a transformative environment.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
