Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you. As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits. To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact Click “Apply” to get started. Why join our team? pladis was established in June 2016 and brings together the much loved, global brands of Godiva, McVitie’s, Ulker, and DeMet’s under one pladis umbrella, to form a global giant in biscuits, chocolate, and confectionary. The UK & return on investment pladis region employs 5,000 people across 13 locations in the UK & return on investment (nine manufacturing / distribution sites and four office locations), and is an anchor market for the business. What will this role achieve? The UK & return on investment has ambitious plans, Customer Finance act as a hardworking and honest business partner to help the business build robust external relationships and improve internal value creation and ensure the Customer teams develop a better understanding of both consumer and trade dynamics to build more effective strategies. Your team will drive the rituals and routines necessary to understand performance, deliver insightful and useful financial analysis, provide rigorous financial control and evaluation processes to support the Customer team with customer investment decisions. The role holder will report to the Senior Customer Finance Manager and will have sole responsibility for partnering several accounts whilst also working on reporting and projects across the wider Customer team. What will be your key deliverables? Develop a strong business partnering culture with account team, providing encouraging challenge and valuable insight while ensuring ongoing continual improvement. Work with the Customer team to drive better understanding of the drivers of performance (including trends, channel/customer profitability and understanding of external retailer landscape and dynamics) and develop gap fill opportunities. Manage a regular rhythm of business performance diagnostics, the annual & strategic planning process & the Monthly Performance Review (MPR) process. Support customer discussions by preparing Joint business plan evaluations with a more for more mentality to improve the investment as well as modelling customer P&L’s. Partner with the Senior CF Manager and CF Director on total third party business reporting. Working on a number of key business process improvement initiatives and take on the responsibility of being subject matter expert for a key investment framework project. Manage & Control terms/pricing investment, tracking of delivery & P&L management of accruals. Implement pre & post evaluation of TI investment made to optimise returns. Manage unsolicited deductions working with Genpact and account teams. What do you need for this role? Proven experience in FMCG in Customer/ commercial Finance A passion for business performance management & analytics A strong collaborator and communicator Ability to influence and work collaboratively across the organisation Ability to work optimally in an ambiguous and changing role and able to drive agenda forward Self-confidence and skill to challenge the Customer team Strong financial and commercial competence built over a 5-year minimum career Advanced MS Excel, PPT and the ability to turn raw data into powerful insights A qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) OUR WINNING TRAITS AND BEHAVIOURS Purpose-Led - Energised by our promise to deliver happiness to the world with every bite Agile - Ever evolving, never satisfied and never standing still Collaborative - Willing to work with others for mutual success. Resilient - Quick to adapt to change, fast learner and persistent in the face of setbacks Positive - Self-motivated, optimistic, adventurous, and inspiring Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do and is reflected across our business. pladis brings together brands and people from around the world – and this diversity is our great strength. We’re an equal opportunities employer and believe in encouraging an inclusive environment where we celebrate diversity of thinking and respect everyone’s distinctive qualities and perspectives. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law. We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business. We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.