We're Hiring: FP&A Marketing Finance Business Partner Location: Market Drayton / Hybrid
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- 3 days per week on site.
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent Hours: Monday-Friday (40 hours) Benefits for the role: Competitive salary, generous annual bonus,Life Assurance, Private Medical Insurance, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service),Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave,Enhanced Bereavement Leave,Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%),Exclusive access to Mller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts anddevelopment opportunities.
If you are ready to unleash your potential and build an exciting career with Britian's most chosen dairy brand, Mller UK & Ireland,part of the renowned Unternehmensgruppe Theo Mller, invites you to apply for our FP&A Marketing Finance Business Partner position.
As our FP&A Marketing Finance Business Partner, you will provide support on all financial planning processes within the combined Yogurt & Desserts business unit.
You will act as a key business partner to the Marketing team providing day to day financial and commercial decision support.
What you'll do:
- Co-ordination of the Controlling month end process: Day 4-month end review meeting and management of the month end timetable Bridging analysis to explain the profit result vs forecast, budget and prior year -Day 6 month and reporting pack.
Business Partner Key Brand Teams: Vertically Business partner Brand Teams- providing financial and commercial decision support and insight to drive the business forwards in these areas, covering all Yogurts & Desserts brands: Management of Brand P&LS Input into the PEP process Key challenges / input into the monthly Brand Review meetings Dealing with day-to-day queries from your key contacts Ad-hoc reporting and analysis as & when required Manage the financial input to the Clarity system and ensure aligns with financial plans, ensure post launch reviews are completed.
Provide support & challenge to the Marketing team on Marketing budgets.
Ownership of the quarterly forecast process.
Financial input into the brand review meeting cycle in terms of brand p&l performance mth, ytd and full year forecast.
Financial Support to the annual (budget) and mid term (3YP) planning processes: Development & management of the timetables for the total Y&D Business Unit.
Financial analysis on the branded business explaining the key planning assumptions and variances.
Preparation of standard Group financial charts & presentations for both the branded & private label businesses.
Delivery of profitability reporting to Group (total Y&D BU): Day 8 Scorecard and supplementary schedules Preparation of financial charts for the group business reviews Weekly volume reporting to group First point of contact for ad-hoc queries Financial Support provided to the Marketing Investment budget: Pre-evaluation of investment decisions Freeze pot management Quarterly forecasting Budget planning Co-ordination of the monthly BOP Financial Forecast: Produce P&LS for both branded & PL businesses -Financial evaluation of constrained demand plan Highlighting gap to targets What you'll bring:
- Qualified accountant (CIMA preferable) Graduate level (2:1 minimum in business discipline) Essential Specialist/Technical skills / abilities: Ability to remain accurate in a fast-paced commercial environment whilst remaining pragmatic in judgment of materiality.
Ability to provide decision support & challenge to the commercial teams Structured approach to managing priorities across multiple projects over different time horizons Being able to take a holistic view across the commercial sphere to ensure decisions are appropriate and do not lead to conflicting actions Previous commercial finance experience in decision support role.
Desirable Specialist/Technical skills / abilities: Previous experience financial planning & reporting.
Competent in SAP (CO-PA).
Experience of working within a FMCG environment.
Soft skills: Building strong relationships across the commercial teams to ensure involvement in decisions up front.
Dynamic with the ability to make an impact.
Driven individual eager for role / career progression. xxuwjjq
Demonstrates high accountability for role responsibilities / projects / initiatives.