Finance BP UK & IE
Location:Banbury, GB, OX16 3UU
At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond
About the role:
The Finance BP for UK&IE is the right hand for financial topics of the Managing Director UK&IE and the business partner of the commercial teams of UK&IE. The Finance BP is accountable for the short- and long-term financial performance of the country cluster UK&IE together with the UK&IE management team. The role is key in shaping and defining the strategy of the Cluster with respect to volume & profitability, pricing decisions, customer/product/market mix, costs and working capital management.
The role presumes hybrid working model with min. 2 days per week in the Banbury office.
Key responsibilities:
* Act as a business partner to the UK&IE country cluster Managing Director and the UK&IE commercial team. Co-pilot with the business and provide meaningful decision support to management whilst influencing and challenging key decisions
* Develop together with the Directors and their commercial teams the commercial strategy for the area of responsibility and drive strategy implementation
* Steer the MTP (mid-term plan) for the Cluster as per process and guidance set by Global FP&A
* Drive the financial performance of the cluster, focusing on profitability and working capital management, in line with strategy and business objectives
* Provide (together with FP&A) the business and management with analytical support to enable an understanding of the business dynamics
* Closely cooperate with FP&A in terms of preparing budgets and forecasts, identifying and supporting cost savings
* Lead and coordinate projects to improve business performance, in particular profitability and working capital improvements
* Drive and coordinate commercial business case preparation related to business expansions/ outsourcing deals and sales offices
* Support transition to the new finance operating model (incl. GBS leverage)
* Drive improvement initiatives of finance processes, with focus on digitalization and standardization
* Collaborate with Pricing to ensure an accurate pricing of products to customers (based on FP&A analysis of pre- and post-calculated costs), including a correct reflection of interest costs in price levels
* Ensure integrity and financial controls in the Clusters of the organization by using and building on data, information and intelligence from global finance functions
About you:
* Bachelor's / Master's in Finance, Accounting, Economics or similar
* English business proficiency, both written and oral
* Extensive experience in finance (prior roles in accounting/FP&A/business partnering in a multinational company, preferably in B2B / food industries)
* Strong stakeholder management skills in matrix organization
* Open-minded and curious, eager to continuously learn and explore various aspects of finance, self-starter
* Analytical, hands-on, flexible, very solution-oriented and performance-driven to achieve the targets
* Able to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines while maintaining focus in an environment with conflicting demands
* Strong team player
* Knowledge of SAP (incl. BW), Power BI
* IFRS knowledge
At Barry Callebaut, we are committed to Diversity & Inclusion. United by our strong values, we thrive on the diversity of who we are, where we come from, what we've experienced and how we think. We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where people can truly be themselves, grow to their full potential and feel they belong. #oneBC - Diverse People, Sustainable Growth.
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