Finance Business Partner – FTC

Overview

• Act as a trusted partner and advisor to the business area and client group supported and drive business performance by providing detailed and insightful analysis, commentary, advice, challenge and decision support
• Provide key support in either customer or supplier meetings and negotiations, by providing insights, analysis, challenge and recommendations

Responsibilities

• Develop an in depth understanding of the business area/client group supported together with its results and the key levers that influence P&L performance for that area/group
• Understand the drivers of historic, current and forecast performance for client group/business area and provide monthly financial analysis, insight and explanation of performance, highlighting emerging issues or trends and making recommendations on corrective actions
• Interpret, explain and drive performance within the business
• Support and influence key operational and strategic decisions by providing insight and challenge
• Translate operational targets into executable in-year plans
• Partner with client group to drive actions to meet targets (pricing, promo ROI, sales, margin, variable costs, overheads, EBITDA, working capital, ROI etc)
• Advise on key business planning assumptions, trade-offs and opportunities
• Review actual performance (pricing, promo ROI, sales, margin, variable costs, overheads, EBITDA, working capital, ROI etc) with a view to making recommendations and provoking interventions required to drive down costs, improve margins and convert P&L into cash
• Own and drive initiatives focused on closing variances with the business
• Ensure business understands and delivers against KPIs
• Facilitate ad-hoc analysis and insights on specific issues at a strategic level
• Support strategy development by providing financial performance insights and recommendations to client group, identifying potential opportunities and/or risks through scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Evaluate investment options from a financial perspective to provide a long term view of the impact on key KPIs for client group/business area (e.g. pricing, mix, sales, margin, variable costs, media costs, working capital, ROI etc)
• Support the management of the capex budgeting process. Accurately forecast capital spending and depreciation for the development of budgets and long term plans for capital commitments. Create multi-party reviews of proposals, ROI analysis, cash flow analysis etc
• Identify and provide financial implications for all projects / business initiatives, contributing to business cases and ensuring the most profitable allocation of resources through financial insights and constructive challenge
• Leverage analyses provided by FP&A to drive business choices, by overlaying the commercial acumen and insight
• Provide insight into competitor landscape to business and FP&A teams
• Work with the management team to define planning assumptions, risks and investment opportunities and ensure this is fed into a high quality and credible IBP
• Provide support and challenge to ensure the quality of data, working closely with other functions to improve accuracy and timeliness
• Regularly attend meetings with customers, key suppliers, external partners and work closely with other functions to formulate action plans which address performance gaps
• Recognise the importance of business and financial controls and work closely with the management team to instil accountability & culture
• Provide expert opinion on key accounting judgements to help ensure the integrity of financial statements, leverage network (e.g. financial controllers, business controllers, project accountants) as required
• Review the CSR and other management reports produced by the SSC, and provide additional insights on performance and risks management

Qualifications

• Accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) in those countries where this is applicable
• 1 year post qualification experience in an accounting or financial managerial position
• MBA or Advanced Business degree desired
• FMCG experience
• Good communication and written skills with the ability to engage people at all levels both internally and externally
• Ability to influence business and finance colleagues
• Ability to bring multiple stakeholders and conflicting viewpoints to an objective resolution
• Ability to constructively challenge assumptions and thinking
• Good report writing and presentation skills

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