We’re Hiring: FP&A Marketing Finance Business Partner
Location: Market Drayton / Hybrid – 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 Müller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts and development opportunities.
If you are ready to unleash your potential and build an exciting career with Britian’s most chosen dairy brand, Müller UK & Ireland, part of the renowned Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, 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: 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: 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 judgement 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.
- Demonstrates high accountability for role responsibilities / projects / initiatives.
The Process
If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply at www.mullercareers.co.uk
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