FP&A Manager Details | Nestle Operational Services SA

Position: FP&A Manager Job Details | Nestle Operational Services Worldwide SA
At Nestlé Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life, Nature's Bounty, Vital Proteins, Orgain, Nuun, BOOST, Carnation Breakfast Essentials, Peptamen, Compleat Organic Blends, and more.

We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestlé Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way.

We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

The Manager, FP&A supports the Pharma Division by delivering financial insights, planning processes, and performance analysis that drive business decision-making. This role partners closely with Finance, Commercial, and Leadership teams to support key processes including monthly reporting, dynamic forecasting, annual planning, and strategic initiatives.

The role serves as a central point of coordination across the Finance co-pilots and corporate finance function, as well as Pharma leadership, ensuring accurate, timely analytics and enabling the division to achieve its financial and strategic objectives.

This position supports the full Pharma portfolio across brands and provides financial oversight for key Commercial activities, including Gross-to-Net (GTN) and PFME.

This is a remote role with anticipated monthly travel to our corporate office in Bridgewater, NJ. Top consideration will be given to candidates local to our corporate office.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting & Analysis:

* Lead the preparation, consolidation, and review of financial reporting for divisional leadership and Corporate Finance

* Provide financial reporting and measurements to cross-functional teams to support business decisions.

* Provide executive summary detailing results, trends, variances, risks, and opportunities.

* Own monthly close analytics and communicate results with actionable insights to leadership

* Partner with functional teams to generate insights and influence business results

* Collaborate with Controllership on period-end close activities, including reconciliations and variance analysis

* Support the Controllership team with Period End close activities (SACT, PACT, Reconciliation, variance analysis)

Management Support/Business Transformation:

* Own and coordinate core financial processes, including Dynamic Forecast (DF), Monthly Business Planning (MBP), Market Business Strategy (MBS), and Annual Operating Plan (OP)

* Manage the Demand Forecast (DF) process, including timelines, data integrity, and coordination of deliverables across stakeholders

* Drive consistency and accuracy across planning cycles, ensuring alignment between financial forecasts and business strategies

* Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to provide forward-looking insights that support financial and operational planning

* Prepare and analyze forecasts and budgets, identifying key drivers to improve financial predictability

* Serve as a trusted finance partner to cross-functional teams, supporting decision-making and accountability for financial targets

* Provide financial analysis and insights to support commercial strategies, product portfolio optimization, and investment decisions

* Contribute to product-related initiatives, including Innovation/Renovation reviews and SKU rationalization

* Educate and influence stakeholders on value creation and financial implications of business decisions

* Support leadership requests and ad hoc analyses, including Monthly Business Review (M ) materials

* Identify and implement improvements to financial models, tools, and reporting processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness

* Support the evolution of financial planning capabilities and reporting infrastructure

* Coordinate across Finance teams, Co-Pilots, and Corporate stakeholders to streamline processes and improve data quality

* Lead or contribute to special projects and cross-functional initiatives within and beyond the Pharma Division

* Other duties as required.

Experience

* BA/BS with major in Finance or Accounting

* Minimum of 5 years' experience in Accounting/Finance

* Knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting…