FP&A Marketing Finance Business Partner

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 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.

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 (url removed)

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