FP&A Marketing Finance Business Partner

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

+ 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.

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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.