Finance Business Partner: Off Trade Finance Controller

The HEINEKEN Company; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international brewer is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their team in Edinburgh. In this hybrid role, you will be responsible for financial planning, performance management, and business partnering. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of finance experience and strong skills in stakeholder engagement. The position offers a salary of £60k - £70k plus a performance bonus and flexible benefits.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

Flexible benefits (cash or mix)

Private medical healthcare

Double matched pension contributions

35 days holiday

Monthly case of ciders and beers

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in finance.
• Evidence of influencing decisions that improved business results.
• Strong technical finance controlling skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Front Line Sales and Finance for performance management.
• Lead planning processes for Off Trade financial forecast.
• Ensure governance and focus on revenue objectives.

Skills

Relationship building

Commercial awareness

Problem-solving ability

Performance management

Planning

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Overview

Finance Business Partner: Off Trade Finance Controller
Function: Finance
Location: London (nr. Oxford Street) or Edinburgh (St Andrew Square) – a mix of office and home working
Salary: £60k - £70K + performance bonus + Flexible benefits (15% of base salary can be taken as cash, benefits, or a mix of both plus full benefits listed below)
Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract
Closing Date: Wednesday 5th November 2025
Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

As the UK’s leading pub, cider, and beer business, we’re home to some of the world’s best-loved ciders and beers, and a leading player in the international drinks industry. In our Commercial Finance team, we play a critical role in helping the business deliver Off Trade and Total Business objectives through business partnering the commerce team, providing robust and insightful reporting and proactive management of the commercial cost base and balance sheet.

About the role

Reporting into the Off Trade Finance Manager, your primary responsibilities will be to partner with colleagues across Front Line Sales and Finance to provide first-class business partnering, performance management, planning and value-added insight.

You’ll lead the planning processes for the Off Trade, building and reviewing the financial forecast based on the sales forecast, and will be responsible for delivery of the monthly governance cycle and play a critical role in protecting the business, with responsibility for ensuring robust governance and focus on our performance against our key revenue objectives.

You’ll support on customer JVCA conversations to optimise investment whilst partnering and challenging your key stakeholders to support great commercial decision-making. The finance controller will have line management responsibility for one finance analyst and will be responsible for their coaching and ongoing development plan.

Who we’re looking for

As a qualified accountant you will have 5+ years’ experience in finance. You will have evidence of influencing decisions which have improved business results and will be commercially aware with experience in identifying and shaping opportunities and risks and delivering financial targets. You will have strong technical finance controlling skills, an excellent relationship-building track record and have natural problem-solving abilities.

• Are able to build solid relationships and influence stakeholders.
• Have a proactive and positive attitude.
• Can navigate robustly through a fluid and fast-moving commercial environment.
• Have a keen interest in and would like to learn more about the Off-Trade.

Our Ways of Working

Our office sites operate a hybrid model. You’ll spend Tuesdays, Thursdays and one other day in the office and two days from home, although you’re welcome to work from the office on those days too.

The Good Stuff

In addition to your base salary, you’ll also receive:

• Discretionary Annual bonus
• Flexible benefits (15% of base salary can be taken as cash, benefits, or a mix of both)
• Company funded Private Medical Healthcare
• Double matched pension contributions (up to 10%)
• 35 days holiday (with the opportunity to buy/sell)
• A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers
• Exciting opportunities to develop your career

The application

If you like what you’ve read and are ready to brew a better career with us, let’s get going! We may close vacancies early where we receive lots of applications, so don’t delay!

If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us at [e-mail].

You might feel that you don’t meet every single requirement for this role, and that’s okay – we all need the opportunity to develop and untap our full potential. If this advert piqued your interest, we’d encourage you to submit an application rather than ruling yourself out. You never know – you may be exactly what we’re looking for!

Who we are

We’re the world’s most international brewer and the name behind a host of brilliant beers and ciders, from Birra Moretti, to Strongbow, to Cruzcampo and many more. It’s a fantastic time to join us. We’re leading the way in low and no alcohol innovation, pioneering new technologies to meet our environmental goals and investing in our pubs to keep them at the centre of their communities. When you join us, we’ll back you to reach your full potential. You’ll enjoy unique development opportunities, unforgettable experiences and a reward package that goes far beyond the salary you receive. If you want to hear more about life at HEINEKEN from our colleagues, head over to LinkedIn and check out the hashtag LifeatHEINEKENUK. There’s no better place to untap your future. Join us and brew a better career.