Finance Management Associate

Nomad Foods Inc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Nomad Foods Inc. is seeking a Cluster Associate within the Shared Finance Centre to assist month-end close and analytics for business units and central functions. You will develop analytical standards for reporting in collaboration with multiple departments.

The role focuses on data integrity, variance analysis, and timely, accurate quarterly performance reports. FCA/ACCA exposure and FMCG experience are a plus.

Qualifications

• Finance experience required.
• Experience with reporting tools is essential.
• Excellent communication and written skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in data.
• Desirable FMCG sector experience or exposure.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the monthly close of management accounts, including KPI analysis and variance explanations.
• Prepare and post accruals and journals for monthly reporting packages.
• Assimilate data from multiple systems to identify trends for KPIs and actuals.
• Support the Cluster Finance team with variance analyses against comparatives.
• Enhance data governance by improving data quality and reporting integrity.
• Classify, quantify, and forecast information with reliability and timeliness.
• Produce standard quarterly performance analytics for leadership with guidance.
• Promote standardisation and sharing of best practices across the Shared Finance team.
• Contribute to process improvements and automation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Analytical skills

Proactive problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Start of qualification or Part qualified (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent)

Tools

Reporting tools

Data governance tools

Job description

Overview

Nomad Foods was formed in 2015 and with revenues of €2.6bn is the largest frozen food company in Europe. Nomad owns a portfolio of leading brands including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo, supplemented in 2018 with the purchase of Goodfellas Pizza and Aunt Bessie’s, and in 2021 with the purchase of Ledo and Frikom.

We manufacture and distribute a range of branded frozen food products across 22 European countries with the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Sweden and France representing our five largest markets.

The long-term goal of Nomad is to develop a global portfolio of best-in-class food brands by growing organically and through strategic M&A.

We are proposing that our new Shared Finance Centre will house both our Financial Accounting teams and our Financial Planning and Analysis Centre of Expertise.

Our vision is to build trusted, equal partnerships through the delivery of timely and valuable services that will ensure growth and business success for Nomad Foods. The team will deliver a step change in performance through a relentless focus on excellence in execution and continuous improvement, enabling us to simplify and standardise our processes and procedures, which in turn, enables quality decision-making, delights our customers and supports Nomad Food’s business objectives.

The Shared Finance Centre (SFC) will be an outstanding place to work for finance professionals, with new and exciting opportunities to develop careers and by being recognised alongside the very best by our people.

Our Cluster Associates are responsible for supporting Month End reporting and analytics for our business units and central functions, including standard management reporting. The Cluster Associate will be responsible for developing and implementing analytical standards for reporting partnering with the various departments across the business unit.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the monthly close of management accounts, including the involvement in the preparation of monthly data reporting packages that includes analysis of KPIs, variance analysis and explanations , preparation and posting of necessary accruals and journals


• Involved in assimilating data from multiple systems and stakeholders to identify trends for KPIs & actuals


• Support the Cluster Finance team with analysis and variances to comparatives


• Following guidance from their line manager, enhance data governance processes by improving the quality and integrity of data collected, analysis performed, and reports generated


• Collaborate with Cluster team to classify, quantify, and forecast by providing reliable, accurate, comparable, and timely information


• Maintain and produce standard quarterly performance analytics and reports for leadership with guidance from Cluster Finance team


• Facilitate standardisation and sharing of best practice across the Shared Finance team


• Contribute to continuous improvement of systems and processes


• Support automation and enterprise consolidation of data used in monthly, quarterly, and annual performance reports


• Prepare SOX controls and support all audit requests

Qualifications

Essential

• Finance experience


• Experience with reporting tools

Desirable

• Previous Finance experience within an FMCG business


• Bachelor’s degree


• Start of qualification or Part qualified (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent)

Competencies

• Positive attitude, pro-active, growth mindset, work to solve problems


• Attention to detail


• Excellent communication and written skills with the ability to engage people at all levels both internally and externally


• Ability to constructively challenges assumptions and thinking


• Impactful report writing and presentation skills