Interim Finance Business Partner - Fixed Term Contract

Consult; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Perrigo in Greater London, on-site, seeks an Interim Finance Business Partner for a fixed-term contract. You will lead UKI & Global Contract finance, partnering with commercial teams to influence pricing, investments and profit.

The role covers budgeting, forecasting, and delivering financial insights to management, with SOX compliance and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide finance leadership within the UKI & Global Contract Management team to support the delivery of Net Revenue, Operating Income and Working Capital targets.
• Collaborate closely with the commercial team (UKI & Global Contract Market Leads, Sales Manager, Marketing Manager) to provide financial insight into pricing strategies, G2N and A&P investment, product launches, and improved mix.
• Regularly evaluate risks and opportunities, driving action to maximise financial outcomes.
• Effectively communicate the financial position and insights to Cluster and Corporate management, providing recommendations for informed decision-making.
• Accountable for the weekly and monthly operating income forecast with a high level of forecast accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with SOX and company policies in all commercial finance activities within the UKI & Global Contract consumer business.
• Oversee the annual bottom-up Budgeting process for the UKI & Global Contract consumer business, ensuring it aligns with company objectives and optimise investment and resource allocation.
• Support the monthly rolling S&OE/IBP process, turning demand plans into a rolling financial P&L across volume, sales, margin and cost drivers.
• Partner with Cluster FP&A to ensure assumptions across volume, price, mix, margin, cost of goods, freight and promotional spend are robust, clearly documented and accurately reflected in the plan.
• Lead projects aimed at improving the commercial P&L, reducing operational costs, and enhancing overall efficiency within the organisation.
• Develop and deliver training programmes to the commercial teams (finance for non-finance), ensuring they are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in their roles.
• Deliver ad hoc analysis and scenario modelling of value-add initiatives to support key business decisions.
• Own the UKI & Global Contract numbers presented, ensuring a clear understanding of what has changed, why it has changed, and how key movements impact the commercial forecast and reporting outputs.
• Build knowledge of the system to identify opportunities for process improvement and use this expertise to support and train the wider team.

Job description

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Interim Finance Business Partner - Fixed Term Contract

Perrigo Posted 2 days ago

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Location

Greater London, England, United Kingdom On-site

Business Partnering

• Provide finance leadership within the UKI & Global Contract Management team to support the delivery of Net Revenue, Operating Income and Working Capital targets.
• Collaborate closely with the commercial team (UKI & Global Contract Market Leads, Sales Manager, Marketing Manager) to provide financial insight into pricing strategies, G2N and A&P investment, product launches, and improved mix.
• Regularly evaluate risks and opportunities, driving action to maximise financial outcomes.
• Effectively communicate the financial position and insights to Cluster and Corporate management, providing recommendations for informed decision-making.
• Accountable for the weekly and monthly operating income forecast with a high level of forecast accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with SOX and company policies in all commercial finance activities within the UKI & Global Contract consumer business.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Oversee the annual bottom-up Budgeting process for the UKI & Global Contract consumer business, ensuring it aligns with company objectives and optimise investment and resource allocation.
• Support the monthly rolling S&OE/IBP process, turning demand plans into a rolling financial P&L across volume, sales, margin and cost drivers.
• Partner with Cluster FP&A to ensure assumptions across volume, price, mix, margin, cost of goods, freight and promotional spend are robust, clearly documented and accurately reflected in the plan.

Value-Add Approach

• Lead projects aimed at improving the commercial P&L, reducing operational costs, and enhancing overall efficiency within the organisation.
• Develop and deliver training programmes to the commercial teams (finance for non-finance), ensuring they are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in their roles.
• Deliver ad hoc analysis and scenario modelling of value-add initiatives to support key business decisions.
• Own the UKI & Global Contract numbers presented, ensuring a clear understanding of what has changed, why it has changed, and how key movements impact the commercial forecast and reporting outputs.
• Build knowledge of the system to identify opportunities for process improvement and use this expertise to support and train the wider team.