Sales Finance Business Partner

Birds Eye UK & IE; Woking; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth potential

Career progression

Job summary

Nomad Foods, home to BirdsEye and Aunt Bessies, seeks a Sales Finance Business Partner for its Woking head office. You will partner with the Birds Eye brand to deliver insightful P&L analysis and strategic financial support, driving performance and cost optimization across the client group.

You will influence decisions, translate targets into plans, and provide robust financial commentary to improve margins and cash flow. Strong FMCG finance experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Part qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• MBA or advanced business degree is desirable.
• Experience in finance/business analysis within FMCG is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop an in depth understanding of the business area and P&L levers.
• Provide monthly financial analysis, insights and explanations of performance.
• Interpret, explain and drive performance within the business.
• Support strategic decisions with insight and challenge.
• Translate targets into executable in-year plans.
• Partner with client group to drive actions on pricing, promotions and costs.
• Advise on planning assumptions and opportunities.
• Review performance and suggest corrective actions to improve margins.
• Own initiatives to close variances and improve cash.
• Ensure KPIs are understood and delivered.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis and scenario planning.
• Evaluate investment options from a financial perspective.

Skills

FMCG experience

Business analysis

Financial analysis

Communication skills

Influence stakeholders

Stakeholder alignment

Presentation skills

Education

Part qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

MBA or advanced business degree

Tools

MS Project

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Nomad foods is home to iconic brands such as Birds eye, Aunt Bessies & Goodfella Pizzas.

We are on a mission to serve the world with better food. As Europe’s leading frozen food company we are proud of our passion, innovation and commitment to excellence.

About the role:

We are excited to be hiring a Sales Finance Business Partner to join our dynamic team in our Woking head office supporting our Birds Eye brand.

Act as a trusted partner and advisor to the business area and client group supported and drive business performance by providing detailed and insightful analysis, commentary, advice, challenge and decision support.

Provide key support in either customer or supplier meetings and negotiations, by providing insights, analysis, challenge and recommendations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop an in depth understanding of the business area/client group supported together with its results and the key levers that influence P& L performance for that area/group
• Understand the drivers of historic, current and forecast performance for client group/business area and provide monthly financial analysis, insight and explanation of performance, highlighting emerging issues or trends and making recommendations on corrective actions
• Interpret, explain and drive performance within the business
• Support and influence key operational and strategic decisions by providing insight and challenge
• Translate operational targets into executable in-year plans
• Partner with client group to drive actions to meet targets (pricing, promo ROI, sales, margin, variable costs, overheads, EBITDA, working capital, ROI etc)
• Advise on key business planning assumptions, trade-offs and opportunities.
• Review actual performance (pricing, promo ROI, sales, margin, variable costs, overheads, EBITDA, working capital, ROI etc) with a view to making recommendations and provoking interventions required to drive down costs, improve margins and convert P&L into cash
• Own and drive initiatives focused on closing variances with the business
• Ensure business understands and delivers against KPIs
• Facilitate ad-hoc analysis and insights on specific issues at a strategic level
• Support strategy development by providing financial performance insights and recommendations to client group, identifying potential opportunities and/or risks through scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Evaluate investment options from a financial perspective to provide a long term view of the impact on key KPIs for client group/business area (e.g. pricing, mix, sales, margin, variable costs, media costs, working capital, ROI etc)

Qualifications:

• Part qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) in those countries where this is applicable
• MBA or Advanced Business degree desired
• FMCG experience
• Business and financial analysis experience
• Microsoft Project skills, Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills
• Good communication and written skills with the ability to engage people at all levels both internally and externally
• Ability to influence business and finance colleagues
• Ability to bring multiple stakeholders and conflicting viewpoints to an objective resolution
• Ability to constructively challenge assumptions and thinking

What we can offer you:

We’re on an exceptional adventure and can offer a truly purpose led career with flexibility. In addition, you will benefit from the below:

• An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential
• The potential to progress your career across different areas of Birds Eye and Nomad Foods