Senior Finance Manager - New Ventures

The Kraft Heinz Company; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the FMCG sector is searching for a Senior Finance Manager in London who will act as a strategic partner within their New Ventures team. This role requires a combination of financial expertise and strong communication skills to drive growth and support innovation initiatives. Responsibilities include tracking financial performance, supporting innovation processes, and managing key strategic initiatives to enhance profitability. Candidates should hold a BSc/BA, with preferred qualifications including an MSc.

Benefits

Competitive salary and excellent bonus structure

Permanent contract with career growth opportunities

Room for new ideas and initiatives

Qualifications

• FMCG experience required in marketing, commercial, sales, or finance.
• BSc/BA required, MSc preferred.
• Excellent communication skills to engage various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate Monthly Business Reviews across NV portfolio.
• Support Monthly NE Innovation growth meeting.
• Conduct analyses and manage improvement projects.

Skills

FMCG experience

Communication Skills

Resilience

Analytical

Result driven

Education

BSc/BA

MSc (preferred)

Job description

Senior Finance Manager - New Ventures, London

Client:

The Kraft Heinz Company

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

f08bb69233f5

Job Views:

4

Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

Job Description:

Description

About the position

We are seeking a senior manager to serve as a strategic partner in our New Ventures (NV) team.

As the Finance business partner for New Ventures, you will play a crucial role in supporting the end-to-end innovation processes – supporting New Ventures’ growth through the provision of actionable financial and non-financial insights.

Key responsibilities

• Consolidate Monthly Business Reviews across NV portfolio, track actions, distilling key take aways for the leadership team.
• Own NV total tracking in internal team forums for Sell-in & Sell-out.
• Support Monthly NE Innovation growth meeting: NV tracking & support planning of topics for total NE with the PMO manager.
• Review, challenge and own on-going forecast from Commercial Managers at total NE NV level.
• Consolidate and own the tracking of annual plan (AOP) and "dream". Understand & articulate key variances to original plan (or pivots).
• Own the strategic Plan for New Ventures
• Consolidate COGS for platform portfolio and track path to profitability exercise across projects.
• Own marketing spend, escalate issues and propose spend prioritisation
• Review macro intelligence & provide information to platform team
• Define and track size and growth of categories within the platform’s scope, flagging key competitive activities. Proactively Identify white space opportunities.
• Support growth team on innovation business cases
• Support the leadership team in creating external and internally facing presentations.
• Conduct analyses, including retailer-specific analysis and portfolio gaps.
• Autonomously manage improvement projects, such as automation initiatives

Qualifications
Hard Skills

• Knowledge: FMCG experience (marketing, commercial, sales, finance)
• Education: BSc/BA required; MSc preferred

Professional Attributes

• Communication Skills: At Kraft Heinz you’ll easily be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. Therefore, it’s important you have excellent communication skills, to deal with all kinds of different stakeholders.
• Resilience: You’re able to bounce back after a disappointment or set back, big or small. And always continue to move onward & upward.
• Analytical: We’re a very data driven company. You know how to translate complex data into a simple solution with your analytical mindset.
• High pressure: you don’t get easily stressed by pressure, on the opposite, a demanding and dynamic environment is what keeps you energized.
• Result driven: You don’t only focus on your own results, but always do what’s best for the company.

What we offer you

• An ambitious employer; we only want to the best for you;
• A fast career track like only few other companies can match;
• A competitive salary and excellent bonus structure (above market);
• Permanent contract; for we believe in doing big bets on people;
• Always room for new ideas; if you have an excellent idea, please let us know and we can set it in action!

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Created on 02/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom