Finance Business Partner

Real; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Real is seeking a Senior S&OP Finance Partner to optimize inventory, forecast profitability, and support planning decisions. You will work across Finance and Planning to provide data-driven insights and drive improvements in a global S&OP environment.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, advanced analytics, and hands-on experience with SAP, Power BI, HFM/Adaptive, and Excel. Hybrid work with both onsite and remote contributions is offered.

Qualifications

• Well-developed analytical skills.
• Experience in multi-functional groups and matrix organizations.
• Background in Commercial Finance and/or Supply Chain Finance.
• 8+ years of experience in similar roles.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.
• Experience with S&OP processes and commercial finance impact analysis.
• FMCG / Food / Dairy sector experience preferred.
• Ability to model scenarios and assess financial impact of supply chain decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management in a matrix setup.
• Collaboration with Planning and Supply Chain teams; system knowledge: SAP, Power BI, Adaptive/HFM.

Responsibilities

• Support financial decision taking in S&OP processes and valorization decisions.
• Deliver end-to-end insight on decisions affecting profitability, capacity and inventory.
• Provide data sets to finance for financial outlooks and forecast alignment.
• Support automation projects by combining finance and planning insights.
• Identify opportunities to improve current working methods.
• Share financial insights to drive capacity utilization in S&OP meetings.
• Consolidate monthly data for Global S&OP meetings.
• Act as backup for the 2nd S&OP controller when needed.
• Challenge and support Planning teams; ensure consistency across hubs.
• Ensure volumes are aligned across central and local planning teams; support forecasting for Raw milk sales.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional work

Commercial finance

Supply chain finance

8+ years experience

Excel & PowerPoint

Stakeholder management

S&OP experience

FMCG / Dairy

Scenario modelling

Financial impact assessment

Power BI

SAP

Adaptive / HFM

Tools

SAP

Power BI

HFM

Adaptive

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Location: Hybrid: 2 days onsite in Amersfoort (Mon/Wed)
• 40 hours per week

Main purpose

Support financial decision taking in the S&OP process taking into account GtM and Make priorities, while optimizing RFC profit and inventory. Thereby, act as a business partner of the Planning Lead to optimize inventory levels while balancing cost / cash and service level.

Accountabilities

• Financially supports scenario analysis and valorization decision making in the S&OP processes
• Create E2E insight of the decisions taken in the S&OP process, as they are often based on valorization and variable cost insights, to understand impact on GtM Profitability / Capacity Result and Inventory levels
• Bring the S&OP process from volume to value. Provide the financial departments (commercial controllers / factory controllers) the data sets to be used for the financial outlook
• Support with automation projects & tools by combining financial & planning team insights
• Pro-actively seeking for opportunities to optimize & simplify current way of working
• Drive capacity utilization during S&OP meetings by sharing financial insights
• Monthly reporting & data consolidation for the Global S&OP meeting
• Backup for the 2nd S&OP controller in the team (In case of leaves)
• Ability to challenge and support the Planning team
• Experience with SAP/HFM/PowerBI is preferable
• Rollout production volume upload method (WoW) for Financial forecasting & ensure the process runs smoothly each month
• Monthly / Quarterly review of supply volume set reflected in Demand supply balancing meeting decks (S&OP meetings) and reconcile back to HFM
• Ensure one set of volumes used by central planning team and other planning hubs
• Devise & align methodology for Raw milk sales volume to be included in financial forecasting tool

Dimensions

Working in the Global Plan& Deliver Finance department (11 FTE), as part of the S&OP controlling team (4 FTE) responsible for the financials aspect of the S&OP process.

Stakeholders

S&OP / Planning Teams, BG commercial controllers, Make cluster controllers, Plan and Logistic controllers, Plant Controllers and Global S&OP team

Candidate requirements

• Well-Developed Analytical Skills
• Experience in working in multi-functional groups and Matrix organization
• Prior experience in Commercial Finance / Supply Chain Finance
• Total work experience in similar roles of 8-9 years
• Good Microsoft office (Excel, Powerpoint) skills
• No ZZP
• Minimum 8 years relevant experience
• Experience in Commercial Finance and/or Supply Chain Finance
• S&OP experience required
• FMCG / Food / Dairy experience required
• Strong analytical and scenario modelling skills
• Experience assessing financial impact of supply chain decisions
• Strong stakeholder management skills in a matrix organization
• Experience working closely with Planning and Supply Chain teams
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills
• SAP and the other systems preferred
• Experience with Adaptive, HFM and/or Power BI is a plus

Additional:

Senior-level business partner, not a traditional reporting/accounting controller

Able to challenge existing ways of working and drive improvements

Experience with forecasting, inventory, profitability and capacity analyses

Should be comfortable identifying root causes and translating findings into actions

Experience with automation/process improvement projects is a strong plus