FP&A Business Partner

Position Summary:

Support financial planning, forecasting and reporting processes by ensuring data accuracy, consistency and a single source of truth across the organization, while providing structured analysis to support performance tracking and decision-making.

Main Functions:

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Responsibility for financial forecasting and planning cycles
• Consolidate inputs from Commercial Finance, Cost Finance and other functions
• Ensure alignment and consistency across assumptions and financial models
• Maintain and update planning models

Budgeting & Planning Coordination

• Coordinate planning timelines and deliverables across functions
• Collect, validate and consolidate inputs from stakeholders
• Ensure completeness, accuracy and timely submission of planning data
• Support overall planning cycle execution

Financial Reporting

• Prepare monthly financial reports (Topline and P&L - KPIs and performance summaries)
• Support monthly and year-end closing reporting processes (Tagetik)
• Generate standard and ad-hoc reports for business needs

Performance Analysis

• Analyse financial performance vs Budget, Forecast and prior year
• Identify key drivers and variances across P&L lines
• Prepare analysis and comments for monthly reporting and business reviews
• Support preparation of presentations and management materials
• Build and maintain financial models for scenario analysis
• Evaluate impact of changes in key assumptions (sales, GTN, costs)
• Support financial analysis for business needs and requests
• Prepare structured outputs to support decision-making
• Assist in preparation of presentations for senior management

Performance and Strategy Support

• Build and maintain the P&L by brand (net sales, COGS, gross margin, A&P, contribution), ensuring a consistent allocation logic
• Track profitability by brand vs. Budget and Forecast, flagging brands and SKUs diluting the margin

OPEX management and control

• Planning & Forecasting: Prepare OPEX costs for LE1,LE2,, Budget and MTP cycles
• Track OPEX vs Budget and Forecast, identifying deviations and risks
• Monitor run rate and support cost control initiatives across functions
• Support cost visibility and discipline across the organization, promoting owner accountability

Cost saving initiatives

• Identify efficiency opportunities (cost savings, waste reduction)
• Support performance discussions with data and cost insights

Finance Manual and Associated Tagetik Forms

• Content responsible for all the relevant chapters with regards to P&L and CAPEX
• Ensure compliance

Champion of Non Financial Reporting

Requirements

Education

Industrial Engineer, Finance, Business Administration, Economist, Accounting.

Experience

Min. 6 years of relevant Finance experience, preferably in FP&A or Costing. Preferably in a Finance role in the FMCG industry.

Language

Proficiency in English

Technical Skills

• Office Microsoft: Advanced Excel, Power Automate, Power BI
• Automation skills desirable (Copilot Agents, Programming)
• SAP, Tagetik and BI

Personality / work attitude

• Self-learner, Flexible and adaptive to changing business demands
• Team-player attitude, building positive work relationships and working across functional boundaries
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively at all levels, and across all departments
• Strategy and business focus by understanding the business, providing decision-support and generating suitable recommendations
• Drive for results and resilience to work under tight deadlines
• Entrepreneurial spirit, taking ownership and striving for excellence in execution with a proactive attitude
• Risk and control knowhow as well as strong work ethics
• Technology and data affinity, going along with strong analytical skills to win beneficial insights from data
• Process-driven, well-structured problem-solving approach