Senior 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