Head of Finance

1 week ago

Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom Nomad Foods Full time

Overview:


Joining Birds Eye as the Head of Finance, you'll partner closely with the business and client group to drive business performance plus lead and develop a Finance team by providing coaching and development, setting clear objectives and providing regular feedback to drive strong delivery and engagement.

You'll also provide detailed and insightful analysis, commentary, advice, challenge and be a 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 inyear 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, tradeoffs 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 adhoc 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)
  • Own and effectively manage the capex budgeting process. Accurately forecast capital spending and depreciation for the development of budgets and long term plans for capital commitments. Create multiparty reviews of proposals, ROI analysis, cash flow analysis etc
  • Identify and provide financial implications for all projects / business initiatives, contributing to business cases and ensuring the most profitable allocation of resources through financial insights and constructive challenge
  • Leverage analyses provided by FP&A to drive business choices, by overlaying the commercial acumen and insight
  • Provide insight into competitor landscape to business and FP&A teams
  • Work with the management team to define planning assumptions, risks and investment opportunities and ensure this is fed into a high quality and credible IBP
  • Provide support and challenge to ensure the quality of data, working closely with other functions to improve accuracy and timeliness
  • Regularly attend meetings with customers, key suppliers, external partners and work closely with other functions to formulate action plans which address performance gaps
  • Recognise the importance of business and financial controls and work closely with the management team to instil accountability & culture
  • Provide expert opinion on key accounting judgements to help ensure the integrity of financial statements, leverage network (e.g. financial controllers, business controllers, project accountants) as required
  • Review the CSR and other management reports produced by the SSC, and provide additional insights on Review the CSR and other management reports produced by the SSC, and provide additional insights on performance and risks management

Qualifications:

Essential -

  • 8 years+ post qualification experience in an accounting or financial managerial position
  • Accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) in those countries where this is applicable
  • University degree or equivalent
  • FMCG experience
  • Business analysis experience
  • Microsoft Project skills, Word, PowerPoint and Excel skills

Desirables -

  • MBA or Advanced Business degree desired.

Competencies -

  • Dynamic leader with ability to inspire, coach and develop teams
  • Excellent communication and written skills with the ability to engage people at all levels both internally and externally
  • Ability to influence business and finance colleagues and think long term
  • Ability to bring multiple stakeholders and conflicting viewpoints to an objective resolution
  • Ability to constructively challenge assumptions and thinking
  • Impactf

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