Category Finance Manager - UK Seasonal Business
On-siteBirmingham, England, United Kingdom or Uxbridge, England, United Kingdom
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom or Uxbridge, England, United KingdomOn-siteFull TimeSenior LevelEnterprise
Full TimeSenior LevelEnterprise
Job Summary
Manage and execute finance planning, performance management, and forecasting for the UK seasonal business, including strategic plan development, financial modeling, and cost inflation analysis. Own data collection and verify data integrity while ensuring full compliance with policies and controls. Partner with cross-functional sales, revenue planning, and marketing teams to prepare critical financial insights that drive business strategy and decision support. Lead projects to improve operational efficiencies and manage third-party provider resources as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Experience and knowledge in financial planning and performance management including data collection and structuring, analyzing, planning and reporting company financial performance across all financial KPIs and investment decisions and cost management to achieve financial targets
- Business acumen and understanding of our business, consumer packaged goods industry, and local snacking market dynamics
- Relevant experience in a regional/local business
- Leadership skills including experience with business partnering and communication skills across a large regional or local public company
- Growth/digital mindset and the ability to identify/execute opportunities and leverage technology to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness
- Integrity and sound judgement in all decisions and interactions aligned with our values and policies and external regulations
- Degree in Business, Accounting, Economics or similar
- ACA, CIMA or similar
- Ability to work on several iterations of financial modelling linked to cost inflation with a strong understanding of internal and external environment
- Experience leading one of the main Category Finance processes (e.g. Actual/Forecast, A&C management, Key season performance management including reviewing and approving customer plans within the team and should be able to influence key senior stakeholders through a strong x-functional connection and business partnering)
- Ability to partner cross functional business teams across sales, sales revenue planning and marketing
- Ability to manage and execute aspects of finance planning and performance management process and related financial decisions potentially including Strategic Plan and Annual Contract planning/forecasting, target development, financial performance reporting/analysis, financial modeling and decision support for a focused scope within a region, business unit, country, Supply Chain, Mondelēz International Business Services or Corporate Finance team
- Ability to own data collection and verify data integrity
- Ability to ensure a strong controls and compliance environment in your area of scope and ensure full compliance with our policies
- Ability to help the senior manager and the business prepare critical financial data and insight that enable perspectives for business strategies and decisions
- Ability to lead projects to improve efficiencies and improvements to ways of working and embrace a mindset of continuous improvement
- Ability to invest in personal development and the development of Finance peers and drive our Finance talent agenda within the organization, with a focus on local FP&A pipeline
- Ability to review and approve customer plans within the team
- Ability to influence key senior stakeholders through a strong x-functional connection and business partnering
- Some travel between sites as essential to enable collaboration with cross functional partners
- Location in Bournville or Uxbridge
Desired Qualifications
- ACA, CIMA or similar
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