Finance Partner

Business Area: Nestle Purina
Location: Gatwick

Type: 10 month FTC

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme – contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• A focus on personal development and growth

Although this is a full-time opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs, don’t let this stop you from applying.

We have an exciting opportunity for aFinance Business Partnerto join our outstanding Purina Finance team based at Gatwick.Reporting to the Finance Planning & Analytics Manager this role is a great opportunity to broaden your experience with a wide ranging finance partnering role.

At PURINA, we work every day to create richer lives for pets and the people who love them. We are proud to make many of the UK’s most popular and trusted pet food brands including FELIX, WINALOT, PURINA ONE, BAKERS and DENTALIFE. Bought by millions, our much-loved brands have been unlocking the power of food for over a century - helping pets and their owners live happier and healthier lives together.

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

Your impact

As a Finance Business Partner, you will be a trusted business partner to the category, mainly focusing on Ireland, providing financial analysis and insight and driving sustainable brand and category profitability.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing pre- and post-evaluation of New Product Development launches with value added insight
• Ensuring robust financial forecast and control of the P&L for Ireland
• Manage commercial risks and opportunities to ensure best P&L outcome
• Brand Profitability Management
• Providing value added insight to drive brand profitability.
• A key driving force in longer term strategic portfolio choices

Your ingredients for success

You will ideally be a qualified/close to qualified Accountant with proven experience in Finance & Control. You will need to be self-motivated and results-focused, with high level of initiative to support the business. Your insight will enable you to quickly understand how the business decisions impact growth and profitability and the business KPIs overall. In this role, you will successfully use your communication and influencing skills across all levels of the organisation. Finally, you will need the ability to be flexible when prioritising work in an environment that is often ambiguous.

You will have:

• Exceptional communication skills
• Flexibility and the ability to prioritise
• Experience of building cross-functional networks
• The ability to cope well under pressure
• Good knowledge of the P&L
• Ideally ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified

What you need to know

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect and we believe that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive environment allows everyone to reach their full potential and drives innovative thinking. We strongly encourage applications from individuals of all gender identities, ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, parents, carers and members of the LGBT+ community. Please let us know if we can provide accommodations to ensure your full participation in the application process.