Senior Finance Manager - New Ventures, Greater London
Client:
The Kraft Heinz Company
Location:
Greater London, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Finance
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EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
f08bb69233f5
Job Views:
5
Posted:
03.03.2025
Expiry Date:
17.04.2025
Job Description:
Description
About the position
We are seeking a senior manager to serve as a strategic partner in our New Ventures (NV) team.
As the Finance business partner for New Ventures, you will play a crucial role in supporting the end-to-end innovation processes – supporting New Ventures’ growth through the provision of actionable financial and non-financial insights.
Key responsibilities
1. Consolidate Monthly Business Reviews across NV portfolio, track actions, distilling key take aways for the leadership team.
2. Own NV total tracking in internal team forums for Sell-in & Sell-out.
3. Support Monthly NE Innovation growth meeting: NV tracking & support planning of topics for total NE with the PMO manager.
4. Review, challenge and own ongoing forecast from Commercial Managers at total NE NV level.
5. Consolidate and own the tracking of annual plan (AOP) and "dream". Understand & articulate key variances to original plan (or pivots).
6. Own the strategic Plan for New Ventures.
7. Consolidate COGS for platform portfolio and track path to profitability exercise across projects.
8. Own marketing spend, escalate issues and propose spend prioritization.
9. Review macro intelligence & provide information to platform team.
10. Define and track size and growth of categories within the platform’s scope, flagging key competitive activities. Proactively identify white space opportunities.
11. Support growth team on innovation business cases.
12. Support the leadership team in creating external and internally facing presentations.
13. Conduct analyses, including retailer-specific analysis and portfolio gaps.
14. Autonomously manage improvement projects, such as automation initiatives.
Qualifications
Hard Skills
1. Knowledge: FMCG experience (marketing, commercial, sales, finance).
2. Education: BSc/BA required; MSc preferred.
Professional Attributes
1. Communication Skills: At Kraft Heinz you’ll easily be exposed to senior management, no matter your level. Therefore, it’s important you have excellent communication skills to deal with all kinds of different stakeholders.
2. Resilience: You’re able to bounce back after a disappointment or setback, big or small. And always continue to move onward & upward.
3. Analytical: We’re a very data-driven company. You know how to translate complex data into a simple solution with your analytical mindset.
4. High Pressure: You don’t get easily stressed by pressure; on the opposite, a demanding and dynamic environment is what keeps you energized.
5. Result Driven: You don’t only focus on your own results, but always do what’s best for the company.
What we offer you
1. An ambitious employer; we only want the best for you.
2. A fast career track like only few other companies can match.
3. A competitive salary and excellent bonus structure (above market).
4. Permanent contract; for we believe in doing big bets on people.
5. Always room for new ideas; if you have an excellent idea, please let us know and we can set it in action!
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