Finance Manager - Fp&A

Are you a Senior FP&A Manager looking for your next challenge?

At Upfield our purpose is clear: we make people healthier and happier with nutritious and delicious, natural, plant-based products that are good for you, our planet; and with packaging that's free from plastic. We've got iconic brands like Rama, Country Crock, Blue Band and Flora that people all over the world know and love. We've been a trusted category leader since 1871 and yet we feel like we're only just getting started.

Performance, Passion and Care define who we are as a company, how we work every day, and the responsibility we feel toward our Associates, our consumers, our business partners and our world.

We have big ambitions to grow this business and we want to attract the right people - those that love what they do, thrive on responsibility and are looking for career defining opportunities.

About the Role!

As the FP&A Finance Manager, Americas, you will lead financial and analytical insights and business planning support to Upfield's North America and LatAm regions. In this role, you will drive standardized Upfield processes/ways of working and market adoption and also through thought leadership and cross-functional partnering. Your responsibilities will include overseeing the financial planning and analysis in the markets within the Americas and working closely with the Regional CFOs to ensure accurate and timely financial information with would help decision making. The role will manage one direct report who will be managing FP&A activities for Latam.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and develop one direct report residing in LatAm.

• Support CFOs for North America and LatAm with adhoc analyses, forecasting, annual planning, IVCP strategy, etc.

• Lead month-end close consolidation and reporting, including monthly Business Performance Results deck, Executive Committee letter, volume dashboard and key cell tracking

• Lead market interventions to understand (in depth) performance drivers and mitigating actions including risk and opps

• Encourage use of standardized reporting and adoption (self-service) in markets

• Coordinate and optimize P&L forecasting process

• Support NRM and Commercial priorities

• Lead communications for Americas CFOs and commercial finance team and act as the conduit between NA and LatAm

• Act as the go-to contact for Regional business results, reporting (especially BPC) and market/regional analytics

• Lead annual planning process and oversee all aspects of budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting processes

• Coordinate IVCP 3 year strategy process

• Interface between region/markets and global Finance teams (R2R, FP&A)

• Work with Global FP&A team to drive consistency across global Upfield

• Support group FP&A Manager in group reporting and analysis

• Support Americas President and Head of Strategy/Transformation through consolidated financials, analytics and insights.

• Share best practices across Americas Market Units and globally

• Drive the Weekly Sales Consolidation (Flash) and analysis for Americas

• Support the global FP&A team on BPC heath check and/or other reporting projects

• Willing and able to travel to Canada and Mexico (limited travel)

About you!

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience in FP&A within the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry in the US/North America

• 5-7 years of relevant work experience, including experience in FP&A, Commercial Finance

• Bachelor's or master's degree in accounting, finance, business, or equivalent

• Advanced SAP knowledge and experience including BPC, BW, and excel interfaces

• Excellent analytical and communication skills with the ability to respond under pressure

• Strong leader experienced in working in cross-functional teams within a matrix environment

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders

• Managing teams remotely who are based in different locations

• Flexible and open-minded, quick to adapt to changing requirements

• Strong communication and report-writing skills

• Very strong work ethic, resilience in the face of pressure, good team player, ability to meet multiple stretching deadlines, and willingness to work extra hours

• Strong analytical bias and Microsoft Excel skills

• PowerPoint capability

About Upfield!

We are the largest plant-based company in the world, and we believe in doing what's right for our people, our customers, and the planet.

We are a highly entrepreneurial fast-paced team running a multi-billion Euro business across 60+ countries with the mindset of a start-up! We are agile, creative, fast-to-market, and obsessed with customers and consumers.

If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now! Our TA team will review your resume and be in touch soon!

We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Upfield is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might only meet some of the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles.

Upfield is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviors, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.

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