FP&A Manager

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Company Description

At JDE we are proud of our passionate and driven associates who challenge the status quo and pursue mastery in everything they do. Our goal is simple and ambitious - JACOBS DOUWE EGBERTS: A coffee for everyone in the UK/I. Working with us means you'll be making an impact in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. We work as a team, celebrating success and support one another. Our associates work with a diverse group of like-minded people in an innovative environment committed to doing the right thing across the globe. Your achievements here will get noticed.
Jacobs Douwe Egberts is a global coffee & tea company, serving consumers in more than 80 countries through iconic brands including: TASSIMO, L'OR, DOUWE EGBERTS, KENCO, PRET & ILLY

Job Description

FP&A responsibility for total business including

• Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and Forecast
• Total Business Presentations including M5 and MRD decks
• Cost management over Advertising and Promotion, Warehouse and Distribution and Sales, General and Admin costs.
• Financial Management for the Coffee Solutions business - machines and ingredients

Responsibilities / Key activities

FP&A

• Lead role in consolidating, reporting and explaining total P&L for JDE UK&I business
• Lead reporting for AOP, M5 and MRD and other LT requirements
• Work alongside the Marketing and Sales Finance teams to improve business partnering and drive financial accuracy and accountability
• Supported by four direct reports, managing the business performance analysis support, driving the key FP&A processes: Business partnering with the leadership team, automation of management reporting, AOP, monthly M cycles and Quarterly Latest Estimate submission.

Cost Management

• Role has one direct report that manages W&D and SG&A costs and OWC
• Ensuring costs are well managed, forecast accurately, cost drivers understood, risks and opportunities quantified etc.
• Business partners are supported and challenged

Coffee Solutions
- The role will support the Commercial Director of Coffee Solutions to provide business insights to maximize performance and ensure accurate reporting and processes are efficient.

Team management

• Lead and coach the team to deliver step change performance supporting risk and opportunity evaluation and actions implementation to deliver results
• Manage team engagement including implementation of Gallup action plan and other team activities (Insights, volunteering etc)
• Pro-actively participate in broader functional finance leadership, talent and succession planning. Contribute to broader business development projects / stretch assignments.

Qualifications

Education

• Qualified accountant with c5 years post-qualified experience

Experience

Must have:

• Excellent people management skills
• Ability to communicate with and influence people at all levels within and outside the organisation
• Commercial acumen
• Ability to work on own initiative / Proactive
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Good written and oral communication skills - framing complex in a simple and concise way for non-finance stakeholders
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and under pressure

Additional Information

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