Category Finance Manager
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Category Finance Manager
- Opportunity to grow your career with Kraft Heinz!
- Flexible work arrangement – 3 days in office, 2 days remote
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
Kickstart Your Career with Kraft Heinz!
Are you looking to grow your career in Finance? Do you want to join a dynamic team with a proven track record of internal growth and career advancement opportunities? We have an exciting permanent opportunity for a Category Finance Manager to join our Finance team, based in Southbank.
Key position responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Delivering the Year
Preparing and analysing actual and forecasted performance using variance analysis to arrive at root causes and action plans
Work cross-functionally with Sales and Trade Finance to vet financials of customer-facing opportunities and assess trade spend issues
Act as the gatekeeper of the cluster P&L by challenging the sales team to optimize financial results and paybacks, develop and execute plans to control supply chain losses, costing analysis, and oversee portfolio initiatives such as new product development projects
Own and support the marketing heads of cluster to drive the P&L including in NPD building business cases, running Cluster WIP and delivering the innovation pipeline
Add value to the business by ensuring cross-functional team receives timely information and understand its implication to support great business decisions
Corporate Reporting
Support the Monthly Performance Reporting, ensuring that business drivers of cluster performance vs plan and prior year are clearly understood and communicated to key stakeholders using Price Volume Mix analysis
Support the monthly forecasting process ensuring that forecasts loaded by the ANZ sales team at cluster/category level are sensible vs. plan and prior periods
Support the annual budget process and presentation for the portfolio
Planning the Future
Preparing inputs for and analysing financial forecast, Strategic Plan and Annual Operating Plan including zero based budgeting
Own the business cases for new products and renovation/innovation providing a financial view and coordinating inputs across the functions
Work cross-functionally with Marketing in development of innovation P&Ls
Work cross-functionally with Operations to enable complete business reporting and understanding
Other
Perform assigned tasks in accordance with all Kraft Heinz Food Safety, Environmental, Health and Safety, and Ethical and Human Resources policies, programs and goals
Uphold the Kraft Heinz values and to work in a way that contributes to the company’s vision
What you'll bring
Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge of Access highly regarded
Systems knowledge such as Tableau, Demantra, JDA, SAP, IRi tools (i.e. Temple, UNIFY), Quantium highly regarded
5+ year’s work experience that compliments financial training, experience in FCMG is desirable
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting / Finance or other numerical discipline
CA/CPA is desirable
Passionate and driven about delivering results
Strong analytical skills and financial acumen to assess data and arrive at root cause, with ability to succinctly explain key drivers to senior audience
Ability to business partner with head of clusters to drive both the long term portfolio evolution and short term delivery of the P&L
Ability to think strategically about data and translate this thinking into the “so what”
Problem-solving mentality with ability to navigate a high pace environment
Why Join Us?
Be part of a global food company with a rich history and iconic brands
Collaborate with a talented team and contribute to our company's vision
Develop your skills and expertise in a dynamic and supportive environment
Ready to make an Impact?
If you're a Finance professional, a collaborative team player, and passionate about delivering value, we want to hear from you. We will review applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close this job posting at any time.
Location(s)
Freshwater
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.
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