Overview:
Finance Business partner to the Nordics Finished goods commercial and marketing teams. Responsible for full P&L management, including monthly-end-close, business forecasting, innovation analysis, risk assessment, and budget control. Primary liaison between the Nordics and NE FP&A teams for all financial reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Full P&L management for Nordics finished goods, including Month-End Close, financial planning, and analysis across five countries. Aligning inputs with the commercial team, coordinating the GCC (Global Capability Centre) team, and presenting month-end results on BU calls.
• Ensure Plan delivery via pro-active business partnering (navigating across all risks and opportunities, influencing commercial teams, and providing strategic level support).
• Analysing marketing and commercial budgets, ensuring that budgets are not overspent. Responsible for budget management and coordinating the FP&A analyst in GCC.
• Work closely and manage the agenda of the analyst located in India.
• Internal relationship management within the Nordics team and North Europe Finance teams
• Building business cases and seeking alignment for Innovations in Finished Goods categories. This includes preparing innovation gates and financial deliverables and providing guidance to the Nordics finance lead and BU team. Working closely with Northern Europe Category Finance Team.
• Supporting annual budget planning and alignment. Responsible for financial modeling, collecting inputs from commercial and marketing teams, guaranteeing that the plan is reflected correctly in the internal system and coordinating the GCC team through the process.
• Support building a strong control environment according to global control standards, follow corporate and local policies and ensure the correct execution and documentation of controls.

Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience in Finance, preferably in FMCG
• Strong experience in planning and forecasting processes, ability to fully manage these processes independently
• Advanced Excel knowledge, experience in financial modeling and variance analysis
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to sort through multiple data sources
• Presentation skills and logical deck-building
• Strategic thinking skills
• Fluent in English
• Self-development: Demonstrates a passion for self-development and growth by seeking and acting on feedback from others about ways to improve
• Proven track record in Financial Business Partnering. Apply knowledge of core finance business processes in commercial decision-making and discussions
• Collaborating and influencing: strong communicator, ability to influence and bring key messages across
• Embodies Integrity & Trust: Establishes trust and mutual respect when working with other
• Stakeholder management skills, ability to navigate and influence within matrix structure

• Full P&L management for Nordics finished goods, including Month-End Close, financial planning, and analysis across five countries. Aligning inputs with the commercial team, coordinating the GCC (Global Capability Centre) team, and presenting month-end results on BU calls.
• Ensure Plan delivery via pro-active business partnering (navigating across all risks and opportunities, influencing commercial teams, and providing strategic level support).
• Analysing marketing and commercial budgets, ensuring that budgets are not overspent. Responsible for budget management and coordinating the FP&A analyst in GCC.
• Work closely and manage the agenda of the analyst located in India.
• Internal relationship management within the Nordics team and North Europe Finance teams
• Building business cases and seeking alignment for Innovations in Finished Goods categories. This includes preparing innovation gates and financial deliverables and providing guidance to the Nordics finance lead and BU team. Working closely with Northern Europe Category Finance Team.
• Supporting annual budget planning and alignment. Responsible for financial modeling, collecting inputs from commercial and marketing teams, guaranteeing that the plan is reflected correctly in the internal system and coordinating the GCC team through the process.
• Support building a strong control environment according to global control standards, follow corporate and local policies and ensure the correct execution and documentation of controls