Overview:
Nomad Foods was formed in 2015 and with revenues of €2.6bn is the largest frozen food company in Europe. Nomad owns a portfolio of leading brands including Birds Eye, Findus and iglo, supplemented in 2018 with the purchase of Goodfellas Pizza and Aunt Bessie’s, and in 2021 with the purchase of Ledo and Frikom.
We manufacture and distribute a range of branded frozen food products across 22 European countries with the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Sweden and France representing our five largest markets.
The long-term goal of Nomad is to develop a global portfolio of best-in-class food brands by growing organically and through strategic M&A.
Our vision is to build trusted, equal partnerships through the delivery of timely and valuable services that will ensure growth and business success for Nomad Foods. The team will deliver a step change in performance through a relentless focus on excellence in execution and continuous improvement, enabling us to simplify and standardise our processes and procedures, which in turn, enables quality decision-making, delights our customers and supports Nomad Food’s business objectives.
Our SU FP&A Analysts are responsible for preparation of weekly and monthly reporting and variance analysis of key metrics of the manufacturing site as well as supporting annual planning, forecasting. The SU FP&A Analyst will be responsible for developing and implementing analytical standards for reporting and modelling KPIs and as a key financial liaison, partnering with the various departments across the manufacturing site.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing weekly calculation and variance analysis of key metrics of the manufacturing site including but not limited to production volumes, labour costs, recoveries, fixed costs and transfer prices and their impact on the financial statements
• Maintain correct material and finished goods pricing (transfer price) in the system by regular updates and variance analysis
• Complete the monthly / quarterly close of management accounts, including the involvement in the preparation of monthly data reporting packages that includes analysis of KPIs and variance analysis and explanations, impact of drivers on budget/forecast, preparation and posting of necessary accruals and journals
• Responsible for assimilating data from multiple systems and stakeholders to calculate results and identify trends for key KPIs, actuals, budgets and forecasts
• Enhance data governance processes by improving the quality and integrity of data collected, analysis performed, and reports generated
• Run simulations of various “what-if” scenarios using insight and critical thinking to evaluate and recommend solutions
• Assist in developing forecasting models
• Support the HoF in producing routine and ad hoc financial models to support
• Facilitate standardisation and sharing of best practice across the Shared Finance team
• Contribute to continuous improvement of systems and processes
• Support automation and enterprise consolidation of data used in monthly, quarterly, and annual performance reports
• Ensure SOX control environment is maintained. Support all audit requests

Qualifications:

• Responsible for providing weekly calculation and variance analysis of key metrics of the manufacturing site including but not limited to production volumes, labour costs, recoveries, fixed costs and transfer prices and their impact on the financial statements
• Maintain correct material and finished goods pricing (transfer price) in the system by regular updates and variance analysis
• Complete the monthly / quarterly close of management accounts, including the involvement in the preparation of monthly data reporting packages that includes analysis of KPIs and variance analysis and explanations, impact of drivers on budget/forecast, preparation and posting of necessary accruals and journals
• Responsible for assimilating data from multiple systems and stakeholders to calculate results and identify trends for key KPIs, actuals, budgets and forecasts
• Enhance data governance processes by improving the quality and integrity of data collected, analysis performed, and reports generated
• Run simulations of various “what-if” scenarios using insight and critical thinking to evaluate and recommend solutions
• Assist in developing forecasting models
• Support the HoF in producing routine and ad hoc financial models to support
• Facilitate standardisation and sharing of best practice across the Shared Finance team
• Contribute to continuous improvement of systems and processes
• Support automation and enterprise consolidation of data used in monthly, quarterly, and annual performance reports
• Ensure SOX control environment is maintained. Support all audit request