Imperial Brands Hiring for Financial Planning and Analysis Accountant Job at Bristol, England Full Time

About us

We’re a truly international company, forth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by over 27,500 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo. Our agility and entrepreneurial spirit, alongside award winning development programmes, enable innovation and success while creating exciting and rewarding career choices.

As we move forward, our customers will be at the heart of what we do, evolving to needs and expectations and committing to a more meaningful contribution to harm reduction by building a successful NGP business. Integral to our long-term success is our sustainability strategy, behaving responsibly and supporting our ambitions, all underpinned by high governance.

Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.

This role is based in Bristol, United Kingdom with a hybrid working approach.

The role

The Imperial Brands business is going through an period of transformation and the Company has set an ambitious and exciting vision for the future. Global Consumer Office is at the core of the future of the organisation and the focal point for growth, with driving data driven consumer centric strategy.

As part of the wider Global Consumer Office function, this position will be working closely with Marketing and Portfolio Management, and NGP functions. In addition, working with Heads of key regions to provide a commercial lens to all aspects of activities.

As Financial Planning and Analysis Accountant, this role provides all FP&A activities to the Global Consumer Office (GCO).

Reporting to the GCO FP&A Manager, this role will have a global scope and will be responsible for collaborating with Group FP&A Teams to support, coordinate planning, forecasting, reporting and performance management for GCO.

Work closely to deliver FP&A activities with the GCO Finance Business Partners, which will include areas of Marketing and Portfolio Management (M&PM), Regional Marketing, NGP, Global Insights, RGM, Innovation and Group Science.

Working with standardised and ad-hoc reporting requirements, enabling visibility of the indirect spends and performance insights so they do not spend time in the collection, transformation and verification of multiple data sources.

This role will be expected to collaborate effectively with other areas of the Group Finance Function and GCO Function to deliver FP&A activities

This role is based in Bristol, United Kingdom with a hybrid working approach.

Accountabilities

Operational Activities

Support GCO FP&A Manager in delivering:

• Coordination and delivery of the annual BP & LE’s for GCO
• Delivery of ongoing financial forecasts for GCO (P&L – A&P, OH; CAPEX) to meet requirements and deadlines of Group & GCO
• Accountable for providing a full analysis of movements between budget, latest forecasts, monthly and year to date, year on year, and the financial impact in the agreed detail operational level required by categories projects/initiatives/BAU
• Manage production of commentaries on the forecasts and movements / variances to meet the needs of the GCO Leadership Teams in a high quality, accurate, monthly performance pack & required reporting to Group
• Support proper master data governance with analysis and rectifications to correct anomalies at source across reporting universe of GCO area E2E
• Collaborate with other Finance teams in keeping the GCO requirements in alignment, share learnings, exchange good practice and drive quality requirements through this community.
• Respond appropriately to all Group/NGP Category analysis and challenges
• Attend appropriate business meetings to ensure sufficient knowledge of the underlying performance to maintain up to date financial forecasts
• Work in partnership with marketing/insights/digital/markets/innovation/science/GSC functions to ensure forecasts are in line with operational plans and aspirations and that global P&L and other outputs are sensible and without anomalies
• Coordinate GCM items remaining to be controlled by GCO
• Understand intangible and tangible assets of categories incl. participating in coordination of impairment reviews

KPIs

• On time delivery of all required group reporting at agreed quality [Business plan, Latest Estimates, Commentaries and any other ad-hoc reporting]
• On time delivery of internal reporting for GCO, and spend reporting details

Stakeholder Management

• Ensure a collaborative approach to working with the GCO Functions
• Maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders, including Regions, Clusters, Markets, GSC, CSF, Finance, IT and other external third parties.
• Be able to clearly articulate the financial performance and achievement against objectives

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential:

• Previous experience / knowledge of FMCG, Sales & Marketing and supply chain experience
• Relevant degree/ qualifications in finance/management
• Detailed knowledge of budgetary and control issues and ability to apply them together with a commercial awareness to understand impact of the numbers.
• Ability to analyse financial information and explain it clearly.
• Ability to liaise and communicate at all levels clearly within the organisation and externally and resolve issues.
• Ability to react quickly to changing circumstances, both external and internal.
• Capable of handling a variety of tasks & prioritising accordingly to meet deadlines.
• To be proactive, motivated, organised, flexible and be prepared to challenge in a constructive manner

Desirable:

• Accounting qualification ideally ACA, CIMA or ACCA or relevant experience
• IFRS understanding
• SAP knowledge

What we offer

Imperial Brands offer a competitive package of salary, bonus scheme, health plan, pension and 25 days holiday (with an additional 4 days on top to cover the Christmas period and bank holidays).

Here in Bristol you also have secure office parking, 50% work from home policy, onsite subsided coffee shop & restaurant
onsite gym & local gym discounts, and local discounts ranging from days out, beauty, wellbeing, technology and food.

Next steps

Interested applicants should apply with their CV highlighting their suitability for the role in line with the Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience required.