Nestle Hiring for Finance Analyst – Planning & Reporting Job at Gatwick, England Full Time

Position Snapshot

Business Unit: Nestlé UK & Ireland

Location: Gatwick (Hybrid working)

Salary ranging from £25,000 to £35,000 depending on experience level plus potential Bonus Excellent benefits inc pension/ 25 days holiday + additional 12 days flex days, flexible working and Study support.

This is a full-time permanent opportunity, but we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs so please speak to use during the recruitment process to understand what this could look like for you.

Position Summary

We are currently recruiting for a focused and talented individuals to join the Planning & Reporting team. This role will report into one of the 4 Planning & Reporting Managers. The Planning and reporting team, is truly at the heart of the finance function, providing support, governance, and strategic direction on best practice to all of our NiM businesses. This Planning & Reporting Analyst opportunity would work directly with one of these businesses, offering a fantastic opportunity to be true finance partner for our biggest business in the UK Market but also get the benefit from being part of a NiM Team working across all UK categories.

What can you expect?

• One of a few roles where you get an overarching view of an entire business,
• The work P&R do directly influences business decisions
• You’ll learn to think wider and more strategically- considering the impact of business decisions and external factors on our P&L
• You’ll learn how all functions of the business fit together, dealing with other finance teams, sales & marketing
• Great opportunities to be involved in projects and initiatives
• To work together with an incredibly supportive team
• A real focus for this role will be to deliver meaningful insight that truly helps drive great commercial decision making for the business, ensuring a best-in-class support service is provided to the business

You’ll also:

• Pro-actively support with the planning preparations for the Monthly Business Planning cycle (MBP) dealing with Category Finance and Commercial Operations
• Be the Key Finance Co-pilot to marketing on PFME spend and budgets
• Play a key role in highlighting any issues as and when needed ensuring the business understands the potential implications and takes the appropriate steps to resolve these issues.
• Build great links with the Business Analytics team to support the development of reporting solutions that allow standardisation of reporting.
• Play a key role in driving efficiencies and standardisation in everything we do, working closely with different areas living by a mind-set of value up and waste out through continuous improvement and sharing best practices.
• Participate in cross functional improvement projects supporting the function’s ambition to really strive for excellence in everything we do.
• Champion the importance for our people outside of the finance function to really understand the ‘financials’ of our business, by acting as a coach to develop their finance capability.

What will make you successful?

To be successful in this role you’ll have a breadth of finance experience, and you’ll have an excellent eye for detail and understand how your decisions impact the wider business strategy. You’ll have great communication skills that enable you to influence across all levels whilst being able to develop positive cross business relationships, coupled with your ability to be flexible when prioritising work in an environment that is very often ambiguous. You’ll be part way through or open to studying towards an accounting qualification.

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

The closing date for this role is Friday 26th August.

We will be considering people as they apply whilst interviewing individuals who have been identified through our talent management activities (succession planning), so please don’t delay in submitting your application we’re looking forward to hearing from you.

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Nestlé sponsorship.