Category Finance Manager

Job Description

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  

• A dd   value to the business by ensuring   cross-functional team   receive s   timely   information and understand its implication to s upport 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 busines s reporting and understanding  

Other 

• Perform assigned tasks   in accordance with   all Kraft Heinz Food Safety, Environmental, Health and Safety, and Ethical and Human Resourc es 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 analyti cal 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.

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Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.