Are you ready to work within an international environment and enjoying the responsibility for your own work? This can be your next great opportunity to develop in your career.
What do we offer?
We offer you a great team spirit within the Finance department where you are able to influence and develop the organization together with us. You will be based in central of Malmö and report to Finance Director Nordics. You will gain experience from an international organization as well as being part of a fast-moving company with passion for food. We offer the opportunity to develop within the organization. We work together as a company with a sustainable mindset for a better future. We believe in our employees because we know that great people make the difference.
About the role
The FP&A Analyst is responsible for supporting the financial management reporting processes and overall forecast and budget processes within Sweden. This includes supporting FD in coordination and liaison with HO on reporting this information to HO, coordination of finance team on month end and Forecast/Budget processes, and communicating and sharing information with Sweden stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
The FP&A Analyst is responsible for supporting the FD and Controlling teams to manage the financial management reporting processes and overall forecast and budget processes within Sweden. Sweden Marketing Unit has a turnover of approximately 1.7bnSEK/170m€.
The specific responsibilities include:
•Annual Planning : work with FD and controllers to define and improve the process for completing the annual budget. Includes liaising with key stakeholders (eg HO team) to understand requirements, defining and coordinating the activities across finance in building bottom-up budgets, and ensuring a timely and high quality output is delivered. Coordinate preparation of budget presentation to both Sweden local management team and to Head Office team. Ensure process is monitored and learnings captured to ensure continuous improvement.
•Monthly Forecasting: support activities across finance to provide monthly updates to P&L outlook for current year, including maintaining ledger of Risks and Opportunities. Submission of this to HO through BPC
•Monthly Actuals : help coordinate activities across finance team to complete monthly close process in a timely and accurate manner. Preparation of Month End reporting pack for HO and local management, highlighting key financial performance issues. Preparation of Sox controls associated with this.
•BPC : local expert on Nomad consolidation system SAP BPC. Maintenance and validation of Sweden data in BPC
•Nordic reporting : prepare consolidated Nordic region key financial performance measures and reporting packs
•Projects and Adhoc support to FD and others
To succeed in the role, you need to deliver targets on time. To be able to focus on overcoming obstacles and initiate your agenda and tasks are important for you to be independent and impact your own responsibilities. You will enjoy this role if you have a flexible and easy adaptable approach when changing priorities occur. You will have a strong attention to detail and a desire for perfection in output, whilst at the same time being able to see the “big picture”. You are good at maintaining good relations within the organization as you will work effectively and communicate with multiple functions within the business.
Knowledge and skills:
Essential:
- Strong Excel and Outlook skills – comfortable handling large volumes of data
- Good basic Finance/Accounting knowledge
- Good English
Desirable:
- SAP BPC end user experience
- SAP – basic experience of FICO modules
Competencies/Values:
•Accountable: Takes full responsibility and ownership to deliver a set of objectives targets and standards on time, in full; displays a “can do” mentality. Focus on targets and deadlines, and persists in overcoming obstacles. A self-starter; does not wait for others to solve problems.
•Change Agent: Flexible and adaptable to multiple and changing priorities. Maintain a positive and balanced attitude during periods of change and intensity.
•Teamwork: Role-models teamwork and mutual support
•Rigorous attention to detail :Has a desire for perfection in output. At same time being able to see the “big picture” and summarise for senior stakeholders
Required Qualifications and previous experience:
Essential:
- Graduate (degree): Bachelor in Business and Admin and/or accountancy qualification
Desirable:
- Previous FP&A experience (reporting, budgeting and forecasting. And/or : previous Controlling experience)
- Previous relevant work experience which has provided exposure to above Skills and Competencies
- Previous experience in working across multi-national organisations
Employment
This is a permanent role, full time 100% with 6 months’ initial probation period. Start of employment: Feb 2020
You are welcome to apply through our website www.findus.com.
Expire date for the application is 15th of December. We will work with selection continuously so do not wait to fill in your application.
Note that the position can be filled prior to the last application date.
About Findus & Nomad Foods
We wish to improve life with good and healthy food. Food that is good and nutritious, and of course, of sustainable origin. We are proud to be Findus.
Findus Sverige AB is one of the leading food companies in Sweden and has a turnover of approx 2 billion SEK, where frozen products constitute the largest part. Findus Sweden is part of Nomad Foods Europe that operates in 15 countries, with a turnover of 2.1bEUR, and approx 4300 employees.
Findus Sverige AB has about 220 employees and the head office is located in central Malmö. Read more at www.findus.se