Commercial Finance Business Partner

At Kellogg Company we have a vision of enriching and delighting the world through foods and brands that matter; with the purpose of nourishing families so that they can flourish and thrive.

Our Vision is to enrich and delight the world through foods and brands that matter.
Driven by our consumers, this is what we aspire to become and want to be on our best day.

Our Purpose is nourishing families so they can flourish and thrive.
This is why Kellogg exists, the role we play in the world and how we deliver our Vision.

Our company is a place where innovation lives on, where we never stop learning and where we’re excited about tomorrow. In 2014, we started an exciting transformation journey towards Global Business Services. GBS is a new global function at Kellogg that is helping to drive growth by simplifying work and innovating processes so that our team worldwide can focus on making and selling great food.

Our GBS Service Centre for Europe is located at Floreasca Business Centre (adjacent to Aurel Vlaicu Metro) and now we want you to join us as we continue our growth in Romania. Be part of a dynamic team, with career progression opportunities.

As a Finance Business Partner, you’ll be joining a team of Commercial Finance experts to partner one of our European Cluster Regions. People will trust you to be their true partner in all things Commercial finance, and in return you’ll be considered a key member of our European business unit finance team.

Kellogg Finance supports our European business to become an end-to-end, agile and responsive function and we believe you can be an integral part of this family!

We’ve been market-leading in Romania (Floreasca Business Park) since 2014 and in that time we’ve partnered our business and achieved a progressive culture, focused on the future. From continuous improvement projects, to cost reduction initiatives, the European Finance team has really made a difference to the heart of our company.

Access your career and imagine yourself in a company dedicated to imagination, trust and enthusiasm.

HERE’S A TASTE OF WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

Senior Stakeholder Management – You’ll be the trusted point of contact for Cluster Commercial teams, mitigating risks, building robust contingency plans and realizing the opportunities to ensure delivery of financial targets. Because you encourage a culture of good understanding and insights to solve commercial complexities, you will build strong relationships with the integrated European Cluster Category finance team. Not only that, but you’ll be the connector in Marketing decisions by optimizing local initiatives and controlling spend. All of this is to drive understanding and adherence to accounting policy and controls. It’s about true partnerships.

Deliver insights to business – Your Cluster Finance team will look to you for plans to execute, delivering the short and medium-term financial goals. You’ll be a valued member of the team because you can challenge, ensure financial visibility and drive insights to enable the decision making. Additionally, your business partnering skills will help to actively drive collaboration and alignment with the European Cluster. Your insights and imagination will shape tomorrow.

Expertise in your role – As the respected team player you are, you’ll be responsible for reviewing the category actuals P&Ls for the Cluster, challenging variances, understanding root cause analysis and presenting overview of key drivers of performance to local finance teams. In turn, they’ll trust you to support Innovation decisions by working with cross-functional groups to gather and challenge assumptions and data for financial models. To care for the business, you’ll enable excellent execution. You’ll do this through commercial planning, financial forecasting and budgeting processes and you’ll be the expert in scenario modelling and forecast of financial performance and assist with business decision making. It feels like a local company working around the world.

YOUR RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

Required:

• University Degree in Finance/Business-Related field + relevant finance work experience;
• A good understanding of FMCG and Retail environment with an ability to bring insights supported by external and internal data / trends;
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint and deep Excel skills;
• Strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills and attention to detail;
• Experience of working in a fast paced, cross functional environment with tight turnaround times for deliverables;
• Excellent communication skills and demonstrates resilience and leadership when handling challenge / difficult conversations;
• Fluent English- verbal and written.
Bonus Points:
• Proficient knowledge of SAP and other financial planning systems (e.g. BPC, Anaplan);
• Experience of working in a Commercial environment preferably for an FMCG, but not mandatory;
• Experience of working effectively in a remote/multi-cultural team environment.

WHAT’S NEXT

It’s best to apply today, because job postings can be taken down and we wouldn’t want you to miss this opportunity.

Pack a passport, because you might need to travel! You’ll be supporting a European cluster so the team will want to meet and work with you collaboratively.

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