FP&A Marketing Finance Business Partner

We're Hiring: FP&A Marketing Finance Business Partner

Location: Market Drayton / Hybrid - 3 days per week on site.

Contract: Full-Time, Permanent

Hours: Monday-Friday (40 hours)

• Competitive salary, generous annual bonus, Life Assurance, Private Medical Insurance, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service), Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Family Leave, Enhanced Bereavement Leave, Pension Employer Contribution Scheme (matched up to 8%), Exclusive access to Müller Rewards, offering a variety of online and in-store discounts and development opportunities.

If you are ready to unleash your potential and build an exciting career with Britian's most chosen dairy brand, Müller UK & Ireland, part of the renowned Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller, invites you to apply for our FP&A Marketing Finance Business Partner position.

As our FP&A Marketing Finance Business Partner, you will provide support on all financial planning processes within the combined Yogurt & Desserts business unit. You will act as a key business partner to the Marketing team providing day to day financial and commercial decision support.

• Co‑ordination of the Controlling month end process: Day 4‑month end review meeting and management of the month end timetable.
• Bridging analysis: Explain the profit result vs forecast, budget and prior year – Day 6 month and reporting pack.
• Business Partner Key Brand Teams:
  • Vertically business partner brand teams – providing financial and commercial decision support and insight to drive the business forwards in these areas, covering all Yogurts & Desserts brands.
  • Management of Brand P&Ls.
  • Input into the PEP process.
  • Key challenges / input into the monthly Brand Review meetings.
  • Dealing with day‑to‑day queries from your key contacts.
  • Ad‑hoc reporting and analysis as & when required.
• Manage the financial input to the Clarity system: Ensure aligns with financial plans, ensure post‑launch reviews are completed.
• Provide support & challenge to the Marketing team on Marketing budgets: Ownership of the quarterly forecast process.
• Financial input into the brand review meeting cycle: In terms of brand p&l performance mth, ytd and full year forecast.
• Financial Support to the annual (budget) and mid‑term (3YP) planning processes:
  • Development & management of the timetables for the total Y&D Business Unit.
  • Financial analysis on the branded business explaining the key planning assumptions and variances.
  • Preparation of standard Group financial charts & presentations for both the branded & private label businesses.
• Delivery of profitability reporting to Group (total Y&D BU):
  • Day 8 Scorecard and supplementary schedules.
  • Preparation of financial charts for the group business reviews.
  • Weekly volume reporting to group.
  • First point of contact for ad‑hoc queries.
• Financial Support provided to the Marketing Investment budget:
  • Pre‑evaluation of investment decisions.
  • Freeze pot management.
  • Quarterly forecasting.
  • Budget planning.
• Co‑ordination of the monthly BOP Financial Forecast:
  • Produce P&Ls for both branded & PL businesses – financial evaluation of constrained demand plan.
  • Highlighting gap to targets.

• Qualified accountant (CIMA preferable)
• Graduate level (2:1 minimum in business discipline)

• Ability to remain accurate in a fast‑paced commercial environment whilst remaining pragmatic in judgement of materiality.
• Ability to provide decision support & challenge to the commercial teams.
• Structured approach to managing priorities across multiple projects over different time horizons.
• Being able to take a holistic view across the commercial sphere to ensure decisions are appropriate and do not lead to conflicting actions.
• Previous commercial finance experience in decision support role.

• Previous experience financial planning & reporting.
• Competent in SAP (CO-PA).
• Experience of working within a FMCG environment.

• Building strong relationships across the commercial teams to ensure involvement in decisions up front.
• Dynamic with the ability to make an impact.
• Driven individual eager for role / career progression.
• Demonstrates high accountability for role responsibilities / projects / initiatives.

If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply at

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