Customer Finance Manager

Why join our team?  

pladis was established in June 2016 and brings together the much loved, global brands of Godiva, McVitie’s, Ulker, and DeMet’s under one pladis umbrella, to form a global giant in biscuits, chocolate, and confectionary. The UK & return on investment pladis region employs 5,000 people across 13 locations in the UK & return on investment (nine manufacturing / distribution sites and four office locations), and is an anchor market for the business. 

What will this role achieve?  

The UK & return on investment has ambitious plans, Customer Finance act as a hardworking and honest business partner to help the business build robust external relationships and improve internal value creation and ensure the Customer teams develop a better understanding of both consumer and trade dynamics to build more effective strategies. Your team will drive the rituals and routines necessary to understand performance, deliver insightful and useful financial analysis, provide rigorous financial control and evaluation processes to support the Customer team with customer investment decisions. 

The role holder will report to the Head of Customer Finance, whilst liaising very closely with the Customer team. 

What will be your key deliverables?  

• Develop a strong business partnering culture with account team, providing encouraging challenge and valuable insight while ensuring ongoing continual improvement. 

• Work with the Customer team to drive better understanding of the drivers of performance (including trends, channel/customer profitability and understanding of external retailer landscape and dynamics) and develop GAP fill opportunities. 

• Manage a regular rhythm of business performance diagnostics, the annual & strategic planning process & DOP/ Forecast process. 

• Support customer discussions by preparing Joint business plan evaluations with a more for more mentality to improve the investment as well as modelling customer P&L’s. 

• Manage & Control terms/pricing investment, tracking of delivery & P&L management of accruals. 

• Implement pre & post evaluation of TI investment made to optimise returns. 

• Manage unsolicited deductions working with Genpact and account teams. 

What do you need for this role?  

• Proven experience in FMCG in Customer/ commercial Finance 

• A passion for business performance management & analytics 

• A strong collaborator and communicator 

• Ability to influence and work collaboratively across the organisation 

• Ability to work optimally in an ambiguous and changing role and able to drive agenda forward 

• Self-confidence and skill to challenge the most senior leaders in the business 

• Strong financial and commercial competence built over a 5-year minimum career 

• Advanced MS Excel, PPT 

• A qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) 

OUR WINNING TRAITS AND BEHAVIOURS  

• Purpose-Led - Energised by our promise to deliver happiness to the world with every bite 

• Agile - Ever evolving, never satisfied and never standing still 

• Collaborative - Willing to work with others for mutual success. 

• Resilient - Quick to adapt to change, fast learner and persistent in the face of setbacks 

• Positive - Self-motivated, optimistic, adventurous, and inspiring 

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do and is reflected across our business. pladis brings together brands and people from around the world – and this diversity is our great strength. 

We’re an equal opportunities employer and believe in encouraging an inclusive environment where we celebrate diversity of thinking and respect everyone’s distinctive qualities and perspectives. 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation