Job Description

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Job Title: Global FP&A Manager - Pepsi Lipton
Location: Unilever Kingston, UK (3 days a week)
Reports to: Global FP&A Director
Work Level: WL2C

Background
Pepsi Lipton is a joint venture between Unilever and PepsiCo to manufacture and sell iced tea branded products around the world It was established in 1992 and has become the Global leader in RTD IT operating with 3 Power brands Lipton, Pure Leaf, Brisk. It sells mainly Concentrated Kits with a Total Net Revenue of $1.3bln to PepsiCo, Unilever & 3rd party Bottlers that generate a System Net Revenue of $3.6bln.

As a company, the joint venture has its own board of directors. As a global organisation the variation in countries, bottlers and manufacturing sites makes this a very exciting place to work. We have 5 regional organisations operating across the world: North America, Europe, Latin America, AMESAA (Africa, Middle East, & South Asia) and APAC and we are constantly breaking new ground with launches into white markets.

Whilst we have the backing and support of our two parent companies, our entrepreneurial set up gives us real autonomy. Our roles are broad, our responsibilities big and our experiences even bigger. We have high visibility and great exposure – to senior leadership and to talented colleagues all over the world. It means we need to be impactful, smart influencers. And it means that we can get involved in the end-to-end business in a way that’s just not possible at our parent companies.

So, if you want to really challenge yourself, and experience a whole new way of working without leaving your parent company, this could be the perfect place to take your career to the next level.

To learn more, visit www.pepsilipton.com

Main Purpose
This role assists in managing the FP&A agenda for the Global JV, working closely with the regional and global finance teams. Key deliverables include actuals & forecast reporting, in year performance management, annual operating plan/targets and strategic planning, and overheads/G&A management. It also provides Finance business partnering support to the CMO and Global Marketing/Insights teams on commercial marketing activities, spend & annual budgets.

Accountabilities
• Assist in managing the Pepsi Lipton Annual operating plan process, including calendar, templates, communication, target setting, P&L consolidation, risk and oops and delivery of the final algorithm.
• Manage the monthly reporting analysis, identifying key drivers vs prior year, forecast and AOP, identifying and highlighting risks & opportunities to the financial algorithm.
• Assist in managing the forecasting process through the year, ensuring integrity of the consolidation, helping in preparing the review deck for CFO and CEO sign off. Manage the communication to PEP EUR for Global HQ forecasting.
• Advance the Finance digitization in the FP&A function through development of the planning and consolidation tool, partnering with the parent companies on data transparency and through leveraging Power Bi to replace manual excel reporting.
• Business partner the CMO, Head of insights and marketing teams. Manage the overall PLI Support Centre budget and provide financial input/guidance on the A&M non-working, ROI, and d comm.
Participate in Monthly Marketing Leadership Meeting to provide clarity on financial performance and the financial agenda.
• Business partners the Global Senior Innovation Director, providing financial support and guidance on the health of the innovation funnel. Assist in preparing the financials for the quarterly GILT meetings.
• Prepare the detailed Global Overheads annual plan & allocations; track monthly actuals vs Forecast; identify cost optimization; digitalise the current process.

Key Skills
Business skills
• Strong background in Finance with proven business acumen and with previous experience in FP&A and business partnering
• Understanding of Beverage industry, Total system & bottler economics, franchise experience could prove useful
• Experienced in building / maintaining management information system, with the ability to embrace and drive forward the digital agenda, bringing a cohesiveness to multiple streams across FP&A
• Proven ability to work in a matrix organization (cross-functional / cross-border) with multiple stakeholders / levels of alignment within the PepsiCo system, Unilever and Pepsi Lipton.
• Excellent business modeling, storytelling and presentation skills

Personal skills
• Agility & act as owners’ mindset
• Committed team player who can work / contribute as part a small team and deliver through others across a multi geographical PLI team
• Ability to work 80/20 and manage competing priorities
• Clear thinker, well organized, pro-active who is used to dealing with uncertainty and time pressure
• Recognized self-starter
• Strong networks across the organization and back into the parent company

Main interactions:
Pepsi Lipton
• Regional Finance teams (Finance Directors / Managers /Analysts)
• Controller and his/her team (including IBM accounting team)
• Global marketing and insights teams
PepsiCo
• PepsiCo Sector / Regional Finance Teams
Unilever
• Unilever GCAD/Foods Team

NOTES

What We Offer

Not only do we offer a competitive salary and pension scheme, we also offer an annual bonus, subsidised gym membership, a discounted staff shop and shares. You’ll have the opportunity to work directly with our renowned and exciting brands in a flexible and hybrid working environment.

Whilst the role is advertised on a full-time basis, we would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options and what this may look like for you. We are a key advocate of wellbeing and offer a variety of support for our people including hubs, programmes and development opportunities. We strive to achieve a family-friendly and inclusive workplace and to, above all, create possibilities for all.

Diversity at Unilever is about inclusion, embracing differences, creating possibilities and growing together for better business performance. We embrace diversity in our workforce. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity. We are also more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process to enable you to be present your best self. To find out more, including about our Employee Resource Groups, please click here Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Unilever | Unilever.

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