Finance Business Partner - FP&A

Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner FP&A for Sysco GB, the role will business partner the commercial team bringing together forecasts, reporting and analysis for the Exec and International finance teams.

The successful candidate will be a self-starting contributor with effective business partnership experience and the ability to deep dive into the details when needed. This person will partner with finance and business leaders across several teams to provide guidance and insight. Liaising with teams across the business to understand variances in key performance measures and manage processes and data flows.

We are offering a hybrid working contract with most of your time spent working from home. However, you will be required to attend the office in Ashford, Kent once per week, so you must be comfortable and flexible with travel and commuting for project and team meetings.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Collating and sense checking daily metrics, weekly flash results, monthly performance and forecasting for decision making
• Distributing performance packs with one version of the truth to business units covering relevant measures and metrics
• Business partnering with the business units to understand key business drivers and variances, pulling analysis to support
• Month end activities including reconciliations and variance analysis
• Submitting required financial and non-financial information and insight to the Exec and being point person liaising with the business
• Overseeing continuous improvement in data quality and moving activity away from data collection towards insight
• Recommend, develop, and implement policies and programs that guide the organization in maintaining and improving its profitability

About you:

You'll be fully qualified, (CIMA, ACCA, ACA), or a passed finalist, currently operating as a Finance Business Partner, Management Account or Finance Analyst, with experience in FP&A activity, although this is not essential.

We are looking for someone who has the confidence to deal with stakeholders at all levels across the business and to challenge decisions in a constructive way, offering solutions to any problems, always ensuring the best outcome is achieved. Using your finance knowledge and experience you will provide a vital service and partner closely with the team on risk and continuous improvement, so you must be able to hold a strong conversation with sound analytical insight. The ability to understand trends and results with a high level of competency in financial analysis and modelling is essential. An advanced level of Microsoft Excel is also required. Any working knowledge of SAP or Workday is advantageous.

What you'll receive:

• A competitive salary
• Company car allowance of £5,500
• Pension scheme
• Single private medical healthcare cover
• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days, with option to purchase additional holidays + bank holidays
• Huge discounts on all sorts of lovely food and award-winning products through our staff shop
• Discounts on Cinema tickets, shopping and earn cashback on purchases through Sodexo.
• Recognition awards and Incentives
• Real career opportunities - being part of Sysco, the world's leading foodservice business, opens up a world of possibility