Procurement Finance Reporting Manager

Procurement Finance Reporting Manager

Woking - Hybrid

We are currently recruiting for a Procurement Finance Reporting Manager to join our team playing a key role in our daily finance operations. You will be working alongside a talented, like-minded team for some of Europe's largest frozen food brands including Birdseye, Aunt Bessie, Findus and Goodfella pizzas.

About the role:

Nomad operates a centralised Procurement team which is responsible for the purchases of all raw materials used for the manufacture of Nomad products, as well as other goods and services across the Group. With spend of over 1.5bn on raw & packaging materials and co-manufactured finished products as well as 0.5bn of spend on other goods and services.

This role is a member of the Group Supply Chain Finance team and its primary focus is to deliver financial reporting and planning activities for the Nomad Procurement team.

More specifically you will be responsible for leading all month end and forecast & budget activities and coordinating these with the Procurement Buying team, Finance Business partners and other stakeholders across Manufacturing and Commercial sites.

You will also be responsible for managing and optimising the reporting and planning processes for this area and helping to deliver reporting and insight on Nomad's spend, inflation and productivity initiatives.

Key Accountabilities:

• Responsible for leading month end, budgeting and forecast cycles, engaging with multiple finance stakeholders from across the whole of Nomad to ensure that Procurement spend and price data is accurate, complete and delivered on time
• Responsible for the system (Anaplan) and associated business processes which are used to report and forecast Procurement spend and price metrics within Nomad
• Provide support for potential future optimisation and development of the Anaplan Procurement reporting system, as well as for the continued roll-out of the new Nomad S4 SAP template
• Delivering reporting on Procurement Spend by currency type and location to the Treasury Functional to allow timely hedging of Nomad's currency exposures
• Owning and delivering the SOX controls for the team. Liaising with both internal and external audit on the performance and delivery of these controls
• Ownership of the finance processes concerning raw material costing master data management for the procurement team. Ensuring the processes run smoothly and optimising them as appropriate
• Facilitates process improvements to simplify / automate all procurement finance processes

About you:

Essential

• Education: University graduate, Qualified accountant
• FMCG experience
• Procurement Finance or Supply Chain Finance experience
• Knowledge of SAP, including material costing processes
• High level of business / financial acumen and analytical ability
• Good Analytical and business process skills
• Advanced MS Office package, particularly Excel
• Highly numerate + analytical, with good attention to detail
• Organised, strong prioritisation skills and delivery to tight timescales
• Career progression - an active learner who wants to develop others and progress across nomad as a finance leader. Progression will offer opportunities to relocate within Nomad

Desirable

• Anaplan systems experience

What we can offer you:

We're on an exceptional adventure and can offer a truly purpose led career with flexibility. In addition, you will benefit from the below:

An ambitious employer with recognized brands and growth potential

The potential to progress your career across different areas of Birds Eye and Nomad Foods

A culture where your part of a team, where you feel encouraged to make a difference

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We look forward to receiving your application.

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