Head of Financial Planning And Analysis

Purpose

To own and improve the periodic reporting of business performance reviews as well as the financial planning and CAPEX investment review process. Consolidate the European business reporting into single currency and ensure reporting is standardised across the business. It is expected that the team will identify opportunities for EBIT enhancement through collaborations with business stakeholders through challenge the business forecast and budget submissions as well as ensure accurate and valuable CAPEX proposals.

This role will focus on the best ways to achieve effective and efficient performance, by identifying opportunities through challenging the status quo and insightfully reviewing data and information. The individual will implement strong and secure decision support processes and build strong relationships with key stakeholders. Building strong processes and driving a continuous improvement mindset.

Key Accountabilities:

• Be a visible leader that can set the drum beat for the financial planning process.
• Be business partners for the business units.
• Developing, producing, and enhancing high quality monthly management information packs.
• Analyse monthly financial results for the business.
• Lead and develop your team members with support of our extensive opportunities and ensure career progression.
• You will be proactively curious, ask the right questions and drive insight to support business decisions presenting information in a simplified manner.
• Drive the finance principles in the team.
• Promote a culture of rigorous financial control and commercial / financial awareness and ensure Group Finance Policy is implemented and adhered to.
• Carry out ad hoc projects as required.

Skills & Knowledge

• Independent thinking, be a leader with a clear independent thorough process.
• Excellent Commercial and business acumen.
• Confident Presenter of complex financial information to internal and External Parties with and without finance knowledge.
• Astute Cross Functional Worker able to communicate at all levels.
• Can develop and challenge team for excellent performance.
• Can do attitude with a continuous improvement mindset to drive a lean team and able to simplify ways of working.
• Ability to travel international to visit all sites.
• In depth knowledge of Protein Carcass costing models and value chain models.
• Drive that supports the movements required in a FMCG environment.
• Resilience to work under pressure in an ever-changing business landscape and still deliver required output on time.
• Great analysis skills.
• Superior Excel and PowerPoint capabilities.
• Systems knowledge: SAP Anaplan BI tools.

Pilgrim's Pride Limited is a division of Pilgrims Pride Corporation, our business is part of the second largest food company in the world, whose team farm, process, prepare, package and deliver fresh, frozen and value-added food products for sale in more than 100 countries.

We are proud to partner with more than 1,000 UK farmers who share our belief in the highest standards on animal welfare, efficiency, and quality. Our own farming operation is 100% RSPCA Higher Welfare, making us the largest producer of higher welfare pork globally, delivering 25% of pig meat to UK consumers.