FP&A Senior Manager - EMEA

Ball Corporation; Luton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading packaging company in Luton is seeking a finance professional to oversee the financial planning cycle for the EMEA region. The ideal candidate will have CIMA/ACA qualifications and 7+ years of relevant experience. You'll manage a team while coordinating P&L initiatives and collaborating with various departments. This role offers significant financial oversight in a diverse environment focused on sustainability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in finance roles.
• Proven track record in leading a diverse team of finance professionals.
• Experience in a large-scale manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the financial planning cycle for the EMEA region.
• Coordinate financial planning with treasury.
• Provide support to Global FP&A on P&L initiatives.

Skills

CIMA/ACA qualified

Management accounting experience

Strong planning and analysis skills

Strong communications and presentation skills

Fluent in English

Education

CIMA/ACA qualification

Tools

Essbase

SAP reporting

Job description

Overview

Ball is a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging. Ball is honored with Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award. As a sustainable product leader, Ball has over 16,000 global team members, producing endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, cups, and aerosol bottles. The role focuses on P&L management reporting and analysis for the EMEA region and onward management reporting to Global Beverage and Corporate.

The position acts as critical support to the FP&A Director on all aspects of operating earnings performance analysis and serves as an important link between Finance and all other business areas, providing value-added management information and advice to facilitate improved performance. It involves significant financial oversight and stewardship around the Integrated Business Planning cycle, which is central to the business’ performance. The role also forecasts and maintains the planning and budgeting cycles on the earnings side.

Responsibilities

• Full oversight of the financial planning cycle for the EMEA region, including ownership of the AOP (Annual Operating Plan) and Quarterly Financial Forecast processes on the earnings side.
• Coordinate with Treasury & Cash Controller on Balance Sheet and Metal/ODM side financial planning & analysis.
• Consolidation, analysis and interpretation of operating earnings performance using key management reporting tools (Essbase, SAP reporting).
• Support the Financial Strategy, Planning & Analysis Director with Global management reporting pre-month end (POV) and month end; liaise with FP&A controllers, operations finance and controllership, and Head Office personnel in Supply Chain, Ops, IBP, procurement and Commercial department.
• Oversee centralised FP&A controlling function and their business partnering activities.
• Support the MEA Controller with standardisation of reporting from non-principal entities.
• Collaborate with the Strategic Profitability Manager to ensure in-year financials are accurately reflected through profitability views.
• Act as a key stakeholder in Regional Integrated Business Planning (IBP) cycles, providing financial stewardship around the planning and execution of short-term operational plans, including presentation of P&L financial output.
• Oversee EMEA Entity Level SOX controls.
• Support the wider finance team in delivering various reporting requirements and work with the Sector Financial Accounting team to deliver month-end close.
• Provide support to Global FP&A on initiatives impacting the P&L and ad-hoc assistance to the wider business on investment decisions that affect the P&L.
• Manage four direct reports and a total team of eleven.

Qualifications

• CIMA/ACA qualified + 7 years
• Proven track record in leading a diverse team of high-skilled, qualified finance professionals
• Management accounting experience in a large-scale, multi-currency, multi-territory manufacturing entity environment
• Proven track record in various FP&A and Business Partnering roles at regional level
• Broad experience across financial disciplines including FP&A and Accounting
• Proven experience in explaining financial figures to stakeholders from a non-finance background
• Strong planning and analysis skills
• Strong communications and presentation skills
• Fluent in both written and spoken English

Equal Opportunity

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.

About Ball

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans and cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world. Diversity and inclusion are foundations of our culture of belonging, and Ball is committed to making a difference.

Note: The advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.