Global Planning & Analysis Manager

Ardagh Group; Chester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global packaging leader is seeking a Global Planning & Analysis Manager to join the finance team in Chester, UK. This role involves coordinating budget processes, preparing financial reports, and contributing to finance initiatives. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with over 5 years of financial management experience and strong analytical skills. Proficiency in tools like Power BI and a strategic mindset are essential. This position offers the opportunity to shape financial processes in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of FP&A or Financial Management experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Good accounting knowledge (IFRS).
• Experience with RPA or AI application in Finance is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate AMP’s Budget and Long-Range Planning processes.
• Prepare and enhance financial reports for AMP's Global Leadership Team.
• Contribute to AMP’s Finance Excellence initiatives and transformation projects.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Financial modelling skills

Analytical skills

Proficiency in Excel

Communication skills

Strategic mindset

Education

ACA, ACMA, CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

SAP

HFM

Tagetik

Job description

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Job ID: 60257

Contract Type: Employee

Talent Area: Finance, Legal, and Tax

Global Planning & Analysis Manager

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Global Planning & Analysis Manager to join our Ardagh Metal Packaging (AMP) Global Finance team.

In this highly visible and diverse role, the role will work closely with the Global leadership team and regional finance teams to coordinate reporting and analysis, deliver financial insights, drive business performance, and support AMP’s long-term growth and transformation journey.

The role will offer the opportunity to shape and improve financial planning and reporting processes across the company — from budgeting and forecasting to leadership reporting and functional transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Forecasting

• Coordinate AMP’s Budget and Long-Range Planning processes, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and efficiency across regions.
• Partner with the Director of Strategic Planning and Global Finance Function to review and analyse business performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights.
• Support the transition from Excel-based planning to more advanced, automated reports, tools and analysis.

Leadership Reporting & Insights

• Prepare and enhance financial and operational reports for AMP’s Global Leadership Team, including performance dashboards, volume and sales analyses, and monthly Business reporting.
• Manage and continuously improve the global cost allocation process for budgets, forecasts, and actuals.
• Control and coordinate data & analytics within the Global Finance community, ensuring data is both readily available, well maintained, consistent and reliable

Finance Transformation & Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to AMP’s Finance Excellence initiatives by analysing, coordinating, and facilitating transformation projects.
• Support the development of Global Business Partnering services for functional leaders within the AMP Global leadership team, ensuring analysis, support and insights are timely, consistent and value additive
• Identify opportunities to enhance Global Finance processes and capabilities in particular financial planning processes, tools, and metrics as well as enhancing the application of technology in Finance.

Job Requirements:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACMA, CIMA or equivalent) with 5+ years of FP&A or Financial Management experience, ideally in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Good accounting knowledge (IFRS) and excellent analytical and financial modelling skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; experience with Power BI, SAP, HFM, or Tagetik is as well as experience in RPA or AI application in Finance is a plus.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across global and cross-functional teams.
• Strategic mindset with strong attention to detail — comfortable operating both at executive summary and detailed analysis level.
• Curious, proactive, and collaborative — with a desire to challenge the status quo and make a meaningful impact.

About Ardagh Group

Ardagh Group is a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world’s leading brands. We trace our roots all the way back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 20,000 people with revenues of almost $10 billion. Today we have a presence across Europe, Africa and the Americas.

• Did you know that Ardagh produce many of the beverage cans and bottles you drink your favourite beverages from?
• Did you know we produce metal and glass packaging which are permanent materials, meaning they can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality?
• Did you know we produce more than 160 million containers per day?

Ardagh is passionate about sustainability and have a reputation for innovation. We push the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new production methods, new design techniques and new ways to recycle and save energy. Our aim is to reduce any negative environmental impact whilst remaining economically sustainable and socially responsible.

We believe that the success of our business depends on the success of our people. We strive to create working environments where our employees feel valued, can work to their full potential, and where their achievements are celebrated.

Here at Ardagh, we offer exciting and rewarding opportunities for talented and creative people. If you have ambition and want to make an impact with your career, come and join our team, you’ll enjoy the journey!