Finance Business Partner – Support Costs
Salary: £55,000 - £68,500 base depending on experience, plus 15% benefits allowance (can be taken as cash), laptop, phone, bonus, private healthcare, life assurance, double matched pension (up to 10%), monthly HEINEKEN brand allowance and additional award-winning benefits
Location: Based in our head office in Edinburgh – with a mix of office & home working
Contract: 2 x Permanent Contracts
Closing Date: 15th of February
As the UK’s leading pub, cider and beer business, we’re home to some of the world’s best-loved ciders and beers, and a leading player in the international drinks industry. But there’s so much more to HEINEKEN than meets the eye.
Right now, we’re looking for a Finance Business Partner and a Finance Controller to join our Finance team at our amazing Edinburgh Head Office!
"Looking for the D&T Finance Business Partner to guide digital transformation funding going forward and support our EverGreen strategy" - Nejat, D&T Director
"Supports People Agenda Strategic ambition (3 year plan) acting as an advisor to People Director, supporting business decision making through a combination of analytical insights and mastery of HUK’s vision, strategy, and operating challenges" – Marta, People Director
The role
The Finance Business Partner will work closely with our Support Function Costs, maintaining a strong governance structure whilst supporting our People & D&T Directors to ensure delivery of our financial objectives on fixed cost base. This support will vary from monthly performance management to all aspects of forward financial planning. Working closely and building relationships with some of our UK Management Team to help them make informed decisions makes this is an exciting and influential role.
You will lead the planning process for the cost base, working collaboratively and cross-functionally for Personnel costs and working alongside key stakeholders for Support Costs.
You will proactively work with your key stakeholders to manage their cost base and cost saving initiatives and will deliver this through regular review of latest forecast and robust and relevant reporting. You will also support the business in capturing not only the cost of projects, but also the benefit of investment.
This role is key in promoting a culture within your teams of continuous improvement of procedures and processes from a Control of Net assets, and cost management perspective using external insight when available. Additionally, you and your team will manage our monthly finance reporting integrity throughout the year collaborating with R&A, HGSS and Tax to ensure there is a robust and transparent set of accounting statements every month end.
The team are currently recruiting for two positions, one with more business partner focus and the other with a more traditional finance controller experience.
As the Finance Controller you will play a critical role in protecting the business, with responsibility for ensuring robust governance and financial control is in place. You will be accountable for managing the balance sheet integrity throughout the year, collaborating with multiple stakeholders to ensure compliance with our internal and external control framework.
The candidate
For this role, we’re looking for a technically strong and analytically minded finance professional. You’ll have the ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders, both virtually and in person. Ideally, you’ll have a strong track record of business partnering and evidence of preparing reports which support the business with decision making.
If you have;
- Strong technical finance controlling skills
- A commercial awareness
- Experience in identifying and shaping opportunities and risks whilst delivering financial targets
- The ability to build excellent relationships
- Natural problem solving skills
Then this could be the role for you!
As we’re recruiting for two roles, ideally candidates would be equally comfortable with the business partnering side of the role as they are with the more technical finance controller role.
We embrace learning and growth and we anticipate there is scope to develop in this role. You’re also likely to bring experiences to this role that are not listed above – as long as you have a thirst for learning and development, not every box needs to be ticked when it comes to skillsets.
As this role is office based, please note we currently operate a hybrid working framework which allows us to capture the benefits of both working in the office and at home. For full time roles, we work a minimum of 3 days in the office, a Tuesday and Thursday are for all, with the third day being defined by the colleague.
Life at HEINEKEN
We’re building a future that embraces innovation, sustainability, diversity and, of course, the opportunity for our 2,400 UK colleagues to make the most of their careers.
We encourage all our colleagues to grow and reach their full potential. We’re also well-aware that successful careers seldom run in a straight line, so if you’re in search of fresh opportunities (including global or cross-functional moves), mentoring or simply want to pick up a new skill, you’ll have access to all the support you need.
Caring for people & the planet is one of our core values and we understand that each of our colleagues’ needs and circumstances are different. This is why we have a smarter working policy in place which includes access to hybrid working, flexible start and finish times and condensed hours, to name a few.
Our colleagues love life at HEINEKEN, and we’re confident you’ll feel the same way – but don’t take our word for it. Search the #LifeAtHEINEKENUK hashtag on LinkedIn to hear from our colleagues about what makes HEINEKEN such a special business to be a part of.
The application
If you like what you’ve read and want to explore this opportunity further, please apply before the closing date listed at the top of the advert.
Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!
If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re more than happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us as recruitment@heineken.co.uk.
In all likelihood the ideal candidate for this role won’t meet every single requirement in this advert, in fact we all need the opportunity to grow and develop in role. We understand some applicants are less likely to apply to jobs unless they feel they meet every single qualification. The team at HEINEKEN would encourage you to submit an application if the advert has peaked your interest rather than ruling yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs. You never know, you may be exactly what we’re looking for!
