Wattie’s (Kraft Heinz) Looking for Category Finance Analyst at Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

The Category Finance Analyst is assists across all the tasks the Category Finance Manager of Ready Meals.

The role owns financial reporting through the Monthly Performance Review & Forecasting processes, is responsible for developing the annual operating plan, and working with cross functional stakeholders (with Revenue Management, Category Development, Sales, Marketing and Operations) to deliver the year and plan the future.

Key Responsibilities:

Delivering the Year

• Preparing and analysing actual performance using variance analysis to arrive at root causes.
• Work cross-functionally with Sales, Trade Finance and Revenue management to vet financials of customer-facing opportunities and assess trade spend vs plan and trends overtime.
• Add value to the business by ensuring cross-functional team receives timely information/ insights and understand its implication to support great business decisions.
• Risks and Opportunity scoping for gap closure opportunities including driving the critical path with key stakeholders.

Corporate Reporting

• Central finance tasks to complete actual and forecast report preparation to the management.
• Own the Monthly Performance Reporting, ensuring that business drivers of performance vs plan and prior year are clearly understood and communicated to key stakeholders using Price Volume Mix analysis.

Planning the Future

• Preparing inputs for and analysing financial forecast, Strategic Plan and Annual Operating Plan including zero based budgeting.
• Work cross-functionally with Marketing in development of innovation P&Ls.
• Work cross-functionally with Operations to enable complete business reporting and understanding.
• Financial modelling. scenario planning & providing key insights and recommendations to the BU.

About you:

• 2+ year’s work experience that compliments financial training/ Financial business partnering. Experience in FCMG is an added advantage.
• Bachelor’s Degree – Accounting/Finance or related discipline is desirable.
• Attention to details and ability to engage with key stakeholders to provide insights and drive results for the BU.
• Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Passionate and driven about delivering results.
• Strong analytical skills and financial acumen to assess data and arrive at root cause, with ability to succinctly explain key drivers to senior audience

Benefits Program:

• Hybrid Working- flexibility around when and where you work.
• Gatherings – monthly drinks & nibbles- End of Year Celebration.
• Wellbeing – annual health checks & flu shots- onsite wellbeing sessions & webinars.
• Volunteering – volunteer with a community agency of your choice.
• Parental Leave – 12 weeks paid parental leave for primary caregivers.
• In-house training programs – Access to our online learning platform- Ownerversity for continuous learning and development.
• Career Development – Opportunity to be mentored by excellent leaders and have on-the-job skill development and coaching.
• Cultural Leave – Two days paid leave per calendar year for the purpose of fulfilling or observing religious- ceremonial or culturally significant days.

The Kraft Heinz Company Australia & New Zealand is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces- promotes and values diversity and inclusion. Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds hesitate to apply for roles if they feel they don’t meet 100% of the criteria. So- if this opportunity excites you and you think you have skills and experience that can add value (even if not specified)- please don’t hesitate to apply!

Our Wattie’s (Kraft Heinz) team in New Zealand are the proud recipients of the 2022 HRD Excellence Awards for Employer of Choice and Human Resources Team of the Year!