FP&A Specialist

Job Description

You are a brand lover. You want to be in the driving seat and to impact. You want to work with a multi-cultural team where diversity is valued for what it brings – divergence of opinions that makes our life and business richer. You want to create amazing coffee moments for consumers through brands like Douwe Egberts, Jacqmotte, L’Or or Senseo. Then this job is for you.
We’re looking for a FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) Specialist. You'll be part of our Commercial Controlling team based in Brussels and will report directly to the Finance Manager Commercial Control.

Your main responsibilities will be:

FP&A (60%)

• Key support in the monthly reporting cycle. You business partner with the Sales team and support decision making through reporting on customer profitability, margin analyses, SKU performance and analysing ad-hoc commercial questions.
• You support the finance team on the overall reporting, annual operating plan and forecast cycles as well as reporting towards Global FP&A Team (e.g.: pricing templates, corridor dashboard, value profit pool analysis etc)
• Take part in the preparation of the Monthly Closing process and follow up the Monthly Review Deck with stakeholders.
• Execute GRC controls to make sure that for all changes done a source document exists (GRC controls = internal audit)
• You are also a key support in our Data & Analytics roadmap. A key objective is further automatizing our reporting landscape through database driven reporting and dashboard tooling like Power-BI.

Pricing (40%)

• Responsible for managing and timely registering all contractual pricing and trade terms in the relevant systems (SAP and local trade term tool).
• Follow up with sales and AR teams on questions, settlements /invoicing of these conditions and managing the appropriate provisions in SAP.
• Follow up customer condition files of smaller accounts and business partnering with KAMs

Qualifications

Working in the world’s largest pure-play coffee and tea company means big ambitions, and big ambition means big responsibility. Working at JDE Peet’s is hands-on, giving you an opportunity to leave your mark.​

For this role we’re looking for someone who has the following skills and experience:

• 1-2 years of relevant working experience within Finance/ Controlling / FP&A and a bachelor or master degree in Business, Finance or Accounting (or equivalent)
• Good communication skills, good at establishing and maintaining relationships and promoting collaboration (teamplayer)
• Love crunching numbers and possess excellent analytical skills
• System savvy; strong skills on tooling, Excel, Power-BI, SAP BW, QlikView, experience with macro’s/databases is beneficial.
• Ability to work in fast paced environment whilst maintaining high attention for detail
• Not easily thrown off and like to explore unbeaten paths and continuous improvement mindset
• Fluent in English (Written and spoken) + Dutch/ French (advantageous)
• Nice to have: Experience in a FMCG environment.

Additional Information

What’s it like to work at JDE Peet’s?

We are people united by the power and possibility of tea and coffee. At JDE Peet’s, we thrive on the freedom to pursue opportunities, provoking new ideas to make an impact at scale. Our ambition is simple – JDE Peet's: unleashing the possibilities of coffee and tea.

At JDE Peet's, we believe it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee or tea. We also believe that a diverse and inclusive culture enables us to serve every coffee and tea lover in the best possible way. No matter who you are, where you come from, how you live your life, you can fulfil your ambitions and contribute to our success. When you grow, we grow, and coffee & tea grows.

At JDE we offer a competitive compensation & benefits package, for this role this includes 33 days of holidays, eco and meal vouchers, a bonus opportunity, cafetariaplan etc… We value meeting colleagues in the office (Esplanade 1, 1020 Brussels: only 10 minutes’ walk from Metro Heysel) and we enjoy our focus time when working from home: we support you in getting the right ergonomic material to work from home efficiently and even offer the option to take a ‘workation’!

What’s next?
Interested? We’d love to hear from you! After we received your application we will do our utmost to give you quick feedback. Part of the recruitment procedure will be an online assessment, followed by interviews and a business case.

Our DE&I Statement

At JDE Peet’s we aim to create a better future where we authentically serve, reflect and embrace everyone. We believe in fostering a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation where everyone feels comfortable to truly be who they are and unleash their full potential. This means we do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of our race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, age, disability, or any other trait protected by law.

Throughout the entire employee lifecycle, we place DE&I at the core of our people processes. This enables us to drive objectivity and eliminate any potential bias, ensuring an inclusive experience in the workplace. Do not hesitate to reach out if you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.

Find out more at https://careers.jacobsdouweegberts.com/

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