Finance Manager France

Your Role

We are looking for a Finance Manager for France, who will be a critical partner to the French business, providing insightful financial analysis, strategic guidance, and robust performance management to drive profitable growth.

As Finance Manager and a member of the Country Leadership Team, you will lead the annual budget, rolling forecasts, and management reporting, ensure strong financial control, and enable high-quality decision making. You will act as a co-pilot for business in both grocery and specialty channels, serving as the Finance lead for one of the company’s largest strategic growth initiatives. France is the main market for our company, making this role pivotal for sustaining leadership and driving strategic growth.

What you will do

Strategic Business Partnering

●        Act as a trusted financial advisor to the General Manager of France, with a strong top‑line focus, providing insights that shape strategy and deliver business objectives.

●        Deeply understand market drivers (category dynamics, price/mix, customer/channel economics, promo mechanics) and translate them into executable, ROI‑positive plans.

●        Finance Lead for a flagship growth initiative in both channels: grocery and specialty.

●        Challenge assumptions, optimize resource allocation, and lead financial due diligence for new projects, product launches, and market strategies.

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

●        Own the annual budget, long‑range plan, and rolling forecast cadence—including scenario planning and sensitivity analysis.

●        Build and maintain robust models for demand, price/mix, promo ROI, customer profitability, and category/channel outlooks.

●        Deliver clear variance analysis versus budget/forecast, highlighting drivers, risks, and actionable opportunities.

●        Prepare high‑quality management reports, dashboards, and leadership presentations with crisp insights and recommended actions.

●        Establish and monitor KPIs tailored to the French FMCG market.

Commercial Negotiation & Innovation Support

●        Commercial Negotiation Lead: Act as the key finance partner for Key Account Managers (KAMs) during annual negotiations with major French FMCG retailers.

●        Innovation Finance Partner: Provide financial steering for new product launches and innovation pipelines, evaluating business cases to ensure sustainable long-term growth.

●        Customer Profitability: Optimize Net Sales by analyzing trade terms, promotional efficiency, and customer-specific investment strategies.

Opex & Marketing Investment Management

●        Brand & Marketing Control: Oversee the BTL  budget, specifically managing Advertising & Promotion (A&P) spend and EMB (Marketing) investments to maximize ROI.

●        Managed Costs Oversight: Take full ownership of local "Managed Costs," including travel & entertainment (T&E), vehicle fleets, and corporate conventions, ensuring tight alignment with the country’s operational budget.

 Financial Control & Compliance

●        Partner with accounting on month‑end close, accruals, provisions, and audit support.

●        Drive continuous improvement in controls, data quality, and governance across trade spend and investment processes.

Team Leadership & Development

●        Lead and mentor 2 Controllers, building a culture of high performance, curiosity, and continuous improvement.

●        Develop capabilities in advanced analytics (Power BI), standardized re