Finance Business Process Owner

Key Responsibilities

• Jointly own and govern end to end financial planning processes with Group FP&A
• Lead the design and rollout of the global FP&A SAC tool to deliver measurable business benefits.
• Collaborate with finance and senior leaders to ensure the financial planning landscape aligns with both strategic objectives and operational needs for TwiningsOvo.
• Champion the use of SAP to deliver standardized and user-friendly financial planning and reporting across global business units.
• Partner with Group FP&A to drive best-practice principles aligned to ABF requirements, end to end data, reporting and planning.

• Pro-actively work closely with business units and group FP&A to identify gaps or inaccuracies in global master data structures impacting FP&A (e.g., chart of accounts, cost centres, profit centres) and ensure they support global requirements.
• Collaborate with Group Finance to understand expected changes from either ABF or senior leadership which may impact global master data. Ensuring SAC meets the needs and driving any changes that arise through to completion. 
• Support the BUs and group finance to drive the consistency and integrity of financial data through system accountability.
• Collaborate with data governance teams to ensure data integrity and consistency.
  
  

• Proactively own and drive the adoption of standardized global FP&A practices across all business units and regions.
• Monitor, understand and report on monthly key performance indicators (KPIs) to track adoption progress and ensure the systems are being fully utilized across global business units.
• Identify areas for improvement and optimisation through discussion with local business units.
• Challenge existing business processes and ways of working to ensure we fully leverage the system’s capabilities and deliver simpler, more effective processes through influencing and partnering. 
• Ownership of global planning training repository to support adoption globally, keeping training material up to date for any changes, and utilising AI tools where beneficial to support user training. 
  
  

• Gather, document, and validate business requirements for enhancements, system improvements, and automation opportunities.
• Translate financial planning and data needs into clear functional specifications for developers, system administrators, and IT partners.
• Support solution design, testing, and rollout of enhancements; identify process inefficiencies and lead improvement initiatives through to completion.
• Champion automation, standardization, and digitization across FP&A processes. 
• Own delivery plans and timelines for continuous improvement of the FP&A solution.

• Build strong relationships with business leaders and key stakeholders to understand their end-to-end data, reporting and planning needs and drive alignment with global finance objectives.
• Champion the transformation programme throughout the organisation and other initiatives that are in-flight at the same time.
• Act as a liaison between finance users and technical teams, ensuring that solutions meet business needs. 
• Escalate strategic, cross-GPO issues as needed to the GPO for further escalation as required.
• Conduct training and change management support for process and tool rollouts to drive adoption of FP&A.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Finance, including commercial financial planning, forecasting, budgeting and reporting.
• Operational experience in designing and delivering change / continuous business process improvements.
• Strong organisational skills and a proactive approach.
  Ability to work in a fast-changing environment and deal well with ambiguity.
• Excellent relationship-building, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, and communication skills; comfortable delivering training.
• Ability to lead regular meetings, ensuring goals are met and actions are completed.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders across multiple regions.
• Strong analytical capability, with confidence working across finance processes and enabling technology.
• Proven track record of challenging the status quo and delivering results.
• Passionate about the company’s vision for its future and being part of the journey to get there.
• Highly credible with strong business acumen.
• Experience in project planning, project management and delivery Experience in financial planning process design.
• Experience working with SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), or similar financial planning tools.
• Strong understanding of global finance master data structures (e.g., chart of accounts, cost centres, profit centres).
• Knowledge of data governance / master data management practices and operating models.
• Experience using process mapping and continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma).

Benefits

• Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance 
• Flexible working options 
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays 
• Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre 
• Perkbox – employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants and many more 
• Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• SimplyHealth Cash plan 
• Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts 
• Electric Car Scheme
• Access to LinkedIn Learning 
• Access to ABF Networking, connect, collaborate, and grow across the ABF Group.