FP&A Associate Manager - East Operations

About the role

Kraft Heinz is hiring an FP&A Associate Manager for its East Operations Finance FP&A team in Amsterdam, covering Eastern Europe, Poland, the Middle East and Africa, Turkey and Russia. You will manage and pilot the EAST OPS performance, assess risks and opportunities, provide run-rate projections, track expectations versus commitments, share insights across teams and support the deployment of the operational plan. You will also act as the link between Operations functions and commercial business units, and lead the EAST OPS EBITDA process gatekeeping, continuous improvement, benchmarking and cost-efficiency optimisation.

Key responsibilities

• Closing of OPS EBITDA and keeping visibility on financial performance
• Running and gatekeeping East Ops BBP financial processes (monthly, AOP, SP, ZBB)
• Partnering with operations functions (procurement, manufacturing, logistics) and advising on key outlook projections
• Taking part in strategic plans and budget projections for operations functions
• Reviewing, gatekeeping and challenging the operations P&L (price, volume, projects, risks and opportunities)
• Preparing OPS presentations and monthly meetings with operations teams
• Setting up and driving monthly performance reviews with operations functions
• Coordinating executive decks for leadership on financial reporting and initiative tracking
• Managing the bottom-up forecast and performance tracking (savings, cost-ins, one-offs, inflation)
• Coordinating the bottom-up budget process for operations (supply, procurement) and leading the restatement exercise for East Ops

Required profile

• Strong analytical mindset and focus on continuous improvement
• 4 years of experience in finance (FP&A, manufacturing finance, logistics finance, procurement finance or commercial finance)
• Logical thinking, simple communication and ability to manage complex, cross-functional processes
• Ability to communicate with many stakeholders and a sense of ownership
• Work permit to work in the Netherlands

Required skills

• Data management skills preferred (Tableau, Power BI, SAP, Alteryx, VBA)