Head of Finance - Commercial Control

Head of Finance, Commercial Control

Function: Finance

Location: Edinburgh or London based - A mix of home & office working

Salary: £80,000 - £100,000 base depending on experience, plus full benefits listed below.

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 26th June 2023

“We’re looking for an individual that can truly partner with the commercial teams - someone with energy and enthusiasm, who wants to help shape the strategy and support the sales and marketing teams to explore solutions to the financial and business challenges we face on a daily basis. The ideal candidate will also be ambitious for an international career in Heineken.” Rob Kleinjan, FD, Heineken UK

As the nation’s leading pub, cider and beer company and the name behind a host of brilliant brands, we’re looking for equally brilliant people to help us on our journey to building a better future.

There’s so much more to HEINEKEN than meets the eye and right now, we’re looking for an ambitious Head of Finance to join our team. The successful applicant will play a critical role in helping the business deliver our commercial targets and objectives through business partnering our On Trade, Off Trade & Marketing teams, providing robust and insightful reporting and proactive management of the commercial cost base and balance sheet.

About the role

You will lead of team of c. 20 colleagues, providing business partnering to our Commercial Functions in order to make value-based decisions in line with Heineken Strategy. You will drive the development of the commercial strategies, governance and the execution of operational plans to achieve strategic goals. You’ll also align with our Revenue Management Teams to optimise company profitability.

So what will you be doing? Here’s some of the key responsibilities.

• Develop and implement a strong control environment within both functional business area and wider business to ensure accuracy and integrity of accounting records and financial information.
• Proactively work with functional business areas and Finance Leadership Teams to identify, analyse and exploit commercial business opportunities to ensure growth within the wider HUK.
• Identify common processes within HUK and ensure compliance combined with ensuring specific processes are established and implemented in accordance with Heineken framework & Behaviours.
• Lead and motivate a team of diverse individuals to optimise performance and impact on the business, ensuring clear line of sight between the deliverables and how these support HUK business challenges and opportunities.
• Member of the Finance Function Leadership Team, playing a key role as a member of that team in leading and driving the performance of the function and the business overall.
• Deputise for Finance Director in role as Board member for Joint Venture arrangement with SDE Technical Services
• Alignment with S&OP cycle to optimise company profitability.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a commercially aware controller with 9+years’ experience, who can demonstrate a track record of delivering a robust control environment within a fluid and fast-moving commercial area. Your pro-active and positive attitude will allow you to intervene on fundamental issues and exploit business opportunities to drive profitable growth.

You should have:

• Experience in people management or leadership
• Experience in working with Commercial teams
• The ability to successfully connect with different types of people
• The desire to inspire a team and drive to win

Future opportunities: A successful candidate in the role could go on to a wide range of roles within the Global Heineken Group.

Our Benefits

In addition to an attractive base salary, you’ll also receive:

• 15% Flexible Benefits allowance (can be taken as cash)

• Annual bonus

• Company funded Private Medical Healthcare

• Double matched pension contributions (up to 10%)

• 35 days holiday (with the opportunity to buy/sell)

• A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers!

• Exciting opportunities to develop your career

You’ll also get the opportunity to get involved with one of our colleague networks where groups of colleagues from all over the business work together to ensure we’re always working towards being a diverse and inclusive company.

Our Ways of Working

HEINEKEN’s Global Purpose is to “brew the Joy of True Togetherness to inspire a better world” and to fulfil this we believe in working closely with each other and collaborating f2f when we can. To enable this, we ask colleagues to be in the office Tuesdays and Thursdays and one other day of colleague’s choice.

The Application

If you like what you’ve read and want to explore this opportunity further, please apply as soon as possible. We may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications, so don’t delay!

If you need any adjustments made to support your application, for example if you require information in different formats, or if you have any accessibility issues, then we’re more than happy to review our processes – please feel free to get in touch with us as recruitment@heineken.co.uk.

In all likelihood the ideal candidate for this role won’t meet every single requirement in this advert, in fact we all need the opportunity to grow and develop in role. We understand some applicants are less likely to apply to jobs unless they feel they meet every single qualification. The team at HEINEKEN would encourage you to submit an application if the advert has piqued your interest rather than ruling yourself out based on any self-limiting beliefs. You never know, you may be exactly what we’re looking for!

Who We Are

We’ve 150 years of brewing history and are proud of this legacy. Yet we’re sure our best days are ahead of us. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play as we dream big, set bold ambitions and push the boundaries. We support colleagues on this journey with development opportunities and unique experiences to help them reach their full potential.

Apply today to discover Your Future, Untapped.