Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Morphe are seeking a dedicated Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to enhance the finance function by providing strategic insight, financial analysis, and budgeting.

This is a hybrid role, 3 days per week in the office and 2 days from home.

Principle Accountabilities:

• Lead the company’s quarterly budgeting process, business partnering with functional leaders to develop forecasts for revenue and spend, which are appropriate, suitably challenged, and managed through rigorous control
• Function as a strategic business partner to the Morphe EMEA team, supporting with analysis of results and recommendations for future performance, highlighting, and explaining variances verses budgets
• Pressure test budget inputs through development of models showing assumption-based outcomes of scenarios, and demonstrating return on investment against spend initiatives
• Prepare monthly FP&A reports and decks, presenting business and industry trends, and showing clear actionable insights
• Maintain customer price lists and support the business with periodic recommendations on appropriate pricing changes
• Manage contra revenue (rebates, returns, promotional offerings) to ensure revenue optimization, accurate timing of expense recognition, and compliance with contracted terms
• Support month-end processes for the finance team to deliver accurate and on-time closes, with compliant audit-ready back-ups saved appropriately

Key Working Relationships:

• Senior Finance Director
• Global & Local Finance teams
• EMEA Commercial teams
• EMEA Operations teams

Required Skills & Experience:

• CIMA or similar accountancy qualifications strongly preferred
• Experience working in fast-paced environment in a role that incorporates commercial finance & strategy
• Must work well in dynamic, evolving business environments
• Experience in FMCG and an understanding of gross margins and profit drivers in consumer goods industries is preferred
• Highly analytical, with the ability to effectively communicate outcomes
• High degree of proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel & PowerPoint) required
• Strong grasp of reporting systems, ideally Netsuite
• Must possess strong interpersonal, communication and organisational skills, including the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-function peers