Title:  Finance Senior Analyst - Star Pubs

Senior Finance Analyst – Star Pubs

Function: Finance
Location: London (Great Titchfield Street) or Edinburgh (Gyle)– with regular travel

Salary: circa £55,000, depending on experience plus full benefits listed below.

Contract: Permanent role
Closing Date: 23rd January 2025. Please note, we may close vacancies early where we receive significant numbers of applications.

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 shaping a better future.

We’re looking for someone who’s as ready to evolve for the future as we are. If you’re ready to brew a new career, apply for our Finance Senior Analyst role today.

“This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Finance Analyst to provide strategic insights to influence stakeholders and drive top line performance and profitability.” Jay, hiring manager

About the Role
As the Strategic Senior Finance Analyst, you will be reporting into the Strategic Finance Manager for Star Pubs where your primary responsibility will be to lead on Monthly forecasting and develop the Annual and Strategic Plans. You’ll play a critical role within HEINEKEN’s Month End and Strategic Governance Cycle by providing first class performance management, planning and value add insight.

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

• Lead on the monthly rolling forecasting, partnering with the Star Finance team and key stakeholders for latest estimates. Proactively looking for trends and highlighting key risks and opportunities
• Present Star monthly performance to Finance and Star leadership, landing key messages on KPI development and providing analysis to support key commercial and strategic decision making.
• Project manage the Annual Plan & Strategic Plan process, collaborating with stakeholders to build robust plans underpinned with considered assumptions. Lead on reviews with Finance and Star leaderships, proactively looking for opportunities and providing first class analysis.
• Provide ad hoc timely analysis based on trends to aid decision making and support operational teams to effectively improve profitability
   

About you
This role is best suited to a Qualified Accountant and experienced analyst with excellent communication skills and a track record of working collaboratively across teams. Your solution-focused, positive attitude coupled with excellent forward planning and organisational skills will allow you to stay one step ahead of our key deadlines and navigate robustly through a fluid and fast moving environment.

This is a great opportunity for an ambitious Finance Analyst to provide strategic insights to influence stakeholders and provide the senior management team with actionable insights to drive top line performance and profitability.  Advanced MS Excel and PowerPoint skills desirable.

If you;

• Can build solid relationships and influence stakeholders.
• Have a proactive and positive attitude.
• Can navigate robustly though a fluid and fast-moving commercial environment.
• Have a keen interest in and would like to learn more about the Star Pubs.

This could be the role for you!

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 Good Stuff!
In addition to your base salary, you’ll also receive:

• Annual bonus
• Laptop & Phone
• 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.

The application
If you like what you’ve read and want to explore this opportunity further, please apply before the closing date listed at the top of the advert.

Please note, that we may close vacancies early when 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 the 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’re the world’s most international brewer and the name behind a host of brilliant beers and ciders, from Birra Moretti to Strongbow, to Cruzcampo and many more.

It’s a fantastic time to join us. We’re leading the way in low and no-alcohol innovation, pioneering new technologies to meet our ambitious environmental goals and investing in our pubs to keep them at the centre of their communities.

When you join us, we’ll back you to reach your full potential. You’ll enjoy unique development opportunities, unforgettable experiences and a reward package that goes far beyond the salary you receive.

If you want to hear more about life at HEINEKEN from our colleagues, head over to LinkedIn and check out the hashtag #LifeatHEINEKENUK.

There’s no better place to untap your future. Join us and brew a better career.

Apply today to discover Your Future, Untapped.