Finance Business Partner

Job Opportunity: Finance Business Partner

Company: Body & Fit

Location: Amsterdam

Who We Are

We are Body&Fit, on a mission to inspire the world to live a fitter and healthier life. We’ve been in the nutrition industry since 1995 and are now a proud market leader, bringing innovative sports nutrition and healthy living, expert advice, and world class service to the world. Alongside our active community, we help keep the world moving.

In 2017, Body&Fit joined Glanbia Performance Nutrition (GPN), a world leader in innovation and new product development with a rich heritage in the sports nutrition industry. As a Direct to Consumer (D2C) business, we’re a vital part of the GPN network, supplying the full range of products and services across its extensive brand portfolio, which includes Optimum Nutrition, SlimFast, Amazing Grass, Nutramino, BSN, Isopure, think!

The Opportunity

The B&F finance team plays a critical role in the financial management of the business and delivery of the growth strategy. The role of the Finance Business partner is to support the Finance Director in leading the provision of Brand, product & Customer/Consumer performance analysis, working in partnership with the commercial trading Marketing & operational teams, to inform and influence business decision-making.

In addition, the Finance Business Partner will play a key role in driving the mission of the B&F Finance team, to embed an analytical, data-led, profit-driven mindset within the business, supported by implementing and tracking relevant business metrics that provide valuable insights and prompt decision making to support profitable revenue growth.

Responsibilities:

• Provide actionable analysis, insights and recommendations to maximize the company’s financial performance.
• Develop and improve financial insight ensuring forecasts are meaningful and emerging risks are identified in good time – using both financial and non-financial data.
• To drive the quality of the financial outputs of the geographic divisions, ensuring key financial indicators including Revenue, Margin, Costs and EBITDA.
• To drive the annual budgeting and intra year re-forecasting (working alongside the Finance Director) to ensure that emerging risks and opportunities are factored into the strategic horizon
• Provide strong financial review together with effective support for business cases, ensuring they provide clear evaluations and are financially robust
• Ensure that B&F has best in class processes, fully aligned to support the operational and strategic development of the business.
• Ensure that financial reporting is to the highest standards and that monthly accounts preparation and reporting are completed in a timely manner.
• Ensuring that there is both an appropriate financial control framework and effective financial accountability and responsibility across the division
• Ensure full compliance with B&F management and statutory reporting requirements and deadlines, and GPN accounting policies.
• Drive profitability through timely and insightful management information and commercial analysis, making a strong commercial and operational contribution to the business.
• Collaborate with Analytics team to ensure management as access to all relevant KPIs necessary to drive the business.
• Partner with the CCO (and leadership team) to set the financial agenda of the business and play an active role in margin management and cost leadership
• Support the drive for operational efficiencies, ensuring there is a relentless focus on operational efficiency and cost control.
• Ensure effective management of working capital, with a key focus on reducing risk from overstock
• Engage with the CFO D2C on significant commercial and operational decisions impacting the financial performance of the business

About You

• Minimum 5 years PQE (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Proven track record in automating data and best use of systems
• Extensive experience using BI tools and being able to demonstrate turning data into value add analytics
• Evidence of working within cross-functional teams in a commercial, market-facing, business environment
• Advanced working knowledge of SAP and Business Objects
• Advanced user experience in BI systems, notably SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Objects, and Tableau
• In-depth knowledge of accounting and financial principles, as well as technical accounting skills
• Advanced Excel user and strong PowerPoint skills
• Passionate about the Sports Nutrition market and wanting to be part of developing the business into new markets, products and services
• Relevant experience in similar Online / Retail environment – not essential
• Commercial finance experience – not essential

What We Would Like To Offer You

Join our global organization for a rewarding career, where you'll be part of an ambitious and fun international team. Enjoy the freedom to create your own nutrition formula with a staff discount on our GPN (Body&Fit) products!

We offer a competitive internship salary, ensuring our interns are well-compensated for their valuable contributions. Our Blended Working approach offers flexibility, allowing you to work both from home and the office.

Be among the first to try exciting new products during regular product tasting sessions at our state-of-the-art Amsterdam facilities. Similarly, whilst working from the office, savour the wide range of healthy B&F snacks on offer.

Are we the right fit for you?

Our business is growing, and we need people like you to grow with us and become part of our inspiring, dynamic, fast-paced company.

Life is way too short to waste anyone’s time so there are a few things that we would like to be upfront about:

• Politics, intrigue, gossip. We’re just way too busy for all that nonsense!
• Slow moving, corporate environment. We move pretty quickly here so we don’t have room for passengers.
• Hiding in the background. If we’re to grow together we want you to step up and tell us how to do it. We need your voice!

We're excited to support your growth and well-being as part of our dynamic team!

Please note: To be eligible for this position you need to have a valid working visa / permit to work in the Netherlands.