Finance Director, IMET

Job Functions:

Skill:

Strategic financial analysis and project support:

·        Lead the IMET Finance team to provide the wider business with analytics and insights to support strategic and operational decision making, and in doing so, influences improved business performance and capital allocation decisions

·        Drives the implementation and application of a regional consistent commercial policy, through the use of standard practices and tools

·        Oversight of the competitive assessment and product lifestyle reviews across the region to monitor on-going competitiveness and asset utilization

·        Support the team that provides analytical support to the Finance BPs on supply chain, operations, transport, plant cost analysis, business case preparation, improvement initiatives, supply chain business case governance and global alignment

·        Support long-term planning activities and the 4YP to provide a robust and timely strategic plan

·        Lead the efficient service delivery of other Business Support & Analysis activities to internal customers

FP&A:

·        Budgeting and Forecasting: Lead the development and management of the annual budget and quarterly forecasting processes. This involves working with the regions to develop budgets and forecasts, reviewing and analyzing budget variances, and recommending changes to achieve financial targets.

·        Financial Reporting: Lead the development and review of financial reports, presentations, and other materials for executive management. This includes analyzing financial data, interpreting financial results, and providing recommendations based on the analysis.

·        Strategic plan: Lead the development and management of the company's long-term financial planning process. This includes supporting the regions to develop financial plans and forecasts for 4 years or more, reviewing and analyzing plan variances, and recommending changes to achieve long-term financial targets.

·        Financial Analysis: Conducting financial analysis to support strategic decision-making. This includes analyzing financial data, identifying trends, and providing insights on key performance indicators (KPIs) to drive long-term business decisions.

·        Risk and Opportunities Analysis: Conducting risk assessments and identifying potential risks and opportunities that may impact the company's financial performance. This includes developing risk management strategies, monitoring risk exposure, and developing contingency plans to mitigate risks.

·        The IMET Finance Business Partner will also be responsible for identifying and evaluating potential business opportunities and providing financial insights and guidance on strategic initiatives that may arise. This involves working collaboratively with other teams to ensure that the company's overall financial goals and objectives are met, while managing potential risks and opportunities

Transformation Finance:

·        Delivery of the bankable plan. Short term achievements for FY23 and ensuring framework and structure for achievement of the outer years.

·        Pressure test key initiatives, enabling success of financial metrics and evaluation of the portfolio and prioritization for value

·        Assess complex initiative- and function-level contribution of transformation projects to underlying business financial performance

·        Identify short- and mid-term financial risks and opportunities to enable informed decisions and actions across all areas of the business

·        Continuously collaborate with other business functions to manage and align transformation financial impacts and outlooks

·        Regularly provide business updates and insights on initiatives, investments, and financial returns

Asset Productivity:

·        Finance business Partnering to provide the relevant support and insights to drive the delivery of the overall asset management strategy

·        Ownership of the Asset Management metrics for the region and driving continuous improvement

·        Enhance visibility of operational, commercial and strategic impacts on asset productivity (CAPEX/Sales, Leakage Rate, Cycle Times, Damage/Scrap etc)

·        Provide strategic financial insights for asset management initiatives and projects to support effective decision making (cost vs value analyzer)

·        Liaise with Controllership on IPEP inputs and other asset accounting matters

·        Calculate “compensation for usage” insights that capture the Asset Productivity cost and benefit of strategic, commercial and pricing decisions, pertaining to asset losses, compensations (compensation and cash replacement coverage)

·        Oversee the asset productivity transformation initiatives and digital programmes ensuring the successful delivery of the asset management portfolio and complete, accurate and timely reporting of associated financials

·        Understand the financial impact of key strategic and operational decisions. The quality and effectiveness of the capital allocation decision support will be measured by the growth or change in ROCI performance and capex/sales ratio

·        Provide tools and analysis that facilitate collaboration and drive asset productivity efficiencies and improvement with Supply Chain stakeholders

·        Ensure that all adjustments related to assets are completely and accurately captured in a timely manner

·        Lead the process and controls elements of the asset management strategy ensuring a robust control environment

·        Drive a robust risk management process with support on the local and regional Risk Registers to ensure risks pertaining to asset management and associated mitigation plans are defined

·        Deliver Data analytics and financials to guide stakeholders and countries to execute valuable actions to change customer behaviours and avoid bad practices.

·        Develop a systematic approach for reporting, data and insights related to AP across the whole organization in close coordination with Shaping our Future control tower

Risk management:

·        Lead the risk management process for IMET Developing and implementing a comprehensive risk management strategy. This includes identifying and assessing risks and supporting in the development of risk mitigation plans.

·        Risk Assessment: Conducting risk assessments to identify potential risks and their likelihood and impact. This includes analyzing data, conducting research, and collaborating with other teams to identify potential risks.

·        Risk Reporting: Providing regular risk reports and updates to Brambles risk, the IMET leadership team. This includes summarizing key risks, outlining risk mitigation strategies, and providing recommendations for addressing any new risks that emerge

Job Requirements:

·        Bachelor’s degree

·        8+ years of Finance or Accounting Management experience preferably in complex multinational businesses within Senior Finance roles, including previous business partnering experience, FP&A type role and commercial/ Supply Chain finance expertise and Previous experience managing and working in a matrix organization cross functionally.