Finance Business Partner - SG&A and Tech (FTC 12 months)

About us

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 Spirits Brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including: Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute, and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

Your new team:

This position sits in our Chivas Brothers business. Chivas Brothers is the Pernod Ricard business dedicated to Scotch whisky. Its award-winning portfolio features some of the world’s most revered single malt and blended Scotch whisky brands, including Chivas Regal, Ballantine’s, Royal Salute and The Glenlivet. As the world’s No.2 Scotch whisky producer which exports to 150 markets globally, Chivas Brothers and its 1,700-strong team are rooted in communities across Scotland and around the globe, sharing a proud history and the ambition to open up to shape the future of whisky. Chivas Brothers was awarded ‘Scotch Whisky Producer of the Year’ at the International Wine & Spirits Competition 2021 and for six years in a row from 2020-2025 at the International Spirits Challenge.

You will be the primary finance contact for all SG&A and Tech related financial matters, partnering with budget owners and senior stakeholders to provide financial insight, challenge, and support. The role is responsible for ensuring accurate forecasting, reporting, and performance management across SG&A functions, while driving effective decision-making and cost control.

• Produce and present monthly SG&A and Tech financial reporting, including variance analysis and key business insights.
• Support monthly performance reviews with Finance leadership and budget owners.
• Ensure reporting is accurate, timely, and aligned with Group reporting requirements.
• Act as the main point of contact for SG&A financial reporting queries.

• Lead the budgeting and rolling forecast processes for SG&A and Tech cost centres.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand business drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Consolidate forecast submissions and ensure alignment with business objectives and Group requirements.
• Support the preparation of presentations and financial summaries for senior management.

• Act as the key Finance contact for HR on headcount, manpower planning, and staff cost forecasting.
• Coordinate workforce planning submissions, ensuring headcount movements, vacancies, and people-related costs are appropriately reflected in forecasts and budgets.
• Provide analysis and insight on employee costs, organisational changes, and resource planning.

• Own the preparation, analysis, and submission of MUTOR reporting, ensuring accuracy and compliance with Group requirements.
• Investigate variances and provide meaningful commentary to stakeholders.
• Support governance, controls, and data integrity across SG&A reporting processes.

• Deliver ad hoc financial analysis, business cases, and investment appraisals to support decision-making.
• Drive improvements to reporting, forecasting, and planning processes, leveraging tools such as Polaris, Power BI, and other Group systems.
• Support finance transformation initiatives and promote best practice across the Finance function.

·         Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) ideally within a commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering environment.

·         Strong systems and analytical capability, with advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Teams skills. Experience with ERP (Oracle E1, Essbase and Polaris) would be advantageous.

·         Proven ability to manage priorities, processes and stakeholder demands, ensuring key deliverables are completed accurately and on time.

·         Excellent communication, relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and drive outcomes through others, often without direct line management responsibility.

·         Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, able to challenge assumptions, identify root causes and develop practical solutions to complex business issues.

·         Proactive, results-driven and highly organised, with a strong focus on accuracy, continuous improvement and the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new systems, processes and ways of working.

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance.

Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, family care, season ticket loans, free mortgage advice, payroll giving and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on Sustainability and Responsibility (S&R).

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves.

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or e accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking. 

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