Newell Brands

Finanzmanager, Commercial FP&A

Newell Brands

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Zeven • Germany

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About the role

  • Ownership of the delivery of the profit and loss (P&L) from invoice to cluster margin - A&P – and direct overhead and other KPIs.
  • Supervise month-end processes, ensuring accurate journal entries and recommending improvements.
  • Collaborate with cluster finance, the Accounting Centre of Excellence and regional FP&A team to ensure timely postings and clear variances explanations.
  • Prepare cluster reporting packs, including contributions to regional reporting and materials for the monthly business review.
  • Manage the cluster budget and forecast timetable, ensuring inputs, consolidation and outputs are completed on time.
  • Maintain and improve the cluster budget model and support sales input accuracy.
  • Monitor performance against budget and forecast and work with business partners to address gaps.
  • Ensure business intelligence tools (Power BI) align with P&L results and manage customer mapping (by channel, sub-channel and salesperson).
  • Lead monthly sales and gross-margin reviews with senior commercial stakeholders and track improvement actions.
  • Support business cases, reporting improvements, cost-saving initiatives and cross-cluster projects.

Requirements

  • Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field.
  • Experience in commercial financial analysis in a similar role, ideally within the consumer goods sector, combined with experience leading a small team.
  • Strong understanding of financial principles and the ability to interpret and explain commercial performance.
  • Fluency in German and English, both written and spoken.
  • Confident user of MS Word, Outlook and PowerPoint, with advanced Excel skills.
  • Willingness to travel occasionally within Europe.
  • Your advantage: Excellent communication skills and confidence working with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Strong organisational skills and ability to balance multiple priorities and projects.
  • Comfortable working with complexity and able to explain complex financial scenarios to non-finance colleagues.
  • Collaborative mindset and commitment to continuous improvement.
  • Knowledge of SAP and Power BI.
Benefits
  • Flexible hybrid working system (on average 3 days in the office and 2 days at home p.w.)
  • Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning – 17,000+ courses for your professional and personal development
  • Bravo – our global recognition programme where teammates can recognise each other and exceptional work is rewarded
  • Discounts on some of our products from brands Parker, DYMO, Sharpie, Contigo, and others
  • Employee Referral Program – an opportunity to get a bonus
  • Global Employee Assistance Program – confidential support for you and your family, complementing our commitment to your well-being at work and beyond
  • Corporate Citizenship Philosophies – environmentally sustainable and socially sensitive business practices
  • Give@Newell – paid time-off for charity activities dedicated for local communities right where you live/work
  • Access to Employee Resource Groups that foster an inclusive culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
financial analysisbudget managementforecastingjournal entriesP&L managementcommercial performance interpretationcost-saving initiativessales input accuracyperformance monitoringreporting improvements
Soft Skills
communication skillsorganizational skillscollaborative mindsetability to balance prioritiesconfidence with stakeholdersability to explain complex scenariosleadershipcontinuous improvementproblem-solvingadaptability
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in financerelated field degree