Lead FP&A Analyst - A&P - Ireland

Job Description :

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you’ll test new ideas, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

About the Function

Our Finance team deliver sustainable growth for our business, customers, and much-loved brands. We’re part of a $12.2 billion gross profit organization, responsible for driving an exceptional level of performance and creating the potential for future growth.

Whether we’re utilizing our digital capabilities and analytics to inform our business strategy or creating capacity to invest in the future — no two days are the same in our Finance team. Wherever your skills lie, we’ll help you to learn and develop, supporting you along the way in our inclusive culture.

About the team

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Tower is part of Global Business Operations and provides oversight on financial activities and controls including general accounting, management and external reporting and financial planning and analysis. The tower is responsible for the interpretation of financial and statutory data, the coordination and management of financial and statutory reporting, the management of the P&L and balance sheet delivering solutions that will increase insight and transparency.

About the role

We are looking for a proactive and collaborative Lead FP&A Analyst to support the O&R and Closing cycles for the Italy Market. This role plays a key part in supervising A&P budgets and ensuring excellent partner management across the marketing organization. You will work closely with the Head of Marketing Finance, Business Support Manager, and A&P budget managers to provide financial insights and support business performance.

Role Responsibilities:

• Partner with In-market Finance and Financial Controls teams to drive financial performance and ensure effective controls.

• Build positive relationships with senior leadership, providing accurate and timely reporting, and assisting in planning activities.

• Provide insightful, user-friendly financial information to support business conversations and decision-making.

• Ensure policies and procedures are well understood and followed across teams.

• Support monthly management reporting processes, including various BPM reports, O&R, Extended WC, cash flow reporting, and review decks.

• Prepare and submit the Annual Operating Plan and Strategic Plan.

• Supervise P&L accounts and profit center figures for completeness and accuracy, identifying trends and inconsistencies.

• Create accurate forecasts based on actuals and partner input.

• Provide thorough, accurate, and timely financial analysis to support business decisions.

About you

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field

• 4–5 years of experience in Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Controlling, or a similar finance role

• Strong accounting knowledge and experience, ideally in a global FMCG or dynamic business environment

• Experience in Shared Services is a plus

• Excellent understanding of BW, SAP, and PowerBI, with the ability to extract and analyze data to support decision-making

• Proficient English, both written and spoken.

Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported to manage your wellbeing and balance your priorities from day one.

Rewards & Benefits Statement:

We recognize and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package including:

• Unique Family Leave opportunity

• We work without border - you will work with people from all over the world

• You will deal with world class brand portfolio

• Wide variety of thematic events, afterwork activities organized by employee communities

• Product Allowance to purchase company products from the staff shop

• We won the Fittest Workplace Award, of course we have a Gym

• Urban legend is true, we do have a Rooftop Bar

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to new heights and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Budapest

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2026-01-30