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Financial Planning and Analysis Manager at Johnvents Foods Limited
Johnvents Foods Limited
October 23, 2026
Full-time
On-site
Job purpose
Drive profitable growth by turning plans, numbers and market signals into decisions. The role owns the annual Product budget, rolling forecasts, margin management and GC performance reporting for the FMCG business, and acts as finance business partner to commercial and operations leaders.
Key responsibilities
Budgeting and forecasting
Lead the annual SKU wise budget : volume, price, mix, COGS, opex, capex and working capital by SKU, channel and region.
Run monthly rolling forecasts (latest estimate) and quarterly re-forecasts, with clear bridges to budget and prior forecast.
Build and maintain driver-based models linking sales volume to raw material, packaging, conversion and distribution cost.
RM, PM and Consumables - Price Inflation margin impact.
Performance reporting and analysis
Deliver the Monthly management pack within 5 working days of close: P&L by brand, SKU, channel and region, with variance commentary.
Produce price-volume-mix and gross-to-net bridges; explain every material variance to budget and prior year.
Maintain the weekly flash (sales, gross margin, stock days, debtors) for the MD and leadership team.
Prepare BRM performance materials with the Financial Controller.
Commercial finance and margin management
Own SKU, customer and channel profitability (distributors, key accounts, modern trade, van sales, exports).
Evaluate pricing actions, trade promotions, discounts and rebates; run post-event ROI on every major promotion.
Track trade spend against budget and policy; flag leakage and margin-dilutive deals before approval.
Support route-to-market decisions: distributor margins, depot economics, van and fleet cost-to-serve.
Cost and operations finance
Partner with Production on standard costs, yield, wastage, capacity utilisation and conversion cost per unit.
Analyse plant break-even and capacity constraints;
Support procurement on raw material, packaging Material cost forecasts,
Investment appraisal and decision support
Build business cases for new SKUs, line extensions, capex and plant expansion (NPV, IRR, payback, sensitivities).
Run post-investment reviews against approved cases.
Provide finance input for new market entry and distribution restructuring.
Working capital and cash planning
Forecast inventory, debtors and creditors; track cash conversion cycle by business line.
Qualifications and experience
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a quantitative field.
Professional qualification: ACA (ICAN) or ACCA ; CFA or MBA an advantage.
7 - 10 years' post-qualification experience, at least 4 in FP&A or commercial finance in FMCG or consumer goods manufacturing.
Proven experience building driver-based budgets and SKU/channel profitability in a multi-product business.
Advanced Excel and financial modelling; ERP experience, ideally NetSuite or SAP; Power BI or similar.
Core competencies
Commercial acumen: understands how price, mix, trade terms and cost-to-serve drive profit.
Analytical rigour with clear storytelling to non-finance leaders.
Influence: challenges Sales and Operations constructively and holds positions with evidence.
Pace and accuracy under monthly deadlines.
Integrity and sound judgement with confidential data.
Drive profitable growth by turning plans, numbers and market signals into decisions. The role owns the annual Product budget, rolling forecasts, margin management and GC performance reporting for the FMCG business, and acts as finance business partner to commercial and operations leaders.
Key responsibilities
Budgeting and forecasting
Lead the annual SKU wise budget : volume, price, mix, COGS, opex, capex and working capital by SKU, channel and region.
Run monthly rolling forecasts (latest estimate) and quarterly re-forecasts, with clear bridges to budget and prior forecast.
Build and maintain driver-based models linking sales volume to raw material, packaging, conversion and distribution cost.
RM, PM and Consumables - Price Inflation margin impact.
Performance reporting and analysis
Deliver the Monthly management pack within 5 working days of close: P&L by brand, SKU, channel and region, with variance commentary.
Produce price-volume-mix and gross-to-net bridges; explain every material variance to budget and prior year.
Maintain the weekly flash (sales, gross margin, stock days, debtors) for the MD and leadership team.
Prepare BRM performance materials with the Financial Controller.
Commercial finance and margin management
Own SKU, customer and channel profitability (distributors, key accounts, modern trade, van sales, exports).
Evaluate pricing actions, trade promotions, discounts and rebates; run post-event ROI on every major promotion.
Track trade spend against budget and policy; flag leakage and margin-dilutive deals before approval.
Support route-to-market decisions: distributor margins, depot economics, van and fleet cost-to-serve.
Cost and operations finance
Partner with Production on standard costs, yield, wastage, capacity utilisation and conversion cost per unit.
Analyse plant break-even and capacity constraints;
Support procurement on raw material, packaging Material cost forecasts,
Investment appraisal and decision support
Build business cases for new SKUs, line extensions, capex and plant expansion (NPV, IRR, payback, sensitivities).
Run post-investment reviews against approved cases.
Provide finance input for new market entry and distribution restructuring.
Working capital and cash planning
Forecast inventory, debtors and creditors; track cash conversion cycle by business line.
Qualifications and experience
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a quantitative field.
Professional qualification: ACA (ICAN) or ACCA ; CFA or MBA an advantage.
7 - 10 years' post-qualification experience, at least 4 in FP&A or commercial finance in FMCG or consumer goods manufacturing.
Proven experience building driver-based budgets and SKU/channel profitability in a multi-product business.
Advanced Excel and financial modelling; ERP experience, ideally NetSuite or SAP; Power BI or similar.
Core competencies
Commercial acumen: understands how price, mix, trade terms and cost-to-serve drive profit.
Analytical rigour with clear storytelling to non-finance leaders.
Influence: challenges Sales and Operations constructively and holds positions with evidence.
Pace and accuracy under monthly deadlines.
Integrity and sound judgement with confidential data.