BAT is evolving at pace into a global multi-category business. Our purpose is to create A Better Tomorrow™ by Building a Smokeless World.
To achieve our ambition, we are looking for colleagues who are ready to join us on this journey! Tomorrow can’t wait, let’s shape it together!
British American Tobacco United Kingdom has an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Finance Manager in London
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Update Group WMS pricing estimates in collaboration with central category managers and regional finance teams, ensuring accurate reflection in regional P&Ls.
- Partner with product costing teams and factories to enhance forecasting processes, improve pricing data quality, and drive automation.
- Provide financial analysis and insights to support procurement teams in commercial negotiations, focusing on cash flow and P&L impact.
- Lead finance-driven automation initiatives and collaborate with project teams to digitalize processes and reporting insights.
- Coordinate savings workshops with regional teams, develop pricing estimates, and support the achievement of procurement targets.
- Manage procurement financial KPIs, including savings, productivity reporting, cash delivery (DPO), and governance of the savings tracking tool (PSTT).
- Support procurement leadership reporting by preparing updates for key forums, providing commodity pricing outlooks, and ensuring alignment with Greenbook productivity savings methodology.
- Monitor and analyze overhead budgets, support risk mitigation reporting, and conduct regular reviews with HR, procurement leadership, and PLT members.
What are we looking for?
- Professional qualification (CA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with post-qualification experience in a global FMCG, or similar dynamic operating environment;
- Experience of operations/ supply chain, product costing, commercial finance, transfer pricing, tax, treasury, and knowledge of IFRS;
- Understanding and knowledge of relevant finance tools and systems, i.e. SAP/BPC;
- Strong analytical, influencing, leadership, interpersonal skills and commercially savvy;
- Proven experience in business partnering non-financial stakeholders;
- Ability to simplify complex situations and synthesize, communicate, and present complex information;
- Insightful, comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty, pro-active, collaborative, and consultative;
- Independent, able to take own decisions and take calculated risks.
What we offer you?
- We offer a market leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility)
- Our range of benefits varies by country and includes diverse health plans, initiatives for work-life balance, transportation support, and a flexible holiday plan with additional incentives.
- Your journey with us isn't limited by boundaries; it's propelled by your aspirations. Join us at BAT and become a part of an environment that thrives on internal advancement, where your career progression isn't just a statement – it's a reality we're eager to build together. Seize the opportunity and own your development; your next chapter starts here.
- You'll have access to online learning platforms and personalized growth programs to nurture your leadership skills.
- We prioritise continuous improvement within a transformative environment, preparing for ongoing changes.
WHY JOIN BAT?
We’re one of the few companies named as a Global Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute – certified in offering excellent employee conditions.
At BAT, we champion collaboration, inclusion, and partnership as the bedrock of our values. We wish to foster an environment where every individual can thrive, irrespective of factors such as gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, skills, experience, education, socio-economic and professional background, as well as diverse perspectives and thinking styles. We recognise that our strength lies in embracing talent from all walks of life, empowering us to develop our culture of inclusivity and better achieve our business objectives.
We view career breaks not as obstacles but as opportunities and encourage everyone, without hesitation, to apply. Through our Global Returners program, we provide support to professionals seeking to re-enter the workforce after an extended absence, be it for family care, parental leave, national service, sabbatical, or starting their own venture.
Come bring your difference and see what is possible for you at BAT. Learn more about our culture and our award winning employee experience here.
We take pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any reasonable adjustments or accommodations to be made during the recruitment process to support you performing at your best, please inform the recruitment partner who will be in touch should your profile be selected for the role you applied for. We are wholeheartedly committed to optimising your prospects of success by making suitable arrangements so that you may showcase your full potential.
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