TS FP&A Manager at CHEP

Position Purpose:

• This position is a key member of the Global Functions FP&A team, specifically supporting the IT business function.
• A trusted Finance lead, the FP&A will advise on strategic and operational decisions to drive business performance and capitalize on opportunities.  This includes support and guidance of business cases and spend analysis
• The IT functions is lead by multiple VP’s and Cost Centre owners who report into the CIO– this increases complexity, challenges prioritization as well as the Finance teams ability to provide exceptional customer service.
• The role is a key member of the Global Functions Finance team, supporting growth and fostering an environment of operational excellence within the finance function.  Supporting the Corporate, TS and SOF teams.

Specifically, this role will:

• Assist month end process
• Tracking IT Capex spend, reporting actual costs, monitoring, and reporting variances to plan.
• PMO support in providing project costs and business case guidance
• Monthly support of the IT global resources recharging process
• Support and drive the annual budgeting and forecasting cycles
• Global IT Regional Allocation compilation, tracking and reporting for annual budgeting and forecasting and charging
• A key strategic initiative for Brambles is to drive overheads productivity by streamlining processes, enabling technology, and generating savings in discretionary spend. This role is instrumental in delivering these objectives, acting as a catalyst for operational efficiency and cost effectiveness throughout the organisation. By leveraging data-driven insights and promoting best practices, the FP&A Manager ensures continuous improvement in spend management and supports Brambles' commitment to financial discipline.

Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Planning:

• Prepare, consolidate, and present accurate and timely spend reports for all core group functions, providing actionable insights and clarity to senior stakeholders
• Create meaningful and insightful reporting / presentations outlining functions submissions, ensuring punch, relevant and clear commentary
• Collaborate with regional and global stakeholders across Global Functions team, ensuring alignment on financial targets, performance metrics, and key business initiatives.
• Support annual budgeting and periodic forecasting cycles, ensuring robust and comprehensive planning of global spend aligned with organisational strategy.
• Provide ad hoc analytical support, including scenario modelling and business case development related to global spend and overheads.
• Maintain strong internal controls, ensuring compliance with financial policies and procedures in all spend reporting activities.

Management Reporting:

• Produce monthly management reports, including variance analysis and key KPIs such as FTEs, to communicate financial results and drive actions with the executive team and Group Board members (via Group FP&A).
• Provide executive-level financial support to the Executive Leadership Team, influencing key decisions to enhance business outcomes.
• Develop and evolve reporting to reflect latest business trends, and external environment, ensuring reporting is relevant and impactful. (ensuring drives action)
• Implement standardized tools, processes, and best practices across FP&A activities to enhance operational efficiency and business insights

Business Performance Analysis / Decision Support:

• Lead key projects to enhance Business performance and drive better decision making.  Key projects may include FTE reporting, Contractor management, Travel insight, Global views of Functions spend, specific business cases (building, presenting, request approval and follow up with the post-investment reviews)
• Automation, streamline, enhance – Review existing processes and investigate further automation and standardisation
• The position is responsible for providing valuable insights and financial assessment across the portfolio of Global Functions, playing a key role to coordinate and collaborate with the other finance business partners part of the team

Team Leadership:

• Inspiring, motivate and guide teams in achieving deliverables, in a backdrop of a newly developed team. Promoting high performance through regular coaching, training, and succession planning to ensure ongoing talent development. The role will be able to make significant impact on the business.
• Working across a global matrix in Transformation, indirectly managing and influencing key stakeholders and supporting staff to ensure achievement of deliverables.

Compliance & Control:

• Ensure adherence to internal controls, Brambles’s policies, and regulatory requirements within the FP&A function, and within the realms of our customers. Partner with internal audit and Controllership teams as necessary.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications

• Graduate qualified in finance, business or economics
• Qualified Accountant – ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CA / CPA or equivalent

Experience

• 8+ years of Finance or Accounting Management experience preferably in complex multinational businesses with Finance transformation and/or FP&A expertise
• Proven experience in driving change management initiatives

Skills and Knowledge

• Solid understanding of FP&A, Commercial and Supply Chain Finance processes.
• Strong analytical skills and an ability to clearly present insights.
• A desire to learn and add value.
• Strong modelling ability including valuations, scenario, sensitivity and pricing analysis.
• Use of a group financial planning and performance management system (SAP Analytics Cloud).
• Use of a group consolidation system outputs (Hyperion Financial Management), as well as good understanding of Database Management.
• Commercial acumen with strength in solving unstructured problems.
• Strong interpersonal skills to enable effective collaboration across time zones and cultures.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively to meet deadlines