UK Finance Business Partner and Projects Support. Contract to end 2026 (10 months) in Kingston upon Thames

Overview

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is now a standalone, independent, EUR 7.9 billion publicly listed company. We are on a mission to create the ultimate snacking company, where growth, innovation, and performance are cultivated and rewarded.

Job Purpose

Contract role to support the finance function as we transition through the next 10 months and exit the Unilever transfer service agreement. This is a high-profile role combining business partnering across the sales and marketing teams alongside being a key member of the project team. The project focus includes elements of testing, developing and post go live support for the new systems and processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Business partner to both Customer Development and Marketing Teams.
• Support the Customer Teams analysing investment proposals to deliver the best data led decisions for the business.
• Develop the customer S&OP forecast - reviewing it against short and long-term customer targets and ambitions to identify areas where the team needs to focus.
• Highlight future performance concerns and opportunities and support in planning commercial activities required to remediate any gaps to target.
• Investment control of promotions, advertising budgets and innovation projects.
• Support the finance leadership team on period end closing and provide understanding and insight into performance.
• Project support reviewing global design and configuration decisions against Finance needs in Local review workshops.
• Coordinates with local Finance SMEs to gather inputs and validate the Day2 target state for Finance GTM, including local applications, integrations, and customer/supplier financial practices.
• Provides support during system integration testing, focusing on local Finance GTM scenarios.
• Leads and executes local UAT for Finance GTM processes, ensuring compliance with local requirements.
• Provides dedicated on-site support during go-live and cutover activities, ensuring a smooth transition to the new ERP system.
• Delivers ongoing support during the hyper care period, addressing user queries and escalating critical incidents.

What You Need To Succeed

• Qualified accountant or equivalent with 5+ years' experience of finance partnering in a similar Sales and/or Marketing FMCG organisation.
• Verbal and written communication skills to influence at all levels.
• Highly analytical, motivated, with excellent collaboration skills.
• Strong prioritisation and time management skills.
• Excellent knowledge of core finance business processes.
• Experienced in supporting testing and cutover readiness in operational finance contexts is desired.
• Experience consolidating inputs from GTM Finance and other finance SMEs to ensure compliance requirements are accurately represented.
• Comfortable working independently in fast paced commercial and project environment.

What You Can Expect

A unique mix of global scale & start-up spirit—€7.9 bn powerhouse with an agile, entrepreneurial mindset. We are building a new high growth Ice Cream company from the ground up. A performance-driven culture—Freedom to act, disrupt and grow – your success is measured by impact. A company that celebrates joy, innovation, and purpose—We create extraordinary careers, just like our ice cream creates extraordinary moments.

About The Magnum Ice Cream Company

With 19,000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall's, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry's, loved in 76 countries, we are the world's largest Ice Cream company leading the industry. We have been taking pleasure seriously for more than 100 years, serving happiness with every lick or scoop of ice cream for generations.

The Magnum Ice Cream Company is all about growth. Growing our business. Growing our customers' businesses. Growing our people's careers. Growth begins with empowerment. So we free our people to be innovative, responsible entrepreneurs, driven and equipped to give our consumers more amazing products and unforgettable moments.

Additional Information

The Magnum Ice Cream Company embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.

For the recruitment of this position, local conditions apply to the position.

Disclaimer

Equal Opportunity Employer: The Magnum Ice Cream Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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