Senior Finance Manager - Marketing

Campari Group today is a major player in the global branded spirits industry, with a portfolio of over 50 premium and super premium brands, marketed and distributed in over 190 markets around the world, with leading positions in Europe and the Americas.

Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Campari Group owns 22 plants worldwide and has its own distribution network in 22 countries, and employs approximately 4,000 people.

Shares of the parent company Davide Campari - Milano N.V. are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001. Campari Group is today the sixth-largest player worldwide in the premium spirits industry.

General Description of the Role

The Senior Finance Manager - Marketing is the owner of the financial planning & reporting analysis for all US marketing related activities. They will provide continuous support to the Marketing organization and US leadership team (Managing Director, VP of Finance, VP of Marketing, etc.). They will be responsible for preparing periodic reporting & analysis and ensure Marketing’s business needs are met. This position requires great attention to detail and collaborating with senior leaders.

Key Responsibilities & Activities

• Business partner to Marketing
• Key contact as the owner of Marketing’s A&P budget for all reporting and analysis needs for issues, alignments, and communications
• Business owner of the monthly forecast for A&P budgets; collaborating with Marketing on planning & reporting, ensuring data integrity with Corporate Finance team, sharing insights with Sales Finance team
• Prepares and supports Finance & Marketing teams with all Monthly Business Calls/QBR’s, Strategic Plan, and Budget presentations
• Identify risks & opportunities and proactively take the initiative to resolve issues, mitigate risks and/or capitalize on opportunities
• Build P&L’s for innovations, investment optimization analyses, and business cases
• Monitors performance against KPI’s, investigates variances, and initiates corrective actions with functional leads
• Supports the development of new modelling tools, maintain, and improve existing ones
• Maintain the mapping of transactional and syndicated data used in models
• Actively works with key stakeholders to anticipate and design/create new models to meet the current and future reporting and data analysis needs of the business
• Regularly assesses practices for continuous improvement opportunities, aligns key stakeholders on the options, and delivers the agreed to changes
• Ad-hoc reporting and analysis as requested

Key Relationships

US Leadership Team, Marketing, Finance at all levels (Global, Regional, and Local), Sales, Insights, IT, House of Brands

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in an FP&A or related Analytics function position required
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field required
• Advanced financial modeling experience is required
• Experience with SAP BW/BPC/SAC/Business Objects or related ERP system required
• Advanced Excel user, experience with PowerQuery, PowerBI or a similar tool is a plus

• Ability to build relationships and collaborate cross functionally with senior leaders
• Proven leadership skills with demonstrated experience driving change across the organization while understanding business partnerships

• Flexibility to work as necessary to meet tight deadlines and deliver when the business requires
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (i.e. ability to express and defend analysis as well as to summarize & effectively explain complex information)
• Comfortable working in a high paced work environment and solving problems independently

The expected base salary for this position ranges from $118,300-152,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors and considerations. In addition to base salary and a generous employee benefits package, employees are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

At Campari Group we believe in building more value together, thus we see diversity in all forms as a source of enrichment. Our employment policies and practices ensure that we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment without regard to any individual’s race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or characteristics or expression, political affiliation or activity, age, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Note to applicants:

Your application will be assessed based on your abilities, expertise, general knowledge and experience, not because of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information you may possess. You must not disclose to Campari Group any such information. In the event that you are asked a question that cannot be answered without disclosure of any confidential, proprietary or trade secret information (including from a current or prior employer or their vendors or customers), you must decline to answer the question.

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