The H&W Overheads Business Partner role would join the collective group finance team in a newly created position and report into the Business Transformation & Global Programs Director. As a business partner to the H&W Central Function, this person would play a key role in the 2025 delivery of H&W overheads target EUR357m and have an end-to-end view of central costs through ownership of the annual budget planning process and in-year performance management. Excellent communication skills would be essential to build a strong relationship with the H&W central leadership team as they work closely together to deliver against their target, to navigate potential risk/opportunities and to define investment priorities.
In addition, the H&W Overheads Business Partner would own the central planning tool (Allocadia) and work closely with a consultant to extend the usage of the tool to actuals reporting, to prepare forecast submissions and to widen the scope beyond the central team costs. This would require strong analytical and reporting skills since the tool would be bringing together data from various sources and need to be summarized in executive reports.
This role would also be directly partnering the H&W Controller on the new cross-charge model being introduced to H&W in 2025. This model aims to allocate central costs based on where the benefits are seen rather than keeping them under a central entity. The H&W Overheads Business Partner would lead this new way of working and closely collaborate with all stakeholders (OpCo finance teams, budget owners and H&W controller) to implement the new process and to ensure accounting accuracy.
This resource should preferably be based in Los Angeles, close to the rest of the team.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Central Overheads Budget Owner
- Lead AOP process for central budgets
- Partner central budget owners and manage in-year central cost delivery against target.
- Partner HR to ensure a future proof org
- Own Allocadia tool and leverage it as a planning and forecasting tool for the central team.
- Business partner central function leads such as R&D, M&A, SC or Procurement to unlock future opportunities and to define investment priorities.
Central Business Partner
- Lead monthly central overheads actuals vs forecast variance analysis and understand the drivers behind any of the gaps by connecting with function leads.
- Own Allocadia tool, manage reporting and governance of tool to ensure data accuracy forecast submission
- Identify opportunities and roadmap for Allocadia tool to be expanded beyond the central team and used across OpCos
- Share any risk or opportunity in the central forecast with Overheads team.
- Manage central A&D budget
Central P2P process owner
- P2P process owner and H&W knowledge expert
- Ensure H&W cost centers are correctly used, cost center information is up-to-date and create any new cost cents where required
- Own OpCo cross-charges process, manage monthly x-charges, communications to stakeholders and work closely with H&W controller to ensure reporting accuracy.
- Manage central sundry invoices.
- Manage monthly central accruals.
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