Finance Business Partner - Nordics

Description Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to join the Perrigo Finance team - based either in London or Stockolm.

This role provides finance leadership within the Nordics Management team, partnering with commercial leaders to deliver Net Revenue and Operating Income. Acting as a trusted advisor to the business, the role brings full P&L visibility and insight by connecting data from multiple reporting systems, including Power Query, Power BI, Workday Adaptive, SAP, and CFIN, and translating it into clear recommendations for informed decision-making. The role combines strong commercial business partnering with robust forecasting, planning and governance, and a genuine value-add mentality. It requires the ability to work at pace, demonstrating strong time management, planning, and prioritisation skills to ensure deadlines are consistently met and outputs are delivered to a high standard across the Nordics consumer business.

Scope of the Role

Business Partnering

Provide finance leadership within the Nordics Management team to support the delivery of Net Revenue, Operating Income and Working Capital targets.Collaborate closely with the commercial team (Nordics Market Lead, Sales Manager, Marketing Manager) to provide financial insight into pricing strategies, G2N and A&P investment, product launches, and improved mix.Regularly evaluate risks and opportunities, driving action to maximise financial outcomes.Effectively communicate the financial position and insights to Cluster and Corporate management, providing recommendations for informed decision-making.Accountable for the weekly and monthly operating income forecast with a high level of forecast accuracy.Ensure compliance with SOX and company policies in all commercial finance activities within the Nordics consumer business

Budgeting and Forecasting

Oversee the annual bottom-up Budgeting process for the Nordics consumer business, ensuring it aligns with company objectives and optimise investment and resource allocation.Support the monthly rolling S&OE/IBP process, turning demand plans into a rolling financial P&L across volume, sales, margin and cost drivers.Partner with Cluster FP&A to ensure assumptions across volume, price, mix, margin, cost of goods, freight and promotional spend are robust, clearly documented and accurately reflected in the plan.

Value-Add Approach

Lead projects aimed at improving the commercial P&L, reducing operational costs, and enhancing overall efficiency within the organisation.Develop and deliver training programmes to the commercial teams (finance for non-finance), ensuring they are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in their roles.Deliver ad hoc analysis and scenario modelling of value-add initiatives to support key business decisions.Own the Nordics numbers presented, ensuring a clear understanding of what has changed, why it has changed, and how key movements impact the commercial forecast and reporting outputs.Build knowledge of the system to identify opportunities for process improvement and use this expertise to support and train the wider team.

Experience Required

Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) with previous experience in commercial finance, FP&A or business partnering within a fast-paced, commercially focused environment, and a strong understanding of financial planning, forecasting, and performance reporting.Strong analytical capability, with a proven ability to interpret and interrogate complex data, perform detailed reconciliations, identify key drivers, and constructively challenge assumptions where results do not align with expectations.Confident working across multiple financial and reporting systems, including SAP, Adaptive, Power BI, Power Query, and Visual Fabriq, with the ability to connect data sources and support accurate reporting outputs.Deomstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively with senior and junior stakeholders across finance and non-finance teams, translating financial insight into practical business understanding.Proactive, positive, and solution-oriented, with a willingness to take ownership, learn quickly, and contribute to continuous improvement across processes, reporting, and ways of working.