Finance Manager, Business Planning

Responsibilities

• Partner with regional sales teams, the Senior Finance Manager, Division Finance Director, and distributor partners to provide business performance tracking, financial insights, and strategic recommendations that support delivery of regional financial targets.
• Prepare budgets and latest estimates for gross sales, price support, customer redemptions, and entity grants, incorporating input from Sales, Brand, and Revenue Management teams, and translate those plans into the Hyperion forecasting system.
• Lead period-end close responsibilities, including accrual preparation and analysis of actual results versus budget and forecast, while reconciling differences between estimates and Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
• Build ad hoc what-if analyses, post-program return on investment evaluations, and other decision-support tools to help leadership assess opportunities, risks, and performance improvement actions.
• Present financial business reviews to division leadership and distributor partners, clearly communicating market dynamics, financial outcomes, and strategic priorities from both a finance and commercial perspective.
• Identify and execute opportunities to optimize regional profit and loss performance, improve spend accuracy within budget, and support market teams in making profitable decisions, including Local Market Fund (LMF) investment planning and tracking.
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Where Conviviality is at work. Pernod Ricard is a global premium international champagnes and spirits company. We're the team behind leading brands such as ABSOLUT® Vodka, Jameson® Irish Whiskey, Malibu®, Kahlúa® Liqueur, The Glenlivet®, Beefeater and Malfy Gins, and a leading portfolio of American whiskey brands including Jefferson's, Rabbit Hole, TX, Smooth Ambler and Skrewball™ whiskey. Working at Pernod Ricard is all about igniting conviviality in all that we do. Derived from the French word, convivialité...it means human connection, authenticity, friendly, and jovial. Conviviality is energy and spirit with a splash of je ne sais quoi and is a core philosophy around how we live and work at Pernod Ricard. Guided by our 4 core values: (1) grounded in the real; (2) fiercely authentic; (3) passion for challenge; and (4) connected beyond borders; we are team players, dream makers, trailblazers, movers and (cocktail) shakers. We have a passion for living life to the fullest, making new friends every day, and realizing our potential as people and as a business! The salary range for this role, based in New York, is $114,000.00 to $142,450.00. The range may vary if the role outside of this location. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a candidate's experience, skills against internal peers and against the scope and responsibilities of the position. Job Summary: The Finance Manager, Business Planning plays a key role in identifying growth opportunities and providing thought leadership to regional sales teams through routine deliverables and ad hoc analysis. This role partners closely with sales, finance, revenue management, brand teams, and distributor partners to deliver business insights, optimize performance, and support strategic decision-making. The position requires a highly analytical and agile finance professional who can translate data into actionable recommendations and influence a broad range of stakeholders. This is a high-impact opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing financial planning, performance analysis, and pricing strategy to help deliver the region's financial targets. Who will love this job: This role is well suited for someone who is highly analytical, commercially minded, and energized by solving complex business problems. You will thrive here if you are a strong communicator who can confidently partner across functions, influence stakeholders at different levels, and manage multiple competing priorities with precision. The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, detail-oriented, and proactive in identifying opportunities, mitigating risks, and improving ways of working. This job will also appeal to someone who enjoys turning data into insights and using those insights to drive profitable decision-making.

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