Finance Business Partner

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Finance Business Partner – Nutritionals

The Category Finance Business Partner (BP) for the Nutritional brand provides end-to-end finance leadership to the US Brand Director and the multi-functional organization for these brands in the US. The incumbent will partner with the Brand Director to translate strategy into operational planning and provide decision support including contingency planning, financial reporting, and NPD financial analysis. S/he will serve as the Nutritionals category voice of the shareholder and leverage market insights, business intelligence and system knowledge to ensure business decisions will create sufficient value to pursue for Sales and Profit delivery to US Consumer Health. They will be a key member of the Nutritionals Steering Leadership team and play a vital part in shaping, supporting, and driving the team’s ways of working, ensuring that clear decision rights are established and providing coaching to the cross functional team. 

The role will be responsible for: 

• Full financial management of the P&L for the brands. Enabling financial business steering, management of the Brand P&L and resource allocation in line with strategic objectives,  

• Translating strategy into operational plans and providing decision support, including contingency planning, financial reporting, and NPD financial analysis.  

• Proposing corrective actions when there are deviations from targets. 

• Ensuring business decisions create sufficient value for sales and profit delivery. 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Forecasting & Scenario Planning: Lead forecast development and ambition setting for upcoming years.  

• Performance Review: Analyze brand performance, provide financial updates, and proactively address risks and opportunities.  

• NPD Financial Analysis: Deep analysis of new product development (NPD) portfolio, including value drivers and sensitivity analysis. Challenge assumptions to maximize value creation and recommend go/no-go decisions at innovation gates.  

• Stewardship Support: Approve invoices, reconcile actuals, and ensure accuracy in partnership with US Central Controlling.  

• Trade & Investment Planning: Partner with Commercial Strategy and Sales Finance to develop annual trade rates and incremental investments to support retailer where-to-play / how-to-win and drive winning plans in market 

• SKU & Retailer Analysis: Identify growth opportunities across SKUs and retailers based on differentiation, profit margin, distribution, and share.  

• Price/Pack/Architecture Assessment: Lead financial assessment to improve retailer margin, gross margin, and consumer value.  

• Ad-hoc Analysis: Present business state, financial interventions, and project updates to leadership.  

• Cross Functional Steering Leadership: Play a central role in influencing how the team works together, ensuring decision rights are clearly defined, and providing direct coaching to the cross functional team empowering each member and helping us operate more effectively as a unit. 

• Process optimization & Digitalization: drive automation, digital transformation, and predictive analytics for efficiency and insight 

• Continuous Improvement: Share best practices within the finance BP community. 

• Dedicate a portion of time to float within the finance professional home, supporting broader finance initiatives and professional development. 

WHO YOU ARE 

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following: 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or business.

• Expertise in forecasting, target setting, management reporting, and international accounting standards.  

• Strong commercial sense, preferably in Life Sciences or FMCG.  

• Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and conceptual skills.  

• Strategic mindset, courage, collaboration, and cross-functional networking abilities. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience in global business finance. 

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $140,720.00 - $211,080.00. Additional compensation may include a bonus or incentive compensation (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant's location, market data/ranges, an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors. 

This posting will be available for application until at least 6/5/26.