Pernod Ricard

Finance Manager, Business Planning

Pernod Ricard$114K — $142K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
  • 5+ years in finance, pricing, or commercial analytics; experience in spirits or consumer goods is advantageous.
  • Strong skills in business partnering across functions and levels.
  • Critical thinking and analytical skills to turn financial data into actionable insights.
  • Proficient in prioritization and managing multiple projects under tight deadlines.
  • Advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint, with preferred experience in Hyperion and business intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with sales teams and leadership to track business performance and provide strategic financial insights.
  • Prepare budgets and forecasts for various financial components using the Hyperion system.
  • Lead the period-end close process, analyzing actual performance against budget and forecasts.
  • Build ad hoc analyses to support decision-making on opportunities and risks.
  • Present financial reviews to leadership, addressing market dynamics and performance outcomes.
  • Identify ways to optimize regional profit and loss performance and assist in LMF investment planning.
  • Execute pricing optimization opportunities and ensure compliance with brand pricing strategy.

Benefits

  • Flexible work policy, with options for hybrid remote work.
  • Commitment to professional development and career mobility within the company.
  • Culture that values diversity and inclusion.
  • Support for community engagement and environmental responsibility.
Full Job Description
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.

What you'll do:
  • 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.
  • Improve net sales performance by identifying and executing pricing optimization opportunities, conducting competitive and price execution analyses, supporting price increases and pricing strategy changes, and ensuring compliance with brand pricing strategy through market surveys, syndicated data analysis, and price elasticity studies.


What's in it for me?

Being part of an inclusive and diverse company where professional development and internal career mobility is front-and-center to our talent strategy. This means your career at Pernod Ricard has many possibilities. You'll be part of a culture that celebrates the rich diversity of our people across the globe and be part of our long-standing commitment to making exceptional products, giving back to our communities, and honoring our responsibility to preserve the environment.

Required qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree required; Master of Business Administration preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in finance, pricing, or commercial analytics; multifaceted experience and/or spirits industry or consumer packaged goods experience is a plus.
  • Strong business partnering skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple functions and levels while balancing stakeholder priorities and delivering a high level of customer service.
  • Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical capabilities, with the ability to evaluate and summarize financial information and turn insights into actionable recommendations.
  • Strong prioritization, collaboration, and influencing skills, with the ability to manage numerous competing workstreams under tight and overlapping deadlines.
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required; experience with Hyperion Essbase, business intelligence tools, Nielsen/IRI, NABCA, Power BI, ThinkCell, or similar systems strongly preferred.


Job Posting End Date:

Target Hire Date:
2026-07-20

Our work philosophy celebrates the magic of human connection with the flexibility needed to provide one's most meaningful contribution. We offer a flexible work policy, with most of our positions offering a a hybrid option with flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. As a global employer, we understand that not everyone's working hours are the same, and we empower our employees to work the hours that make the most sense for them and their team's schedules.

We offer employees great benefits and perks to toast to a life filled with support. Check out PRUSABenefits.com for details.

This recruitment process uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to match applicant skills with role requirements and qualifications.

About Pernod Ricard

Pernod Ricard is a French company that produces and sells alcoholic beverages. The company's products include spirits, wines, and champagnes. Pernod Ricard's brands include Absolut Vodka, Chivas Regal, Jameson Irish Whiskey, and Malibu. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
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18,776 employees
Industry
NASDAQ

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