The Role

Grade: GG6

Location: Hamburg

We are looking for a Consumer Finance Business Partner to join our dynamic team and act as the strategic co-pilot to the GCO and Consumer Marketing teams. Reporting directly to the Finance Director Cluster DACH, this pivotal role supports proactive commercial decision-making and helps drive revenue growth and commercial margin expansion.

You will play a critical role in optimizing our marketing investments, assessing return on investment, and challenging business cases with a sharp, independent perspective. This role truly starts with the consumer, ensuring our financial strategies are aligned with real consumer needs and behaviours. As a key business partner, you will foster strong, two-way relationships with marketing stakeholders, turning financial insights into actionable plans that accelerate performance.

Principal Accountabilities

Commercial Decision Support

• Drive financial input into strategic topics such as new product launches, pricing, market expansion, and brand investments.
• Evaluate and challenge business cases, following up with ROI assessments to improve future investment decisions.
• Deliver brand profitability analysis and identify opportunities to optimize mix and margin.
• Measure and evaluate promotional activity effectiveness across channels and build a best-practice playbook.
• Partner with GCO / Marketing / Insights to identify cost-saving opportunities and growth levers.

Financial Performance, Analysis & Planning

• Co-own financial target setting with Marketing & GCO / Insights and support annual budget and forecasting processes.
• Monitor financial performance, provide strategic commentary, and support periodic reviews to close performance gaps.
• Translate consumer and market data into financial insight to inform planning and decision-making.
• Provide feedback to Global Business Services to support continuous improvement initiatives.

Decision Support

• Lead ad hoc financial modelling for commercial decisions on pricing, volume, and promotions.
• Shape brand and consumer financial planning, including strategic target-setting and forecasting.
• Support monthly and quarterly business reviews with actionable financial insights

Skills and Experience Required

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA), MBA, or equivalent.
• Proven experience in business partnering and FP&A.
• Background in large, global, matrixed organizations, ideally within FMCG or tobacco.
• Experience presenting data-driven insights in a clear, commercially relevant format.

Skills & Competencies

• Deep understanding of FP&A and consumer/market dynamics.
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking.
• Advanced skills in financial modelling, investment appraisal and scenario planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Highly proficient in tools such as SAP, Anaplan, MicroStrategy, Hive, Power BI, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Detail-oriented, analytical, and committed to delivering high-quality outcomes.

Next Steps

We look forward to your application. For further information please contact Luka Somen (Finance Director Cluster DACH), Pauline Tute (P&C Partnering Services Lead) or the Works Council. Interested applicants should apply via our internal careers page (imptob.sharepoint.com/sites/wt-functions-HumanRescources/Pages/All-Other-Vacancies.aspx).