Lindt & Sprüngli is an internationally operating group of companies and the world‘s leading manufacturer of premium quality chocolate. Our exclusive products enjoy an excellent reputation worldwide. We are seeking a highly motivated professional to perform a critical role by providing vision, leadership, and development of the overall corporate strategy with CEO and Leadership Team.
Financial Planning and Forecasting
- Lead and coordinate planning cycles (LE, Budget, MTP) end-to-end
- Ensure consistency, integrity and alignment of all financial assumptions
- Validate and challenge inputs from Commercial Finance, Sales, Marketing and Operations
- Drive a clear financial roadmap aligned with business strategy
Financial Reporting and Performance Management and Business Insight
- Own financial reporting and performance analysis across P&L and CAPEX (NTS, COGS, GP, OPEX, COOP)
- Own consolidated financial reporting to headquarters and management presentations
- Define and lead monthly business reviews and performance discussions
- Support CFO in communication with senior stakeholders
- Translate financial results into clear insights and actions
- Ensure proactive identification of risks and opportunities
Business sparring partner
- Integrate inputs from Commercial Finance, Operations and other functions
- Ensure alignment between topline, cost and OPEX outcomes
- Act as key interface between business and finance functions
Scenario Planning & Decision Support
- Lead scenario analysis and financial simulations
- Support strategic and operational decision-making
- Evaluate financial implications of key business initiatives
- Foster a culture of accountability, ownership and continuous improvement
- Build strong analytical and business acumen within the team
Digital, Analytics & Automation
- Lead the evolution of finance capabilities through the adoption of analytics, digital tools and automation, enhancing data visibility, process efficiency and enabling faster, fact-based decision-making across the organization.
Governance & Financial Control
- Ensure strong financial governance across planning and reporting processes
- Define and enforce standards, processes and data integrity
- Safeguard a single source of truth across financial information
- Challenge inconsistencies and ensure transparency
Team Leadership & Capability Building
- Lead, develop and coach FP&A team
- Define clear roles, responsibilities and ways of working
The FP&A Head should have:
- Bachelors/Masters Degree in Industrial Engineer, Finance, Business Administration, Economist, Accounting.
- 8+ years of relevant Finance experience, preferably in FP&A in a role in the FMCG industry
- Proficiency in English
- Office Microsoft: Advanced Excel, Power Automate, Power BI
- Automation skills desirable (Copilot Agents, Programming)
- SAP, Tagetik and BI
- Strong business acumen and commercial mindset
- Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders
- Results-driven with strong ownership mindset
- Strategic thinking with hands-on approach
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Proactive and solution-oriented
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or Accounting.
- 8+ years of relevant finance experience, with FP&A experience.
- FP&A experience in the FMCG industry.
- Proficiency in English.
- Advanced Excel (Microsoft Office).
- Power Automate.
- Power BI.
- SAP experience.
- Tagetik experience.
- Business intelligence (BI) tools experience.
- Automation skills (Copilot Agents, programming).
- Strong business acumen and commercial mindset.
- Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders.
- Strategic thinking with a hands-on approach.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
What We Do
The Lindt & Sprüngli Group - premium chocolate for more than 175 years Lindt & Sprüngli is recognized as a leader in the market for premium quality chocolate, offering a large selection of products in more than 120 countries around the world. During 175 years of Lindt & Sprüngli's existence, it has become known as one of the most innovative and creative companies making premium chocolate. The beginnings of Lindt & Sprüngli are in 1845, when father and son for the first time manufactured solid chocolate in their small confectionery Sprüngli & Son, at that time yet a partnership. Since then, the company has gone through many different eras, but the entrepreneurial spirit and passion for making chocolate that drove both the Sprüngli family as well as Rodolphe Lindt, when he invented the first truly melting chocolate and later on sold his business to Sprüngli, are still alive. Today, quality chocolate products by Lindt & Sprüngli are made at 12 own production sites in Europe and the USA. They are distributed by 36 subsidiaries and branch offices, in more than 530 own stores, and also via a comprehensive network of more than 100 independent distributors around the globe. With more than 14,500 employees, the Lindt & Sprüngli Group reported sales of CHF 5.2 billion in 2023.
