Finance Manager, Business Planning

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.

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.

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When you join Pernod Ricard, you’ll experience a workplace that is rich in heritage, driven by our iconic brands and a long-standing commitment to sustainability, safety, and giving back to the people and communities where we work. We know that happiness at work starts with that feeling of belonging you get from an inclusive culture where being uniquely you is celebrated. Our values are lived, they drive our behaviors, and it’s what brings our culture to life.

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.

Pernod Ricard USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It employs qualified individuals based solely on ability, training, and experience, and does not and will not, discriminate for or against any employee or applicant for employment or promotion based upon actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service or any other classification protected by law. Offers will be subject to United States local terms.

Pernod Ricard USA is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Pernod Ricard USA will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. To request reasonable accommodation during the application process, contact us at [email protected].