Manufacturing Finance Business Partner

Are you passionate about turning data into business decisions and partnering with operations to drive performance?

We're looking for a proactive Finance Business Partner who can challenge the status quo, provide valuable insights, and help optimize manufacturing costs in a dynamic production environment.

As a trusted Finance Business Partner for Manufacturing, you will play a key role in cost efficiency, supporting decision-making, and ensuring financial transparency across our operations.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence operational performance, drive meaningful business impact, and work at the intersection of Finance and Manufacturing. We are strengthening our Controlling team across Finance Business Partnering and FP&A. You'll be part of a collaborative environment where your insights help shape decisions and deliver tangible results.

We count on you for these activities:

• Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner for Manufacturing, driving cost efficiency and operational performance.
• Lead the analysis, planning, and forecasting of variable manufacturing costs, including raw and packaging materials, yield, utilities, and production losses.
• Provide insights into manufacturing performance, identify key cost drivers and variances, and support data-driven decision-making.
• Partner with Manufacturing and Supply Chain teams to deliver productivity improvements, cost-saving initiatives, and operational efficiencies.
• Support month-end closing, management reporting, and regional performance reviews with accurate financial analysis.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects, process optimization, and the successful implementation of SAP S/4HANA.
• Collaborate across Finance, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain functions to ensure high-quality data, transparent reporting, and effective business partnering.

You will need these skills for successful work:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in economics, finance or related discipline.
• 3+ years of relevant finance experience, including demonstrated finance business partnering experience in a complex operational environment.
• Strong understanding of standard costing, production variances, BOMs/recipes, and yield.
• Practical experience in planning, budgeting, forecasting (FP&A), performance management, management reporting, and month-end financial control.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft 365 tools.
• Practical experience with SAP or another integrated ERP system, including an understanding of how operational transactions, master data, HFM consolidation, controlling structures and accounting processes flow through the system and affect financial reporting; working knowledge of SAP BW and BI/reporting tools such as Power BI.
• Hungarian language proficiency and English at C1 level.
• Strong analytical, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to constructively challenge stakeholders and turn complex data into actionable insights.

You are someone who:

• Enjoy working as a true business partner in a manufacturing environment.
• Has strong analytical skills and can translate complex data into meaningful business insights.
• Are comfortable challenging assumptions and driving fact-based discussions.
• Thrives in cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Takes a proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.
• Is excited by process optimization, digital transformation, and modern ERP environments such as SAP S/4HANA.

How we appreciate your work and you:

• In this position home office is possible and supported (2 office days / week).
• Great compensation system

-    cafeteria

-    bonus

-    health insurance

-    employee beer

-    employee PUB

-    fitness room

-    professional/language/soft skill training

• Opportunity to gain unique experience in professional environment and to take on challenging assignments.
• Culture of feedback and appreciation
• Space to implement your recommendations.
• Diverse and exciting projects

We are curious about your story!

Apply today!

We are committed to nurturing a workplace where we celebrate and respect differences and support everyone to be true to who they are! At Asahi Europe and International we believe you can SHINE AS YOU ARE - no matter what your age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs.

We want to support you to be courageous in your individuality and to know that whoever you are and whatever your circumstances, you can belong with us without having to conform.