About us

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We own 16 of the world’s top 100 spirits brands and hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry, with 240 premium brands available in over 160 countries, including Absolut vodka, Ballantine’s, Chivas Regal, Royal Salute and The Glenlivet Scotch whiskies, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur, and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

Your new team

Pernod Ricard’s Global Travel Retail (GTR) division is one of the Group’s largest markets, bringing our world‑renowned brands to life across airports, border shops, cruise ships and other travel channels worldwide. With a footprint in more than 20 locations and over 30 nationalities represented, we are proud of a culture built on inclusion, collaboration, and a shared passion for travel’s ability to connect and inspire.

Your unique contribution

This seven-month temporary maternity cover, starting in January, is an opportunity to take a central role in Global Travel Retail performance management and decision support. Reporting to the Head of FP&A, you will provide continuity and leadership across reporting, forecasting, Regional Hub engagement and support to PR HQ Finance. You will be expected to take ownership quickly and deliver clear insights to senior stakeholders, while ensuring a structured handover at the beginning and end of the assignment.

Performance management, forecasting and decision support:

• Own the timely and accurate delivery of GTR monthly management reporting, quarterly rolling forecasts and Risk & Opportunities assessments during the six-month cover period

• Lead P&L performance analysis translating results into clear and decision-oriented insights

• Proactively identify and quantify risks and opportunities, and challenge forecast assumptions

• Lead the preparation and present high-quality materials for business reviews and senior leadership discussions

• Deliver ad hoc financial analysis and simulations to support strategic and operational decisions

Regional Hub partnership and reporting excellence:

• Act as a key FP&A partner to Regional Hubs, leading monthly performance reviews and constructive challenge on results, forecast accuracy and target delivery

• Raise the quality of regional reporting commentary by ensuring clear, factual and insight-led messages

• Drive improvements to recurring reporting processes, templates and ways of working while protecting business continuity

• Partner with Regional Hubs, Group Finance and Tech teams on reporting tools, Power BI enhancements and the wider Finance transformation roadmap

GTR HQ finance partnership and business insights:

• Partner with Central Marketing on budget management, quarterly forecasts and efficient resource allocation

Your blend of talent

We are looking for an experienced FP&A professional who combines strong technical capability with business partnering, sound judgement and the confidence to operate autonomously in a fast-moving international environment.

Technical and analytical skills:

• Solid FP&A experience, with demonstrated ownership of reporting, forecasting and performance analysis in a complex business environment
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, with the ability to manage large datasets, build robust analysis and create concise executive-level outputs
• Strong knowledge of finance and accounting principles, with the ability to assess P&L impacts
• Working knowledge of Power BI, Tagetik, SmartView, EPM or comparable reporting and planning tools

Business partnering and communication skills

• Able to communicate financial information clearly and concisely to both finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Able to connect financial performance to business drivers and turn complexity into clear insights
• Confident presenting analysis and recommendations
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to coordinate inputs across regions, functions and time zones

Ways of working:

• Highly organised, autonomous and dependable

• Proactive, solutions-oriented and comfortable taking ownership quickly in a temporary assignment

• Collaborative and adaptable, able to maintain delivery while improving processes and responding to evolving business needs

Nice to have:

• Experience in FMCG, consumer goods, wines and spirits or travel retail
• Previous involvement in finance transformation, data governance, Power BI or EPM implementation

Our mix of benefits:

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, critical illness cover and an optional healthcare cash plan and dental insurance.

Our lifestyle benefits options include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, family care, season ticket loans, free mortgage advice, payroll giving and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world through our strong focus on Sustainability and Responsibility (S&R).

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves.

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working, reasonable accommodations, or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking. 

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