Job Description

Responsible for

• Commercial appraisal of new products
• Product profitability analysis / review
• Customer performance - Trends v Budget / Forecasts etc
• Maintenance of monthly / quarterly profit forecasts
• Maintenance of monthly / quarterly sales reports
• Promotional Analysis - Effectiveness / Uplifts / Base Line Sales etc.
• Utilisation of IRI data and overlay of external commercial data with internal information.
• Marketing Analysis - ROI
• Competitor Analysis
• Active participation in the planning cycle, from a commercial perspective
• Business support partnering - Working with sales and marketing teams to provide financial / commercial insight.
• Regular and Ad-Hoc reporting, using both MS Excel JD Edwards (ERP) and Cognos reporting tool.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• This role is for an experienced and keen part qualified / qualified accountant, with a business partnering / commercial accounting background. (CIMA / ACCA)
• Be proactive with the ability to consider the big picture.
• The person should have a minimum of five years' experience in this type of role / Ideally with a FMCG background. The applicant must have the ability to demonstrate extensive experience in financial analysis.
• The successful candidate should be a team player, with a can do attitude.
• Have exceptional relationship building skills
• It is key that they work in a collaborative role with all levels of management and staff within the organisation, and are driven to make a difference to colleagues and the wider business as a whole.
• The successful candidate must be a self starter.