Job Description

You will be working closely with the Impulse Sales Channel by delivering our 3-year commercial strategy and owning the channel and customer sales. You’ll be the co-pilot and sparring partner to the respective Channel Manager, controlling and improving the long term strategic drivers of performance, while supporting the Wholesale Controller too. You will create partnerships that unite the business in commercial excellence, focusing on three critical areas including inclusively challenging and controlling channel volume, revenue, pricing, and enabling effective delivery of the annual business plan; planning and forecasting – monthly, and annual business plans and finally facilitating the seamless implementation of strategic commercial projects.

• Is a catalyst in our commercial excellence strategy and a driving force in the commercial controlling
• team who accelerates the connectivity and performance of the department.
• Guarantees full compliance with the Group Controlling guidelines and Audit requirements.
• Designs the system setup, to perfectly mirror the responsibilities in the organization.
• Timely distribution of financial information (plan and actual) to every budget holder by sending out
• reports, by allowing system access and by presenting the information in regular meetings.
• Builds a solid relationship with budget holders based on mutual respect and trust.
• Coordinates the monthly sales investment accrual process + channel reviews.
• Ensures master data quality of systems, including customer, product, internal order hierarchies.
• Generate, improve, harmonies, and standardize the weekly/monthly management information
• reports, analysis, and insight with a desire to drive improvements ongoing.
• Critically assess investment evaluations and performance, by sku, pack type, product range, period.
• Leads the monthly Channel Review Meeting to ensure a robust channel financial outlook.
• Supports a true bottom up planning process by finding a balance of long term vision and inclusive
• challenge with close analytical support to contribute high forecasting accuracy of business plan.
• Coordinates the Business Plan/Revised Estimate data collection and data entry with Channel team.
• Aggregates/consolidates the individual plans to a total channel plan.
• Prepares year to go monthly reforecast including identifying and tracking sales
• Be the Co-pilot and sparring partner for the Commercial Channel Manager and their direct reports.
• Use facts, figures and analysis to identify and priorities performance improvement plans.
• Lead on strategic projects such as long term pricing, promotional investment optimization, Group
• Controlling Guideline audits, robotics efficiencies, reporting developments.
• Prepares scenarios and simulations with the input from the commercial teams and models the impact.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• PQ/Finalist/Newly Qualified finance professional (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or QBE
• A structured, well-organized individual, able to manage own workload, tenacious, self-motivated, and self-directed, comfortable under pressure in a fast-paced team environment.
• Highly analytical, inquisitive self-starter with a desire to always improve the status quo, the ability to quickly identify and assess risks and impacts, and able to define alternatives.
• Numerate, process orientated, personable, outgoing character able to build strong relationships with their stakeholders and provide constructive input with a demonstrable service/work ethic.
• Good communication and presentation skills. Capable of communicating precisely and effectively, based on facts, with internal stakeholders up to Leadership Team level.
• Strong influencing skill, and good attention to detail.
• Clearly demonstrates the values and behaviors of Red Bull with a strong affinity to the brand.