Commercial Financial Analyst
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Salary Negotiable
Location Milton Keynes
FULL_TIMEConsultant Harsa Abeelack
JobRef 50794843/001
Date posted 26 May 2022
northern-home-counties accountancy-finance/analyst 2022-05-26 2022-07-25 accountancy Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire GB Robert Walters https://www.robertwalters.co.uk https://www.robertwalters.co.uk/content/dam/robert-walters/global/images/logos/web-logos/square-logo.pngA Milton Keynes based FMCG business are looking for a Commercial Finance Analyst. The job holder will partner with the commercial and category teams, and be responsible for driving/supporting customer category growth.
A Milton Keynes based FMCG business are looking for a Commercial Finance Analyst. The job holder will partner with the commercial and category teams, and be responsible for driving/supporting customer category growth.
Responsibilities:
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To be a key business partner with Sales and Category teams to drive improved commercial plans
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Coach and support finance for non-finance development
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Key partner in customer tenders, and supporting account managers to deliver margin and category targets
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Support build of month end/forecasts/budget and 5-year plan
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Review categories and margin development with category team and sales managers/directors, challenge and support them to improve
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Monitor and provide post promotional campaign analysis to maximise volume and margin growth
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Monthly sales performance monitoring v’s KPIS
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Driving category analysis to improve category and customer margins and price analysis
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Support sales in large tender process
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Accurate reviews and cost control of customer activity, including rebates, campaign discounts
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Generation of sales reports
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Maintain new business opportunity tracker incorporating monthly sales team review
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Analyse customer and market trends, identify, and improve margin opportunities
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Support category initiatives and financially evaluate activities
Candidate Profile:
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Qualified Accountant or Qualified by Experience
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Ability to build excellent working relationships with colleagues and customers within all levels of the business
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Excellent communication and listening skills
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Strong numerical, analytical, and presentation skills
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To be able to effectively influence both with customers and internally
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Ability to analyse data to identify opportunities, trends and issues and develop appropriate action plans
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Good administrative and IT skills particularly in MS Word, Excel, Power point
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Sound knowledge and experience with sales budgeting, forecasting and P&Ls
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Strong commercial understanding and awareness
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Partnering commercial business teams
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Developing new reporting and working on own initiative to help Business partner non-finance people
Please apply or alternatively contact harsa.abeelack@robertwalters.com for further information.
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