A leading consumer products organization is seeking an analytical, detail-oriented Commercial Finance Manager to support the Commercial Finance Director in financial analysis, forecasting, pricing, and strategic planning.
Client Details
Sparkling wine importing company
Description
Sales Forecasting & Analysis
- Analyze sales volume forecasts and identify key trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Partner with commercial teams to challenge assumptions and improve forecast accuracy.
- Provide financial insights that support sales and operational planning.
Pricing Management
- Collaborate with Sales to develop, maintain, and analyze market pricing.
- Maintain pricing-related data and supporting metadata.
- Evaluate pricing decisions and their impact on revenue, margin, and profitability.
Trade Spend Planning & Reconciliation
- Forecast trade-spend requirements across assigned sales divisions.
- Manage trade-spend budgets and monitor performance against forecast.
- Reconcile monthly invoices against anticipated and approved spend.
- Analyze promotional and trade-spend effectiveness and provide actionable recommendations to improve return on investment.
P&L and Commercial Finance Analysis
- Analyze divisional P&L performance and overall financial health.
- Identify financial risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.
- Translate financial and commercial data into clear recommendations for business partners and leadership.
- Support planning, budgeting, forecasting, and other commercial finance initiatives.
Profile
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- 5+ years of professional experience in Finance, Accounting, Revenue Management, Commercial Finance, or a related discipline within the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including:
- Nested IF statements
- INDEX/XMATCH functions
- Complex logical formulas
- Professional experience using Power Query to transform, cleanse, and prepare data for reporting and financial modeling.
- Experience developing reports, dashboards, and analytical tools using Power BI.
- Strong proficiency with PowerPoint and Word.
- Strong financial analysis, forecasting, and business-partnering capabilities.
- Excellent organizational and project-management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to identify process-improvement opportunities and independently implement solutions.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with accuracy and a strong sense of urgency.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional experience with Microsoft Access.
- Experience with commercial finance, pricing, revenue-management, or trade-spend platforms.
- Experience with tools such as VIP/I-Dig, Karma, Vistaar, or similar systems is a plus.
Job Offer
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Generous paid time off
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Additional employee benefits and programs
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