Commercial Finance Analyst

Summary

Be the Business Partner for the OpCo Sales and Marketing Management Teams and through good understanding of the commercial processes ensure effective business decision making. Increase shareholder value for HEINEKEN by supporting delivery of challenging OpCo financial and non-financial targets in the area of Sales and Marketing within an effective and robust financial control environment. ONE (1) YEAR FIXED TERM CONTRACT

Responsibilities

• • Provide insights that guide category teams in strategic decisions.
• • Maximize business performance by working closely alongside, supporting, challenging and influencing the Sales and Marketing Teams.
• • Provide advice, guidance, and influence/strengthen decision making in Sales and Marketing.
• • Support decision making process in the Sales and Marketing Functions
• • Proactively work with the Sales and Marketing Teams to identify, analyse and exploit commercial business opportunities (e.g. new product development).
• • Support the preparation of Sales and Marketing Fund Applications including relevant analysis of and advice on the investment that is applied for.
• • Support the business planning cycle of Sales and Marketing within the OpCo for the quarterly programme spend and Latest Estimates including providing relevant challenge to the team.
• • Ensure finance involvement in the S&OP process to secure a cross-functional Sales & Marketing perspective and alignment with the various Latest Estimates.
• • Prepare analyses of revenue performance along the 6 pillars of revenue management as well as margin analyses by channel, customer, brand and SKU.
• • Prepare analysis on Innovations performance
• • Ensure risks for the Sales and Marketing Functions are managed throughout the year; propose mitigating actions and flag risks to the Sales and Marketing Management Teams.
• • Ensure the proper execution of business controls as identified in the Key Control Framework.

Required Skills

• • 2 to 3 years of experience in the area of Commercial Finance
• • Proven commercial affinity
• • Challenging approach
• • Influencing skills
• • Excellent written and verbal communicator at all levels
• • Skills and preparation of good business cases

Qualifications

• • BSc. Degree in Finance/Business/Economics/Accounting, MBA, FCCA/ CPA or CIMA a plus

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