Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

No Relocation Assistance Offered
Job Number#168920 - Copenhagen Copenhagen Denmark

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care Personal Care Home Care Skin Care and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive a caring innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people their pets and our planet. Guided by our core valuesCaring Inclusive and Courageouswe foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together lets build a brighter healthier future for all.

Location: Copenhagen

Reporting to: Senior Manager Finance

Are you ready to grab this fantastic opportunity to join our global company and be part of a team of purpose driven and commercial pet lovers You might think its an unusual mix but at Hills it isnt and we are here and excited about finding our new Nordic Finance Team colleague.

We are looking for a curious proactive and ambitious team player for the Hills Nordic hub (covering Denmark Sweden Norway and Finland). We are based at the Nordic Hub head office in Copenhagen Capital Region Denmark. This role reports to the local Head of Finance.

We are looking for someone that can adapt global strategies into local activation plans.

About Hills

We are Hills Pet Nutrition - an innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for all people their pets and our planet. We are part of Colgate-Palmolive a leading global consumer products company with a portfolio in Oral Care Personal Care Home Care and Pet Nutrition.

At Hills we have a purpose! Every day around the world we transform the lives of millions of pets through groundbreaking innovation outstanding nutrition and committed people. Our strong culture of diversity sustainability and inclusion is rooted in our core values of Caring Global Collaboration and Continuous Improvement. Employees are rewarded by rich career development and experiences.

We pride ourselves on our work life balance our focus on delivering high ethical standards and our dedication to developing our employees.

We are a dynamic and mighty team with big dreams and big opportunities for those that join in our mission. Our well-established team of brand marketers are focusing on accelerating the awareness of Hills and its brands through a variety of touchpoints. Joining our company will also offer you the opportunity to build a strong career path across the wider Colgate-Palmolive world so if youre interested in work that matters and want to be part of our exciting journey we invite you to apply!

Your Main Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Building a leading forecasting process

  • Reflect the Nordic hybrid go-to-market structure in a financial model which can be used to model the impact of key strategic decisions

  • Liaising with our European HQ provide insights and explanations to support the Nordic submissions

  • Together with the Customer Development and Marketing teams build collaborative tools to collect data and business insights

  • Provide financial guidance to the commercial team about the impact of strategic decisions

  • Take local ownership of the corporate planning tool test any system developments to the tool and optimise its use

  • Work closely with the Commercial Finance Manager to plan net sales and customer promotional activities

  • Loading and tying out all planning submissions between the various planning and reporting systems

• Optimising the Nordic cost to serve

  • Working together with the head of CS&L identify & model opportunities to minimise warehouse and distribution costs without compromising customer service e.g. MOQs order patterns

• Marketing Partnering

  • Driving the brand planning process including pricing volume and margin estimates and Advertising and Promotion (A&P) spend

  • Provide reporting tools and analysis to evaluate new product launches price changes and margin development by brand size type etc.

  • Reviewing the monthly A&P spend ensure adequate month end provisions and provide variance analysis to budget and prior year

  • Providing guidance on the correct treatment of promotional spend and ensure accounting treatment is in according the current financial guidelines

  • Analysing the impact of promotional support on product range performance with ROI calculations

• On-going support towards:

  • Roll out of new financial applications

  • Ensuring an accurate and timely financial closing process

  • Monitoring product pricing within the pricing corridors

  • Other ad hoc / project work to support the commercial organisation

Who you are:

• Works with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail

• Structured and organized able to prioritize and manage several tasks simultaneously

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders in a high pressured environment

• Ambitious and proactive

• Professional Finance Qualification is desirable (e.g. Cand Merc BSc / MSc in Business or Accounting)

• Exception skills modelling in Microsoft Excel Google Sheets & experience with data visualization tools

• Experience with SAP

• 2 yearss previous experience in commercial finance and analysis experience in FMCG

• Fluent in English and preferable in one of the Nordic languages

If youve read this far we bet its because youre serious about joining a group of passionate people so just hit the apply button and submit your application.

Our Commitment to Inclusion
Our journey begins with our peopledeveloping strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self is treated with respect and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin ethnicity age disability marital status veteran status (United States positions) or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.

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