Commercial Finance Business Partner Sales

GENERAL DAY-TO-DAY

• 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.
• Is driven through a service mentality: sharing insights supporting budget spends and appraisals highlighting ROs providing financial simulations and business cases proposals.

MONTH END CLOSING

• Coordinates the monthly sales investment accrual process channel reviews.
• Leading the consolidation of month end closing management reporting packs collating commentary and providing analysis on financial performance and ROs to Channel Managers Sales Directors.
• Ensures master data quality of systems including customer product internal order hierarchies.

REPORTING AND ANALYSIS

• Generate improve harmonise and standardise the weekly/monthly management information reports analysis and insight with a desire to drive improvements ongoing both locally and with HQ.
• Develop and enhance reports aggregated or detailed level comparing YTD PY vs CY vs RE vs YTG.
• Critically assess investment evaluations and performance by sku pack type product range period.

PLANNING AND FORECASTING

• 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 ROs.

BUSINESS PARTNERING

• Be the Co-pilot and sparring partner for the Business Unit Director and their direct reports.
• Use facts figures and analysis to identify and prioritise performance improvement plans.
• Lead on strategic projects such as long-term pricing promotional investment optimisation Group Controlling Guideline audits robotics efficiencies reporting developments.
• Build and solidify Local HQ finance relationships and mindsets.
• Prepares scenarios and simulations with the input from the commercial teams and models the impact. 

Qualifications :

• Strong and established experience in controlling FP&A finance business partner role in consumer goods.
• Sales finance experience including Price and Mix variance analysis is advantageous.
• Qualified finance professional (ACA ACCA CIMA or equivalent QBE).
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Good experience of and extremely comfortable in an incredibly fast paced environment with endless proactivity and initiative to find answers problem solve and work as a team.
• A structured well-organized individual with excellent attention to detail and influencing skills 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 and able to build strong relationships with their stakeholders while providing constructive input with a demonstrable service/work ethic.

Additional Information :

At Red Bull we exist to give people wiiings. To achieve that we recognise the value that comes from having a highly diverse workforce that has the freedom and responsibility to realise their ideas and seize opportunities. We make recruiting decisions based on experience skills potential and talent: everyone is welcome here.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time