Associate Manager Financial Planning & Analysis Sales

The primary purpose of the position is to act as a Business Partner to the Spanish and Portuguese Sales and Commercial Team as well as Regional Business & Finance Teams, with regards to supporting profitable sales growth. This role is a key part of the financial support of the Spanish and Portuguese Consumer business and will have contact with a wide variety of people at local country level and European HQ.

Financial support of Sales team, including:

• Partner with Sales team to develop strong business plans that deliver against SCJ objectives of growth, maximize Net Pricing and ensure conditionality
• Optimize Trade Spending and Customer Mix – Analyze trade spending plans with Sales team to maximize Net Pricing and reduce Gross to Net.
• Drive initiatives including analysing ROI on trade spend, establish conditionality of customer terms and develop customer profitability analysis (ie. profit pooling)
• Play an active role in the monthly S&OP cycle via sound analysis and driving forecast accuracy
• Analyse and Optimize Promotional spend behind priorities and improved ROI, working with Customer Marketing and the Sales Teams
• Drive simplification initiatives and best practices in coordination with rest of Cluster Finance team
• Analyse and understand monthly results and ensure business partners are regularly updated on performance and full year forecasts
• Disseminate budgets into realistic customer targets
• Support completion of the annual budget, as well as forecasts and re-estimate
• Ensure processes and controls are fit for purpose in the sales control environment
• Respond to ad-hoc queries

REQUIREMENTS

• Have strong commercial awareness understanding the wider context in which the business operates
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, working with all levels within a cross-functional organization
• Demonstrate ability to influence across the organization
• Ability to work in a team environment with changing priorities and multiple deadlines
• Self-starter and Acts with Integrity
• Values others and cultures
• Problem solving
• Proven record of driving continuous improvements and facilitate change
• Ability to implement and enforce internal controls
• 3-5 years experience in finance
• Degree in Finance
• Language: English mandatory /Spanish is a strong plus

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