Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Haddenham, UK

This role reporting to the Senior Finance Manager will be a Finance Business Partner to the UK Consumer commercial team, providing financial insights to drive improved decision-making and deliver business results through driving growth and profitability. Focus will be both strategic and tactical to achieve targeted near and long-term goals and objectives.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

- Business Partnering with commercial team to drive growth and profitability

• Prepare analysis and insights on the key drivers of financial performance for the Consumer business unit
• Prepare and manage customer and product profitability analysis and reporting
• Business partner to the Sales and Marketing teams, providing insightful analysis to support decision making
• Control all aspects of promotional spend
• Provide financial guidance to the commercial team

- Financial reporting and analysis

• Support Financial reporting and analysis for all customers
• Daily and weekly sales reporting
• Support month-end processes, quarterly financial forecast and budget

- Business Improvement and special project

• Work to improve core commercial finance processes and reporting
• Ensure all processes are documented and Sarbanes Oxley compliant
• Prepare ad hoc commercial project viability studies

CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Relevant degree or equivalent Qualification
• High level of Excel skills required and preferably experience of TM1 and SAP
• Experience in liaising with non-financial personnel
• Capability to influence and challenge commercial team across category, marketing and sales
• Ability to analyse complex data and convert into a simple story
• Good relationship-building skills
• Strong personal leadership, being able to work in a results-driven culture with big focus on execution
• Self-starter and able to engage with commercial teams
• Able to manage to deadlines

Agencies:  McCormick as needed will work with external recruitment vendors through our Agency Portal. Unless previously contacted, McCormick does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting agencies.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, colour, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

McCormick is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer. 

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