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Purpose of Role
This role is the key Finance business partner for the Marketing and Commercial function supporting performance of spend (Both Advertising & Promotions and Volume driving spend)
Key responsibilities include:
Driving a profit-orientated, a high-performance culture amongst Commercial and Marketing teams by:
Leading Brand PnL reviews with brand managers on a monthly basis
End to end close monitoring and evaluation of all A&P and Trade Spend Internal orders.
Developing and delivering tools and training to build Commercial and Marketing teams’ awareness and understanding of their profit drivers
Supporting strong commercial strategy and planning processes by:
Preparing pricing and channel reviews
Support of trade strategy
Ensuring compliance to all A&P and Trade Spend policies
Supporting the Marketing and Commercial AOP process
Driving the increased productivity of trade spend and A&P by:
Preparing pre-evaluation and post financial evaluations of trade spend and A&P activities
Undertaking specific reviews and deep-dives on the different elements of trade spend and advising on the optimum way to align them with SBL’s commercial objectives
Providing robust financial input to innovation and Supply capex projects
Supporting the strengthening and development of the Commercial Finance team through:
Actively seeking ways to strengthen our strategies, systems and processes, including identifying and implementing opportunities for automation
Undertaking other tasks as required to deliver the function’s objectives
Top Accountabilities
Driving the Brand performance reviews (A&P and Trade Spend)
Maintaining PACE and M&E trackers and ensuring everything is approved timely with accordance to SoA and any other relevant policies.
Pre and post-financial evaluations of trade spend and A&P
Creating, monitoring, and review of all A&P and Trade Spend Internal orders.
Qualifications and Experience Required
Professional qualification in accounting (CPA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
Minimum 4 years experience in finance relates roles
Strong knowledge of commercial decision making, pricing & BPM ideally in a FMCG context
Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to engage at exec level
PC literate; particularly MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Outlook
Ability to prioritize when faced with conflicting demands
Proven ability to facilitate business change
This role is the key Finance business partner for the Marketing and Commercial function supporting performance of spend (Both Advertising & Promotions and Volume driving spend)
Key responsibilities include:
Driving a profit-orientated, a high-performance culture amongst Commercial and Marketing teams by:
Leading Brand PnL reviews with brand managers on a monthly basis
End to end close monitoring and evaluation of all A&P and Trade Spend Internal orders.
Developing and delivering tools and training to build Commercial and Marketing teams’ awareness and understanding of their profit drivers
Supporting strong commercial strategy and planning processes by:
Preparing pricing and channel reviews
Support of trade strategy
Ensuring compliance to all A&P and Trade Spend policies
Supporting the Marketing and Commercial AOP process
Driving the increased productivity of trade spend and A&P by:
Preparing pre-evaluation and post financial evaluations of trade spend and A&P activities
Undertaking specific reviews and deep-dives on the different elements of trade spend and advising on the optimum way to align them with SBL’s commercial objectives
Providing robust financial input to innovation and Supply capex projects
Supporting the strengthening and development of the Commercial Finance team through:
Actively seeking ways to strengthen our strategies, systems and processes, including identifying and implementing opportunities for automation
Undertaking other tasks as required to deliver the function’s objectives
Top Accountabilities
Driving the Brand performance reviews (A&P and Trade Spend)
Maintaining PACE and M&E trackers and ensuring everything is approved timely with accordance to SoA and any other relevant policies.
Pre and post-financial evaluations of trade spend and A&P
Creating, monitoring, and review of all A&P and Trade Spend Internal orders.
Qualifications and Experience Required
Professional qualification in accounting (CPA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
Minimum 4 years experience in finance relates roles
Strong knowledge of commercial decision making, pricing & BPM ideally in a FMCG context
Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to engage at exec level
PC literate; particularly MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Outlook
Ability to prioritize when faced with conflicting demands
Proven ability to facilitate business change