Sr Financial Analyst, Commercial

Job description

The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®. ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane. Job Title Senior Finance Analyst, Commercial Location Thames, E16 2EW Reports To COMPANY DESCRIPTION The ASR Group® family of companies is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®. ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibres, including sugarcane OVERVIEW The successful candidate will join our Commercial Finance team, with specific responsibility for business partnering with Sales & Marketing team to provide timely, accurate and useful management reports, analysis, and interpretations. Role will be a combination of i) traditional month-end and quarterly closing / reporting; ii) business partnering on value driving strategic initiatives; and iii) data analytics of retail market data Pan-European role and there may be the need to travel on an ad-hoc basis, to meet the needs of the business. DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES Acts as a business partner to the sales team, being their first point of call for commercial support and linking with other functions to provide comprehensive and holistic answers To work as a key part of the Commercial Finance team with deliver daily, monthly, and quarterly reporting processes To execute month-end reporting activities and maintenance, including analysis and reconciliation of the sales rebate accounts. To be a ‘go-to’ person for resolving commercial queries and preparing ad-hoc analysis with recommendations/findings. Prepare quarterly board presentations for commercial and finance teams Analyse monthly and quarterly financial projections Uses deep understanding of objectives, issues and root cause analysis to provide insightful, fact-based financial analysis To be a subject matter expert in the management of data in SAP reporting tools. This will require developing a deep understanding of the SAP source data and how this is derived Build data analytics dashboards and analysis in Power BI To support the Commercial Finance team during the year end audit process To support the Commercial Finance team with preparation of annual budget. This involves developing the Sales Pricing/volume/ Standard Contribution To Overheads (“CTO”) tool to enable Standard CTO to be calculated as well as to understand the components of Standard CTO and their determination Review profitability and potential changes to product portfolio and support the Innovation process (ad-hoc projects) Build financial and business case for marketing campaigns, new product launches and other portfolio changes including impact of new and de-listed SKU’s (ranging from customer margin to operational impact) Post-implementation audits/analysis for product launches and marketing campaigns Analyze Slow Moving and Obsolete Inventory to identify opportunities to reduce write-off’s Supervise and mentor junior members of the team on a day-to-day basis. WORK EXPERIENCES Demonstratable experience of using both SAP and Anaplan Demonstrable experience of Food Manufacturing; Fast Moving Consumer Goods; or Commodities EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS Bachelor’s degree ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with some post qualified experience At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company. Service Excellence - Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services. Efficiency and Sustainability - Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment. Value-Add - create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services. The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.