Commercial Business Analyst Manager

Savola; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food company in the UAE seeks a finance professional to manage commercial finance operations. The role involves providing financial insights to the sales and marketing teams, supporting budget preparations, and ensuring compliance with financial policies. Candidates should possess strong analytical skills and experience in collaborating with sales teams. This dynamic position plays a key role in driving revenue maximization through analysis and strategic financial support.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial finance with strong analytical skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with sales and commercial teams.
• Knowledge of financial modeling and scenario testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations of commercial finance.
• Provide financial insights to commercial and marketing teams.
• Support the Sales team in planning and analysis.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations of commercial finance to ensure that work processes are implemented as designed and comply with established policies, processes and procedures.
• Work closely with the commercial team and distributor team to analyze the monthly promotions, accrual review and provide insights at the month end to all commercial stakeholders.
• Provide financial insight to the Commercial and Marketing team.
• Business partnering with sales counterpart – with focus on CG/SIS/FS/Retail/Ecom channel.
• Evaluate Customer P&L & Promotions.
• Support in Monthly financial closing
• Prepare and analyze value chain for NPD/EPD or promotions.
• Preparing insightful reports and financial analysis to support Commercial team in decision making, highlighting significant variances vs. Budget, Forecast and previous year.
• Analyze sales/ margins - volume, price, mix vs. Budget/Forecast/LY - identifying issues & recommending actions.
• Aid with modelling and scenario testing for new products and business opportunities.
• Other Ad-hoc requirements to drive revenue maximization.
• Work Closely with Sales Team to support sales planning & analysis.
• Help establish/streamline policies and procedures throughout the department, support best practices in sales forecasting, reporting, and communications.
• Work with Trade Marketing team for the ROI analysis for every promotion – Preapproval and post analysis.
• Support Commercial team in preparing the Budget/Rolling Forecast/LRP plans.
• Be a bridge between the Demand Planning team and Sales team in analyzing and improving the Sales forecast accuracy.
• Work with the marketing team in implementing the price increases, making sure all the prices are implemented in system and conducting proactive analysis on the margin.
• Inform the sales team from time to time of the impact on margins due to WAC fluctuations.