Channel Finance Manager

Britvic; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in beverages is seeking a Channel Finance Manager to join their team in Hemel Hempstead. The role focuses on delivering financial insights and governance for customer clusters, ensuring strategic financial performance. Applicants should possess strong analytical skills, experience in financial reporting, and the ability to influence at a senior level. This is an exciting opportunity within a dynamic and historic industry, offering a competitive salary and extensive benefits.

Benefits

Monthly product allowance

Private Medical options

Life Assurance

Company bonus scheme

Access to 24/7 GP services

Enhanced pension contribution

Generous holiday (including bank holidays)

Access to a range of high street discounts

Qualifications

• Strength in analytical reasoning and numerical analysis.
• Ability to distil complex financial concepts to a non-finance audience.
• Broad business and commercial awareness with a strategic mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provide insights on customer performance against budget and forecast.
• Ensure financial governance and control across trade investment.
• Support the rolling forecast and budgeting process.

Skills

Analytical reasoning

Numerical analysis

Commercial awareness

Engagement

Influencing skills

Tools

MS Office

Hyperion

BBW

Job description

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Job Title: Channel Finance Manager
Location:Hemel Hempstead
Job Length:Permanent
Working Hours:37.5 hours

Competitive Salary with extensive benefits:

• Monthly product allowance – alcoholic & non-alcoholic options available
• Private Medical options
• Life Assurance

• Company bonus scheme
• Access to 24/7 GP services
• Enhanced pension contribution• Generous holiday (inc bank holidays)
• Access to a range of high street discounts

Carlsberg Britvic is the largest multi-beverage supplier in the UK and is home to some of the most iconic and popular beers & soft drinks, including Carlsberg Danish Pilsner, 1664, Poretti and Brooklyn to ale favourites such as Hobgoblin and Wainwright. For soft drinks, Carlsberg Britvic’s brands include J2O, Robinsons, Tango and London Essence along with the licence rights to the Pepsi portfolio in the UK including Pepsi MAX, 7UP, Lipton Iced Tea and Rockstar Energy.

With a strong national footprint, the Carlsberg Britvic business includes 6 production facilities and 16 logistics depot’s servicing customers up and down the UK. As these two historical businesses have come together, the one common goal remains, and that is ensuring our people succeed.

About the role

The Channel Finance Manager will be aligned to a particular cluster of customers, and is accountable for the financial delivery, objective performance insight and challenge, and governance of their respective customer cluster.

Role Responsibilities

• Provide insight to the Account Directors and their teams on customer performance, including analysis against budget, forecast and prior year with clear provocations to action.
• Through accurate and insightful reporting on a monthly basis, continually raise awareness of financial performance across the commercial teams.
• Ensure plans are in place to deliver and where possible exceed budget commitments.
• Identify risks and opportunities to the commercial delivery of budget and then work with cross-functional partners to ensure these are either mitigated or realised, as appropriate.
• Support the rolling forecast and budgeting process, ensuring a robust, deliverable plan with clear risks and opportunities identified.
• Protect the business by ensuring a high level of financial governance and control across all trade investment and capital.
• Input into the design followed by supporting the implementation of any projects that impact their customer cluster

Experience and Key Attributes

• Strength in analytical reasoning and numerical analysis – able to distil complex financial concepts/ data to non-finance audience
• Systems: MS Office, Hyperion, BBW
• A relentless drive and leadership impact to get things done.
• Broad business and commercial awareness with a strategic mind-set
• Ability to engage and influence across a range of business functions, and at senior levels
• Ability to take the initiative to deliver business solutions and provide thought leadership

This is an exciting time to join our newly formed business – with their incredible individual history’s, innovation of products and some of the UK’s most iconic brands, Carlsberg Britvic strives to deliver the best service to our customers and consumers. We aim to make a difference, bringing together two diverse companies, our global reach enables opportunity, growth and a chance to work with some fantastic people.
Interested in finding out more? Apply today and a member of the recruitment team will be in touch!

Application Process:
We read applications continuously, and vacancies may be filled anytime, so please apply as early as possible.

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