Commercial Finance Analyst

Pladis Global; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global biscuits and confectionery company is seeking a finance professional to manage and analyze marketing investments. In this role, you will ensure effective financial reporting and compliance while collaborating with the marketing team. Ideal candidates will have a strong finance background and relevant qualifications such as ACCA, ACA, or CIMA. Join us to help bring happiness to the world with our iconic brands.

Qualifications

• Strong background in commercial finance or accounting.
• Fully qualified ACCA / ACA / CIMA qualification.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage investment strategy for marketing spend.
• Ensure accurate financial reporting and analysis.
• Lead governance and compliance efforts.

Skills

Commercial finance background

ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Strong interpersonal skills

Ability to influence

Job description

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don't compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose‑led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact.

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What will this role achieve?

The role partners with the Marketing team, working to manage, analyse and improve the effectiveness of our spend. This role plays a key role in ensuring accurate financial reporting, insightful analysis and strong financial control, to support effective and agile decision making whilst optimising our return on investment.

The role will be responsible for support the investment strategy for the UK&I region, both for the next year and the longer term. The individual will need to be able to build strong relationships across the marketing function and be the champion for Direct Marketing Spend.

What will be your key results?

Investment Understanding & Communication

• Monthly spend management, ensuring clear understanding of performance vs budget, last year and forecast.
• Leading the reporting cadence, to keep key stakeholders informed on latest spend profile, including CMO, CFO & Marketing Leadership team.
• Lead agility of in year investment allocation alongside Commercial Finance Director.

Forward Looking Value Add

• Deliver on‑going tracking of Campaign spend and maintain awareness of campaign progress including expense recognition practices.
• Lead the DM meeting / engagement process, ensuring progress and review meetings are scheduled, agenda issued and actions recorded.
• Ensuring a clear link between business objectives and the marketing spend being deployed.

Forecasting

• Lead the 3 Year Plan, AOP and forecast for Direct Marketing, ensuring that complete awareness is achieved at UK Exec level throughout the allocation and planning processes.
• Manage the LE process for DM, including understanding any forecast over / underspends.
• Review GRIR and committed spend to achieve full risks and opps understanding.

Governance & Compliance

• Be the governance champion, to ensure all the correct processes and ways of working are adhered to, to ensure compliance with internal controls.
• Identifying gaps in our current governance, creating mitigation plans through process improvement.
• Ensuring accurate GR, settling any accruals / prepayments needed.
• Lead financial compliance including working with auditors at Year End.

Collaboration & Coaching

• Lead DM training of Brand Managers and Shopper Managers – including DM spend categories, accruals process, completion of trackers.
• Business partnering with the marketing team, to ensure we are maximising not only our return on investment, but also maximise our spend that reaches the consumer.

Bring your experience!

• A strong background in commercial finance or accounting.
• Fully qualified ACCA / ACA / CIMA qualification.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Able to influence and challenge.

pladis does also use both Psychometric and Aptitude tests to support our processes so you may be asked to complete these as part of your process. Some processes may differ, but we will keep you updated!

Our Values

Purpose led – We're energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite.

Agile – We're ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers.

Positive – We're highly motivated optimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better.

Resilient – We're persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward.

Collaborative – We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding together.

Best mix of ingredients

pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every great recipe we're a thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to work that's as diverse as our consumers and the communities we support, live and work in, all around the world. Where every voice is heard, and difference is celebrated. Where fresh perspectives and new ideas help us grow and thrive.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business. We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.