Senior Finance Analyst

Coca-cola; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global beverage company is seeking a Senior Finance Analyst in Uxbridge to provide financial modelling and business analysis support. The ideal candidate will have commercial finance experience, strong communication skills, and proficiency in financial modelling. This role involves leading financial processes and supporting sales teams to drive revenue growth. Competitive package and a chance to impact decisions in a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial finance environment, preferably within FMCG.
• Ability to tailor communication styles to different audiences.
• Understanding of consolidation and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ABP process for the Channel.
• Coaching key contacts within the business on financial systems.
• Conduct financial modelling using internal and external data.

Skills

Experience working with commercial or sales teams

Effective communicating skills

Financial modelling

Intermediate/Advanced MS Office Suite Skills

Analytical and problem-solving mindset

Education

Passed Finalist (CIMA / ACCA)

Job description

Are you looking for new challenges within Coca-Cola Europacific Partners? Do you have a personality with the power to influence and connect? Can you sustain the pace to keep on growing? Will you make an impact with your desire to win?

Senior Finance Analyst

Contract type : Permanent

Location: Uxbridge

What you become a part of:

This commercially‑focused Finance role sits in the Channel Finance team providing financial modelling, insight and analysis support on both a structured and ad‑hoc basis. The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate commercial acumen and be an effective business partner. The role works within the Channel Finance Team, to support the Channel in the making of profitable decisions that are supported by fact‑based evaluations.

This is a commercial role working with the Commercial Sales and R&MGM, which should be a key motivating factor. Being a Finance Manager enables you to gain experience in many areas of CCEP and makes you feel that the work you are doing has a real impact on business decisions.

What to expect:

This role sits within the Channel Finance team, business partnering the Channel & R&MGM teams focusing on the mid to long term revenue growth driving initiatives.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading the ABP process for the Channel, specifically supporting the Associate Director for the Channel as well as the R&MGM Channel team to model various initiatives as well as co‑ordinate the consolidation of the Sales modelling. Outside of the yearly ABP process, there are various ad‑hoc projects that you will lead focusing on the business needs and focus areas at that point in time. Financial modelling and using data (both internal and external) to provide detailed trends and insights is a key part of this role. Understanding and driving Margin forward will prove key.

It will also be part of your responsibility to coach and develop key contacts within the business to improve understanding and capability in the use of CCEP financial systems, in this regard, you will support the Commercial Sales & Marketing teams in the use of reporting and forecasting tools and help them become as self‑sufficient as possible.

What we expect of you:

• Experience working with commercial or sales teams is essential for this role.
• Passed Finalist (CIMA / ACCA) preferred.
• Experience working within a commercial finance environment (preferably within an FMCG company) with exposure to the analysis of revenue and its component parts.
• Effective communicating skills and ability to communicate with impact. This will involve being able to tailor message styles to different situations and audiences appropriately.
• Financial modelling.
• Proactively drives and embraces change.
• Analytical, improvement focused and problem solving mindset.
• Intermediate/Advanced MS Office Suite Skills, especially Excel (including pivot tables, charts etc.)
• Understanding the "bigger picture" when it comes to consolidation & forecasting.

We are Coca‑Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) - a dedicated team of 42,000 people, serving customers in 31 countries, who work together to make, move and sell some of the world's most loved drinks.

We are a global business and one of the leading consumer goods companies in the world. We help our 2.1 million customers grow, and we are constantly investing in exciting new products, innovative technologies and fresh ideas. This helps us to delight the 600 million people who enjoy our drinks every day.

From gender, age and ethnicity to sexual orientation and different abilities, we welcome people from all walks of life and empower unique perspectives. We recognise we've got some way to go, but we'll get there with the support of our people. It's them who drive our future growth. To find out more about what it's like to work at and our culture we would welcome you to speak to one of our employees on our live chat platform, just click here to speak to an insider

We recognise some people prefer not to participate in alcohol related sales, interactions, or promotions. If that's true for you - please raise this with your talent acquisition contact who will advise you on whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.