Junior Financial Analyst

Pernod Ricard; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Product allowance

Hybrid and flexible working

Summer hours

Employee Assistance Program

Generous parental leave policy

Career development

Office drinks & events

Inclusive culture ERG

Job summary

Pernod Ricard in Auckland, New Zealand, is seeking a Junior Finance Analyst (Trade Spend Analyst) on a 6-month contract. You will own trade spend processing, claims reconciliation, and month-end support, collate and validate customer claims, and prepare journals and reports.

Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, you will reconcile, accrue, and report trade spend across key customer accounts with a focus on accuracy and collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in trade spend, claims processing, rebates, or commercial finance support.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills with ability to validate information.
• Experience preparing journals, accruals, or month-end reporting.

Responsibilities

• Collate, validate, and process all customer trade spend claims, rebates, and scans.
• Reconcile aged outstanding claims and prepare monthly status summaries.
• Prepare and post trade spend accruals, month-end journals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Run monthly reports including commission and Nebula reports; communicate with customers.
• Support pricing cover when Pricing Controller is unavailable and provide ad hoc reporting.

Skills

Trade spend experience

Data analysis

Journal postings

Attention to detail

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Excel

Job description

6-month contract | Junior finance opportunity | Culture of conviviality & empowerment | Career development

We are Pernod Ricard, a leading company in the global spirits industry with over 19,000 employees globally. We hold one of the most prestigious and comprehensive brand portfolios in the industry with premium brands including: Absolut vodka, The Glenlivet Scotch whisky, Jameson Irish whiskey, Martell cognac, Havana Club rum, Beefeater, Malfy and Monkey 47 gins, Malibu liqueur and Mumm and Perrier-Jouët champagnes.

The opportunity

We’re looking for a Junior Finance Analyst (Trade Spend Analyst) to join our Commercial Finance team and take ownership of trade spend processing, claim reconciliation, and month-end support. As our Trade Spend Analyst, you will support accurate trade spend management by collating, validating, and processing customer claims, while also preparing month-end journals and reports.

Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring trade spend is accurately reconciled, accrued, and reported across key customer accounts.

This role is ideal for someone with strong analytical skills, commercial awareness, and experience in National Account Executive or Sales Coordinator roles.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Collate, validate, and process all customer trade spend claims, rebates, and scans in line with confirmed banner programs, deal sheets, and agreed rates.
• Reconcile aged outstanding claims and rebates weekly and prepare monthly status summaries for review.
• Prepare and post trade spend accruals, month-end journals, and balance sheet reconciliations in the ERP system.
• Run monthly reports, including commission reports and Nebula reports, and send required customer communications.
• Support pricing cover when the Pricing Controller is on leave and provide ad hoc reporting and process improvements as required.

What you will bring to the role

• Experience in trade spend, claims processing, rebates, or commercial finance support, ideally within FMCG or a similar environment
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills, with the ability to validate information and reconcile discrepancies
• Experience preparing journals, accruals, or month-end reporting in an ERP or finance system
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately and autonomously
• Confident communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

Working at Pernod Ricard is all about igniting conviviality in all that we do. Derived from the French word, convivialité…it means human connection, authenticity, friendship, and fun. Conviviality is energy, spirit and charisma, and is a core philosophy around how we live and work at Pernod Ricard.

Guided by our four core values; we have a passion for living life to the fullest, making new friends every day, and realizing our potential as people and as a business!

We know that happiness at work starts with that feeling of belonging you get from an inclusive culture where being uniquely you is celebrated. Our values are lived, they drive our behaviours, and it’s what brings our culture to life.

Our work philosophy celebrates the magic of human connection with the flexibility needed to provide one’s most meaningful contribution. We offer a flexible work policy, with most of our positions offering a hybrid option with flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week.

Our mix of benefits

• Product allowance
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Summer hours
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous parental leave policy
• Career development
• Office drinks & events
• Inclusive culture ERG

Joining and contributing to an Inclusive workplace

As Créateurs de Convivialité, we are committed to better reflect the richness of our society, the marketplace, and communities in which we operate. We believe that it is the best way to build effective teams, understand our consumers by market and sustainably grow our business.

Pernod Ricard is part of Forbes World’s Best Employers and has been recognized by Equileap among the top 100 Employers for Gender Equality. As a skills-based organization, we ensure fair processes and equal opportunities for all candidates and team members by assessing your skills against role expectations. We recognize that some of you might need extra support with your application, require accommodations or special arrangements for your interview, if this is the case, please contact us, we would be delighted to support you and welcome your application.