As our Assistant Sales Controlling Manager, you will lead Financial Planning & Analysis for Sales and eCommerce, using insights and recommendations to drive business growth and support our customer plans.
Business partnering
- Be a trusted sparring partner to Sales and eCommerce, flagging financial risks early and spotting chances to reinvest or revisit customer plans
- Support planning, actuals monitoring and SOI evaluations for direct and indirect, retail and online customers
- Ensure every business decision considers its full financial impact
Sales controlling
- Guide customer planning by channel and monitor profitability and trade stock
- Track key KPIs (NS, GM, TTC), report performance versus budget and escal** (?)?** major risks and opportunities
- Run the monthly S&OP cash-up and own the channel MSO and NSP processes
- Provide reports and data that support business cases for investing in and promoting sales and profitability
- Evaluate promotions before and after launch, and provide pricing and TTC input for launches and relaunches
- Monitor TTC forecasting and SAP invoice verification, confirm accruals match actual spend at quarter and year-end, and align with Accounting on claims
- Review sales incentives, including those for Beauty Advisors and Merchandisers, against budget
- Create, maintain and monitor RCM and local sales policies, keep internal controls up to date, support audits, and train business partners on processes and tools
- Improve reporting and forecasting efficiency, and lead or join ad-hoc projects
Marketing budget
- Bring transparency to S&CM and eCommerce budgets, steer spend with BASE tools and keep accruals accurate and timely
Forecast and budgeting
- Guide Sales and eCommerce leaders through budget cycles
- Own NGS-to-GM planning in TM1, model the impact of price increases and comment on variances
You will work closely with the Sales Director, Head of eCommerce, Head of S&CM, auditors and customers.
We are looking for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with Sales and making a visible difference to results.
What you bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field (or above)
- 4–7 years of experience in Sales or Business Controlling
- Strong ability to analyze financial and business KPIs
- Business acumen, with an understanding of the dynamics and pace of FMCG
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Ability to turn insights into clear executive summaries for senior leaders
- Excellent English communication, with strong leadership and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint
- Hands-on experience with SAP
- Knowledge of Power BI is a plus
How you work
- You are willing to drive change across the organization
- You are passionate about delivering results and making a difference to the business
- You are a team player who delivers on time and in full