The Financial Lead Analyst supports strategic and risk finance activities across the business, providing the analysis, modelling, and reporting that underpin commercial and risk decisions. Working alongside senior partners, category/commercial teams, and Group functions, the role helps translate strategy into financial insight, protects margin, and ensures risks are identified, quantified, and reflected in the plans.
Strategic & Commercial Finance
- Preparing volume, revenue, and margin models across brands, categories, and channels.
- Analyze gross-to-net drivers and support revenue growth management initiatives.
- Model the P&L impact of input-cost and commodity inflation, pricing actions, and productivity/savings programs.
- Build financial models and scenario analysis for investment cases under the guidance of senior partners.
- Prepare management reporting and KPIs, linking performance to strategy.
Risk Management
- Assist in identifying and quantifying operational and financial risks
- Support stress-testing and scenario analysis
- Help ensure risk and sensitivity considerations are reflected in outlook, working closely with Treasury and Commercial teams.
- Monitor key risk indicators
- Establish robust processes to monitor insurance coverage, claims, and renewals through collaboration with departments and business leaders.
Governance, Controls & Delivery
- Prepare accurate, decision-ready analysis and packs for senior finance, Commercial leadership, and Group review.
- Maintain robust workpapers, controls, and documentation consistent with the standards of a listed company
- Support the integrity of numbers feeding external reporting and market guidance, respecting the sensitivity and deadlines of a listed environment.
- Contribute to process improvement and automation of routine reporting.
Minimum Qualifications
- CPA, CIA, or working towards a relevant qualification.
- Experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or risk ideally within FMCG, retail, or another fast-moving, product-based business.
- Solid financial modelling and Excel skills; comfortable handling large datasets.
- Developing understanding of FMCG margin dynamics and financial/enterprise risk concepts.
- Awareness of the reporting and control obligations of a publicly listed company.
- Good communication skills - able to explain financial results to commercial, non-finance audiences.
- Organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage competing deadlines through the reporting cycle.