Commercial Finance Executive

BAT Sweden Malmö Office; Malmö kommun; On-site; SEK 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Diverse health plans

Online learning platforms

Job summary

The BAT Sweden Malmö Office is hiring a Marketing Finance Executive in Malmö to provide critical financial insights and support marketing decisions. This role involves managing the marketing budget and collaborating with various teams to ensure effective resource allocation.

Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in commercial finance, strong analytical abilities, and excel in cross-functional collaboration. The position offers various benefits including performance bonuses and continuous personal development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial finance, FP&A, or marketing finance.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Collaborative team player with excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality business cases for decision-making.
• Manage the marketing budget cycle effectively.
• Provide financial analysis to challenge business decisions.

Skills

Commercial finance experience

Analytical and modelling skills

Budget ownership

Excellent communication skills

High proficiency in Excel

Education

Finance professional qualifications

Tools

BI tools

Job description

Position Overview

British American Tobacco Sweden has an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Finance Executive in Malmo.

We are looking for a Marketing Finance Executive to join our expanding team. The role will provide proactive commercial insights and transparency of marketing decisions for effective resource allocation across the entire value chain, covering Revenue and Investment side of Marketing Finance for both Combustibles and New Categories for Sweden market as well as Niconovum business in the Nordics.

As an important bridge between our Finance and Marketing functions, you will be responsible for providing financial analysis to ensure that commercial decisions conducted by the business are taken objectively, and in full awareness of the financial implications.

Reporting to the Senior Marketing Finance Manager, you will also work closely with peers and senior stakeholders in our Nordics Finance, Marketing, CORA and Legal teams. As a trusted business advisor, you will play a key role challenging and supporting the business to improve overall performance.

The position is based in our Sweden head office in Malmo.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop high‑quality business cases to support strategic and operational decisions, providing clear financial insights, scenario modelling, and investment recommendations.
• Own and manage the full marketing budget cycle, including planning, forecasting, tracking performance, and ensuring spend governance across channels and initiatives.
• Act as a trusted Commercial Finance Business Partner to Marketing, Sales, and cross‑functional teams, driving financially sound decision‑making and challenging assumptions where needed.
• Lead and support projects related to pricing strategy, promotional effectiveness, and marketing spend optimization, ensuring data‑driven insights translate into tangible business outcomes.
• Partner with stakeholders at all levels, enabling alignment on priorities, risks, and opportunities, while maintaining strong communication and financial stewardship.
• Ensure high data quality and financial accuracy, supporting month‑end close, performance analysis, and management reporting.
• Support continuous improvement across commercial finance processes, identifying opportunities to automate, simplify, or enhance ways of working.
• Contribute to any other activities related to Commercial Finance, including ad‑hoc analysis, strategic initiatives, and cross‑market collaboration.
• Comply and implement activities in accordance with the rules of laws and regulations relating to environmental protection, safety at work and fire protection, and internal EHS or Sustainability standards and procedures.

Qualifications

• A finance professional with experience in commercial finance, FP&A, business partnering, or marketing finance—ideally within a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.
• Strong analytical and modelling skills, with the ability to translate data into business insights and actionable recommendations.
• A proactive business partner who builds trust, challenges constructively, and influences decisions across a wide stakeholder network.
• Experience in budget ownership, financial planning, and performance management.
• Solid understanding of pricing, promotional mechanics, and/or marketing ROI is a strong advantage.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, with a structured, detail‑oriented approach and a continuous‑improvement mindset.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complexity for non‑financial audiences.
• A collaborative team player who thrives in cross‑functional setups and contributes to a positive team culture.
• High proficiency in Excel and financial systems; experience with BI tools is beneficial.
• Fluent in English; Swedish is a plus but not mandatory.

Benefits

• We offer a market leading annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility).
• Our range of benefits varies by country and includes diverse health plans, initiatives for work‑life balance, transportation support, and a flexible holiday plan with additional incentives.
• You'll have access to online learning platforms and personalized growth programs to nurture your leadership skills.
• We prioritise continuous improvement within a transformative environment, preparing for ongoing changes.

Collaboration, inclusion and partnership underpin everything we do here at BAT. We are looking forward to enabling every individual to thrive, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, skills, experience, education, socio‑economic and professional background, veteran status, perspectives and thinking styles. We know that embracing talent from all backgrounds is what makes us stronger and best prepared to meet our business goals.

We see the career breaks as opportunities, not obstacles. Through The Global Returners program, we support professionals looking to restart their careers after an extended absence from the workforce.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or accommodations to help you perform at your best during the recruitment process, you are encouraged to notify us.

British American Tobacco Sweden AB