Senior Analyst, Commercial Finance

Suntory Global Spirits; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 74,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

Suntory Global Spirits in the United States is seeking a Commercial FP&A professional to partner with North America leadership. You will drive annual planning, monthly forecasting, and strategic commercial decision-making, delivering insights on forecast risk, inventory health, and business performance.

You will develop reporting in Anaplan, EDW, Power BI, and SAP; coordinate monthly reports; and work cross-functionally to balance supply, demand and budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years of experience in finance/analytics.
• Strong Excel skills required.
• Knowledge of Anaplan cloud-based planning software and SAP financial applications preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide rigorous analytical support to Leadership.
• Support annual planning, monthly forecast cycles, and strategic commercial decision-making.
• Assist in the development of the annual budget and forecasting process.
• Contribute insights through financial analysis to influence business decisions.
• Become a knowledge expert of tools/reporting suites (Anaplan, EDW, Power BI, SAP).
• Coordinate, develop, maintain, and distribute monthly standard reporting for internal/external reporting.
• Partner cross-functionally to balance supply, demand, and commercial objectives.
• Deliver executive-level insights on forecast risk, inventory health, and business performance.
• Drive continual improvement of reporting and processes to deliver timely, value-added analysis.

Skills

Excel

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Anaplan

SAP

Power BI

Job description

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

What makes this a great opportunity?

With two centuries of family heritage, Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits. As a truly global business, we bring together the best of our culturally diverse heritage. We value both agility and long-term thinking, we share a collective commitment to excellence and a dedication to craftsmanship, and across borders and roles, we collaborate to delight our consumers responsibly, and contribute to a more sustainable society for all of our stakeholders.

Our Vision is Growing for Good and our mission is to be the world's most admired, fastest-growing premium spirits company. We're a business that runs on responsibility, integrity, ambition and drive, and we celebrate exceptional performance. We welcome our people to dream big and tenaciously pursue ambitious goals - we call it our Yatte Minahare Spirit.

But perhaps most importantly - we value difference, and we appreciate what each of us can contribute. We inspire each other, and challenge ourselves to innovate, improve, advance new ideas and try new things. We create endless opportunities to Unleash Your Spirit every day in a culture that is charged, creative, challenging and fun.

Role Responsibilities

The US Commercial FP&A team works closely with North America Leadership to ensure SGS achieves strategic and financial objectives. It provides decision support through business acumen and financial analysis. Key responsibilities include annual planning, monthly forecasting, strategic commercial decision making, and insights delivery on forecast risk, inventory health, and business performance. Your goal is to ensure that commercial and finance leadership teams receive insight required to meet key strategic and financial objectives for the US business.

• Provide rigorous analytical support to Leadership
• Support annual planning, monthly forecast cycles, and strategic commercial decision-making
• Assist in the development of the annual budget & forecasting process within Anaplan by providing meaningful insights through financial analysis which will help influence business decisions
• Become a knowledge expert of the tools and reporting suites to influence and shape strategic budgets and forecasts through data insights (Anaplan, EDW, Power BI, SAP, etc.)
• Coordinate, develop, maintain, and distribute monthly standard reporting for both internal and external reporting purposes
• Partner cross-functionally to balance supply, demand, and commercial objectives
• Deliver executive-level insights on forecast risk, inventory health, and business performance
• Drive continual improvement of reporting and processes with the ultimate goal of driving consistent, timely, and value-added analysis of management results
• Responsible for ad hoc projects and analysis as needed and appropriate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Required
• 3+ years of experience
• Strong Excel skills required
• Knowledge of Anaplan cloud base planning software, SAP financial applications and systems preferred, but not required
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (candidate will develop and maintain key working relationships within the organization that cross over accounting, operations, and commercial finance)
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills required

Salary Range

The salary range for this role, is $74,000 - 94,000k, along with an annual bonus, 401K match, profit sharing, and medical and wellness benefits. The salary range is commensurate with the candidate's location, experience, and skillset.

While relocation, immigration, and/or tax compliance support are not guaranteed, we may offer assistance to successful candidates depending on factors such as role requirements in accordance with company guidelines.

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant's skills and experience.