Business partnering to Head of International Commercial and Pandemic, and managing a team of Commercial Finance Business Partners in various geographical regions across the world.

Financial suppiort to EMEA Commercial team

Partnering the commercial teams to help produce financial plans, completing pricing tenders, decide on financial strategy, and analysis of return on investments.

Managing a team of two financial analystsProviding financial support to UK, Netherlands, and Nordics sales teamsMaintaining customer trade terms contracts and discretionary promotional investment by accountManaging and maintaining credit insurance allocations for customer accounts, and maintaining relationship with the insurersAnalysing Return on Investment levels for retailer promotional investmentsMonthly and ad hoc reporting and analysis of sales by account and market to FP&A teams and various Directors and General ManagerProducing annual financial forecasts and reforecasts for customer expenditure.Analysing and approving price adjustment requests for multiple sales teams.Analysis, forecasting, and reporting on customer and company AR positions.Manage the Sales Incentive Program, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of payments to Sales team.Manage month, quarter, and year end accounting entries, including journals and P&L and Balance Sheet reconciliationsLiaise with internal and external auditors to ensure requirements are met to pass audits.

Partnering with Marketing DepartmentSet, maintain, and monitor department budgetsAnalyse and report on returns on sales uplifts due to TV advertising investmentsPricing 1,500 products twice a year, ensuring profit margin targets were delivered.Month end accounting activities - journals, P&L and Balance Sheet reconciliations

Providing financial support to Sales, Marketing, Admin DepartmentsLiaison point between Financial Shared Service Centre at another locationProduce and maintain regular annual financial forecasts for all sales and operating expensesInvestment appraisal, approval, and monitoring of returnsProduction of, and commentary on, monthly management accounts to Directors and General ManagerMaintaining Sales team incentive program P&L and Balance Sheet reconciliations

Settling money market transactionsManaging corporate lending facility accounts, ensuring correct fees were chargedLiaising with front office market traders and customers over loan arrangements

Produce weekly, monthly, and ad hoc sales reports for managementMaintain reporting databasesMaintain sales force professional compliance registry