Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Beam Suntory is Crafting the Spirits that Stir the World. Rooted in two centuries of family heritage, Beam Suntory 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. Beam Suntory is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

What makes this a great opportunity?

The primary purpose of the role is to business partner the commercial team and deliver the P&L for Value Creators (Americas) and the global customers of ARI and LAG. This scope is across different RTM such as Cruise, Airports, Borders and Duty-free islands.

The role also requires collaboration with other teams in process improvement and initiatives for implementation of strategies. Examples are S&OP and Revenue management tools and strategies.

Role Responsibilities

Business Planning and Reporting

Prepare Budget, Forecast and Customer Plan in line with planning cycles and deadlines.

Deliver monthly forecast with close coordination with other teams such as S&OP and FP&A.

Monitor P&L by channel/ market/brand performance and provide insights to assist commercial team on business and financial improvement opportunities.

Provide material analysis vs Budget/FC till Brand Contribution and evaluate R&Os through S&OP

Continue to build the culture of depletions vs shipments through existing tools

Monthly journal entry preparation for Price Support accruals. Ensure timely and accurate recognition of accruals of both PS and BI.

Business Partnering through Analytics and Collaboration

Embed in daily WoW the use of planning tools and analytics such as Price Vol Mix and TPM to ensure proper use of funds (PS and BI) to drive growth and be in line with strategy.

Collaborate and create solutions that gives business results with commercial teams using the applicable tools.

Others

Support the annual pricing review exercise and ensure delivery of PI vs Target.

Play a proactive role in promoting financial impact and awareness within the commercial team

Challenge and drive improvements in current processes, control and compliance.

Qualifications

Degree qualified with finance or accounting qualification and relevant industry (e.g. FMCG) experience

Minimal 5-6 years of finance business partnering experience with strong business acumen

Experienced in writing succinct and insightful business performance reports, and summarizing business analysis

Strong in building financial models and data analytics

Cross Functional Working – proven experience in working proactively across commercial functions to deliver total business performance solutions

Stakeholder Engagement and Management – demonstrated experience in influencing and managing multiple stakeholders across geographies, building mutually beneficial, profit-focused business relationships

At Beam Suntory, 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. Beam Suntory 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.