Commercial Financial Analyst

ASR Group; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

ASR Group is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, with an annual production capacity of more than 6 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of grocery, industrial, food service and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group owns and operates six sugar refineries, located in Louisiana, New York, California, Maryland, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, the company owns and operates sugar refineries in England and Portugal. ASR Group also owns and operates mills in Mexico and Belize. The company’s brand portfolio includes the leading brands Domino, C&H, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, Lyle’s and Sidul.

OVERVIEW

The successful candidate will join our Commercial Finance team, with specific responsibility for business partnering with the Sales & Marketing team to provide timely, accurate and useful management reports, analysis, and interpretations. The role will suit someone that has recently qualified or is in industry. You will get excellent exposure across a number of different departments and projects such as new product innovation.

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze and report on market performance for sugars & syrups in retail & foodservice (monthly reporting using Nielsen data services). Validate data, perform trend analysis, and provide commercially minded insights.
• Respond to requests for analysis into category performance in support of customer & marketing meetings (via Category Manager).
• Lead twice yearly category projections (with category managers).
• Lead annual pricing analysis including predictive modeling with our 3rd party data partner.
• Review profitability and potential changes to product portfolio and support the Innovation process (ad-hoc projects).
• Analyze and report on outcomes of marketing activations, including trade marketing.
• Lead annual Range Management Process, identifying & implementing SKU count reductions, portfolio rationalization and other opportunities to maximize range profitability.
• Build financial and business cases for marketing campaigns, new product launches and other portfolio changes including impact of new and de-listed SKUs (ranging from customer margin to operational impact).
• Post-implementation audits/analysis for product launches and marketing campaigns.
• Analyze Slow Moving and Obsolete Inventory to identify opportunities to reduce write-offs.
• Support the Commercial Finance team with preparation of annual Standard CTO (“Contribution To Overheads”) budget, developing the Sales Pricing/volume/Standard CTO tool.
• Provide support to the Commercial Finance team with daily, monthly, and quarterly reporting processes.
• Provide support to the Commercial Finance team during the year-end audit process and other ad-hoc tasks/projects.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Strong Excel / Power BI / Tableau skills – beneficial. A willingness to learn.
• Experience using SAP / Anaplan – beneficial. A willingness to learn.
• Experience in audit or a similar role in industry.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent. Part qualified candidates would be considered (and sponsored to complete training, subject to our standard tuition reimbursement policy).

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company.

Service Excellence: Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services.
Efficiency and Sustainability: Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low-cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment.
Value-Add: Create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services. The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.