Commercial Finance Analyst

Rémy Cointreau; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

The Rémy Cointreau Group, whose Charentais origins date back to 1724, is the result of the 1990 merger of holding companies owned by the Hériard Dubreuil and Cointreau families, which controlled E. Rémy Martin & Cie SA and Cointreau & Cie SA, respectively. The Group is also the result of successive partnerships with other companies active in the same wines and spirits business lines and is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris.

The Rémy Cointreau group owns a portfolio of exceptional brands of international renown: Rémy Martin and LOUIS XIII cognacs, Cointreau, Mount Gay rum, St-Rémy brandy, The Botanist gin, Telmont champagne, and the three whiskies Bruichladdich, Westland and Domaine des Hautes Glaces.

Job Description

In close collaboration with multiple stakeholders (CFO, Finance, Nordics, marketing, supply chain team), you will play a key role in analysing and forecasting our business unit profitability (sales, marketing and opex/capex investments), and recommending optimizations.

You will be part of Remy Cointreau UK commercial finance team, based in our London Office (40 Berners St, London W1T 3NA), reporting to the UKIN Senior Commercial Finance Analyst, and will work very closely with our Nordics, marketing, commercial and finance departments (among others).

Your main responsibilities are:

• Be a business partner to our Nordics team, by providing solid visibility & forecasting on sales (weekly tracker, monthly forecast, depletion/stock reporting, new business cases) and A&P/fixed costs reporting.
• Partner with various departments to maintain a strong level of analysis & forecasting of the marketing expenses, logistic costs and fixed costs by nature/cost center/customer/brand.
• Animate monthly/quarterly reviews with marketing/sales/management team.
• Prepare accurate P&L analysis at a granular level (channel/customer/brand).
• Be responsible for the correct application of the marketing and fixed costs PO approval process, ensure timely goods receipt and appropriate supporting documents, regularly review the balance of accruals.
• Structure A&P ROI analysis across various teams & projects - provide insights & recommendations to management on how we could improve our investment efficiency.
• Actively contribute to our commercial finance planning up to 6 months ahead (Budget, Last Estimate, etc.).
• Support the UKIN team for various ad’hoc analysis & projects.

Qualifications

• FP&A / Commercial Finance previous experience.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong planning / organization skills.
• Able to build recommendation on how to improve processes and investments efficiency.
• Team spirit.
• Strong level in Excel.
• Fluent in English.
• Nice to have: Spirits Industry knowledge; Essbase & SAP experience; Multichannels & UK & Nordics markets experience.

Additional Information

Rémy Cointreau is an equal opportunity employer.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to create an inclusive environment for all employees.