Job Description :

　　Commercial Finance Analyst

　　Location: Amsterdam

　　Diageo is the world’s leading premium drinks company with an outstanding collection of brands, such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Tanqueray and Guinness. Our purpose – Celebrating life, every day, everywhere – has an important role in our company, for our people, our diversity, our brands, in how we perform and how we create shared value!

　　About the Role

　　In this role, you will support the Commercial Finance team across 2 markets in carrying out performance management, trade investment accruals & analysis, as well as providing decision support to the commercial teams. The ultimate goal is to maximise Net Sales Value and Commercial Contribution for the channels.

　　We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to operate as the finance business partner for the sales and customer marketing teams. You will provide the financial focus and analytical rigor to support and challenge the delivery of our financial and commercial targets. You will be working closely with the Key Account Managers, Customer Marketing Managers, Innovation Commercialization Manager and DBS.

　　Top Accountabilities:

　　Develop performance analysis.

　　Identify the drivers of historic and future P&L performance by brand and customer with focus on volume, mix, price and gross margin that drives insight through the BPM process.

　　Actively participate in helping the commercial teams to understand performance through Customer Performance reviews.

　　Allocate and analyze trade spend by customer and brand.

　　Calculate trade spend accruals for closing in collaboration with sales.

　　Analyze net pricing; more specifically check euro minimum and ICSP guidelines.

　　Lead yearly list-price project Forecasting

　　Lead the monthly forecasting exercise with Sales.

　　About you

　　Business or finance university level degree (or equivalent).

　　Proven experience in a similar role.

　　Analytical Skills: solid understanding of appropriate analytical tools and techniques to use in conjunction with strong financial understanding.

　　Outstanding communication and influencing skills to build relationships. Able to flex/adapt communication style to deliver challenge and influence to business decision-making.

　　Understand and manage commercial risk, with the ability to develop and implement processes and controls to identify and measure specific risks.

　　Our offer

　　An inclusive company culture that puts employees and their development first

　　A competitive salary with bonus and many benefits

　　An industry-leading parental leave policy

　　And of course, the best colleagues!

　　Celebrating our inclusive and diverse culture is core to Diageo’s purpose of “celebrating life every day everywhere”. This purpose is, in itself, inclusive in nature, as it values everybody irrespective of background, disability, religion, gender identity, sexuality or ethnicity.

　　We know that for Diageo to thrive and to realize its ambition, we depend on having diverse talent with a range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities in each of the 180 countries in which we operate and to reflect our broad consumer base.

　　Flexibility is key to success in our business and many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, compressed hours, flexible location.

　　We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

　　Don’t let anything stop you from applying!

　　Worker Type :

　　Regular

　　Primary Location:

　　Amsterdam

　　Additional Locations :

　　Job Posting Start Date :

　　2024-01-22

　　With over 200 brands sold in more than 180 countries, we’re the world’s leading premium drinks company. Every day, over 30,000 talented people come together at Diageo to create the magic behind our much-loved brands. From iconic names to innovative newcomers – the brands we’re building are rooted in culture and local communities. Our ambition is to be one of the best performing, most trusted and most respected consumer products companies in the world.

　　Our founders, such as Arthur Guinness, John Walker, and Charles Tanqueray, were visionary entrepreneurs whose brilliant minds helped shape the alcohol industry. And through our people, their legacy lives on. Join us, and you’ll collaborate with talented people from all corners of the world. Together, you’ll innovate and push boundaries, shaping a more inclusive and sustainable future that we can all be proud of.

　　With diversity at our core, we celebrate our people's unique passions, commitments and specialist skills. Because when varied voices, mindsets, and personalities come together, great ideas are born. In our supportive culture, your voice will be heard and you’ll be empowered to be you. Just bring your ambition, curiosity and ideas, and we’ll celebrate your work and help you reach your fullest potential.

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