Commercial Finance Analyst
Posted 1 day ago by Aila Recruitment | B Corp™
£60,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Marlow, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Commercial Finance Analyst role is a 15-month fixed-term contract focused on delivering financial planning and analysis for a purpose-led Consumer Goods company. The position requires strong Excel skills and experience in a product-based business, with responsibilities including pricing reconciliations, trade spend management, and month-end accruals. The role offers a hybrid working arrangement and a competitive salary. The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented and possess excellent communication skills.
Key Responsibilities:
- Complete pricing reconciliations across different systems and ensure accurate pricing ahead of forecasts and budgets
- Support the Deals team to help them understand and manage their customer trade spend in accordance with budget/forecast
- Management of month end accruals for all trade spend
- Production of Trade Spend dashboards
- Support invoice queries on Trade Spend and work closely with accounting on document clearing
- Maintain, update and take ownership for the pricing submission template
Key Skills:
- Excellent Excel skills, with comfort in managing large data sets
- Previous experience in a Consumer Goods or product based business
- Month end experience in a financial analysis role with the ability to hit the ground running
- Strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills
Salary (Rate): £60,000.00 yearly
City: Marlow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Commercial Finance Analyst - 15 month FTC £55,000 - £60,000
Are you a commercially astute Finance Analyst with excellent Excel skills and prior experience working in a consumer goods or product-based business? Aila is partnered with an exciting Consumer Goods brands with a purpose-led approach that has continued to scale at pace over the last few years.
About the company:
- £100m Consumer Goods, purpose-led B Corp business
- A leading FMCG brand with global backing and plans to scale
- Over 200 different product SKU’s
- Incredibly tight-knit and family feel business
The Role:
The Commercial Analyst will support the business in delivering world class financial planning and analysis. You will ensure that the business is compliant with Group reporting requirements, as well as providing a variety of management reporting to enable effective decision making, all within a financial analysis capacity.
The Ideal Candidate :
- A driven and results orientated Finance Analyst with a desire to achieve
- Excellent Excel skills, with comfort in managing large data sets
- Previous experience in a Consumer Goods or product based business
- Month end experience in a financial analysis role with the ability to hit the ground running
- Strong attention to detail and excellent communication skills
What they Offer:
- £55,000 - £60,000
- Hybrid working (2 days in the office, Marlow)
- Excellent culture
- 25 days holiday
- Complete flexibility around hours
How to Apply:
We want to hear from you if you're excited about this opportunity and believe you have what it takes to excel in this role. Apply now for further information.
About Aila Recruitment:
Aila is a specialist finance recruitment business dedicated to providing the best jobs to the best people. We operate as an extended arm of our client's business and a career coach for our candidates' ongoing development. Not quite the right role for you? Contact us to discuss other opportunities and start a partnership with a finance agency that puts you first.