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McCormick & Company
Commercial Finance Analyst
Midrand
FULL TIME
September 23, 2024
Midrand, South Africa
This role reporting to the Senior Commercial Finance Manager, will be a Finance Business Partner to the South African Flavour commercial team, providing financial insights to drive improved decision-making and deliver business results through driving growth and profitability. Focus will be both strategic and tactical to achieve targeted near and long-term goals and objectives.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
Business Partnering with commercial team to drive growth and profitability
- Prepare analysis and insights on the key drivers of financial performance for the South African Flavour business unit
- Support the Senior Commercial Finance Manager in preparing and managing customer and product profitability analysis and reporting
- Interpret and analyse customer specific requests from the sales team and partner to develop financial P&Ls and analytics
- Business partner to the Sales teams, providing insightful analysis to support decision making
Financial reporting and analysis
- Support Financial reporting and analysis for all customers
- Daily and weekly sales reporting
- Support month-end processes, quarterly financial forecast, and budget
- Financial data maintenance – support new product code creation, maintain product mapping, create system inputs of key financials during forecast and budget cycles.
- Develop financial models through benchmarking and process analysis
Business Planning and analysis
- Assist with the coordination and preparation of the long-term plan and annual budget process for the business.
Process Improvement and special projects
- Work to improve core commercial finance processes and reporting
- Ensure all processes are documented and Sarbanes Oxley compliant
- Prepare ad hoc commercial project viability studies
CANDIDATE PROFILE
- BCom in Accounting/Finance Relevant degree or equivalent Qualification
- 4-5 years’ experience in Finance roles with FMCG preferable
- High level of Advanced Excel skills required and preferably experience of TM1, SAP and Power Bi
- Experience in communicating effectively and building positive working relationships with commercial teams
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyse and interpret complex data to provide actionable insights to support decision making
- Strong personal leadership, being able to work in a results-driven culture with big focus on execution
- Demonstrates initiative, accountability and adopts a perspective of continuous improvement
- Strong planning and organisational skills and ability to manage to deadlines
- Thorough understanding of business, processes, systems, and internal controls
As an Equal Opportunities employer, Mc Cormick is committed to a diverse workforce.
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