Associate Manager, FP&A, Netherlands

Summary

The primary purpose of the position is to act as a Business Partner to the Commercial Team in Netherlands, as well as Regional Business & Finance Teams, with regards to supporting profitable sales growth. This role is a key part of the financial support of the Dutch Consumer business and will have contact with a wide variety of people at local country level and European HQ.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Financial support of Sales team, including:
• Partner with Sales and Marketing team to develop strong business plans that deliver against SCJ objectives of growth, maximize Net Pricing and ensure conditionality
• Optimize Trade Spending – Analyze trade spending plans (Customer plans, Customer net net, Promo plans) with Sales team to maximize Net Pricing and reduce Gross to Net.
• Drive initiatives including analysing ROI on trade spend, establish conditionality of customer terms and develop customer profitability analysis
• Play an active role in the monthly S&OP cycle via sound analysis and driving forecast accuracy
• Analyse and help optimize marketing investment behind priorities and improved ROI, working with Customer Marketing
• Drive simplification initiatives and best practices in coordination with rest of Cluster Finance team
• Analyse and understand monthly results and ensure business partners are regularly updated on performance and full year forecasts
• Support completion of the annual budget, as well as forecasts and re-estimate
• Ensure processes and controls are fit for purpose in the sales control environment
• Respond to ad-hoc queries

Required Skills / Experience / Competencies

• Have strong commercial awareness understanding the wider context in which the business operates
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, working with all levels within a cross-functional organization
• Demonstrate ability to influence across the organization
• Ability to work in a team environment with changing priorities and multiple deadlines
• Self-driven and goal-oriented, as much a team player
• Value others and culture
• Adaptability
• Problem solving
• Drive for Results
• Proven record of driving continuous improvements and facilitate change
• Ability to implement and enforce internal controls
• 3-4 years of Experience
• Language: English mandatory. French is a plus

Job Requirements

• Full time

You need to be eligible to work in the country of application.

This role is not eligible for relocation.Remote work available once a week for eligible employees.