Finance Analyst
- Recruiter
- Anonymous
- Location
- Ashford
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 24 May 2018
- Closes
- 26 May 2018
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Brakes Group is a leading supplier to the foodservice sector in the UK, Ireland, France and Sweden. The Group is committed to provide its customers with outstanding service, products and foodservice solutions, its people with a 'great place to work' and its suppliers with a great company to partner.
Owned by Sysco, the world's leading foodservice company, Brakes Group comprises a family of specialist businesses which are able to deliver everything the caterer needs. It provides a professional, friendly regional service supported by a national network of depots, which ensures it offers an exceptional and individual service to each and every one of its customers
Commercial Finance Analyst - Ashford, Kent
The Commercial Finance Analyst is a key support to the Category and Procurement Finance Director and Category and Pricing Director providing strategic analysis and insight into business performance at a product Category lense. They must possess the ability to manage complex reporting with a variety of inputs and identify key trends and results. The successful candidate will be the primary Category Finance contact for a variety of different stakeholders of both finance and non-finance backgrounds.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
• Produce and collate monthly performance reporting vs budget/plan and prior year for each of the product categories
• Work closely with the Sales Controller to produce Specialist Sales Team budgets, reporting and bonus payments in line with business objectives
• Provide mid-monthly category reporting and commentaries requiring a sound understanding of the key drivers for each Category
• Produce the annual budget by Category aligned with the Divisional submissions
• Support and challenge the Category Team in the formulation and delivery of Category in year deliverables
• Manage costs for the Category, Pricing and Specialist Sales Teams
• Maintain the Category module in Anaplan
• Support the integration of Category into Brakes updated systems
• Support ad-hoc Category projects
Knowledge, Skills, Experience
Essential:
• Qualified, (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
• The candidate should have previous experience of working in a fast paced commercial environment
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills
• Excellent MS Excel experience
• Strong relationship builder
• Analytical thinking
• Strong Influencing skills
• Strong communication skills
• Enthusiastic with a can do attitude
Desirable:
• Advanced MS Office including Excel skills
• SAP / BW experience
The Business
Brakes Group is committed to reducing the environmental impact the business has on both the communities it serves and the countries it operates in. It has ISO 14001 accreditation - an internationally recognised standard for environmental performance.
Brakes Group operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applications regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions or trade union membership.
Brakes UK uses a third party to undertake a number of checks. Any offer of employment made by Brakes UK would be conditional upon receiving a satisfactory; reference, identity document(s), basic DBS certificate and basic credit check
Owned by Sysco, the world's leading foodservice company, Brakes Group comprises a family of specialist businesses which are able to deliver everything the caterer needs. It provides a professional, friendly regional service supported by a national network of depots, which ensures it offers an exceptional and individual service to each and every one of its customers
Commercial Finance Analyst - Ashford, Kent
The Commercial Finance Analyst is a key support to the Category and Procurement Finance Director and Category and Pricing Director providing strategic analysis and insight into business performance at a product Category lense. They must possess the ability to manage complex reporting with a variety of inputs and identify key trends and results. The successful candidate will be the primary Category Finance contact for a variety of different stakeholders of both finance and non-finance backgrounds.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
• Produce and collate monthly performance reporting vs budget/plan and prior year for each of the product categories
• Work closely with the Sales Controller to produce Specialist Sales Team budgets, reporting and bonus payments in line with business objectives
• Provide mid-monthly category reporting and commentaries requiring a sound understanding of the key drivers for each Category
• Produce the annual budget by Category aligned with the Divisional submissions
• Support and challenge the Category Team in the formulation and delivery of Category in year deliverables
• Manage costs for the Category, Pricing and Specialist Sales Teams
• Maintain the Category module in Anaplan
• Support the integration of Category into Brakes updated systems
• Support ad-hoc Category projects
Knowledge, Skills, Experience
Essential:
• Qualified, (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
• The candidate should have previous experience of working in a fast paced commercial environment
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills
• Excellent MS Excel experience
• Strong relationship builder
• Analytical thinking
• Strong Influencing skills
• Strong communication skills
• Enthusiastic with a can do attitude
Desirable:
• Advanced MS Office including Excel skills
• SAP / BW experience
The Business
Brakes Group is committed to reducing the environmental impact the business has on both the communities it serves and the countries it operates in. It has ISO 14001 accreditation - an internationally recognised standard for environmental performance.
Brakes Group operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applications regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions or trade union membership.
Brakes UK uses a third party to undertake a number of checks. Any offer of employment made by Brakes UK would be conditional upon receiving a satisfactory; reference, identity document(s), basic DBS certificate and basic credit check