Commercial Finance Manager, GTR

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Date: Oct 1, 2025

Location: Madrid, MD, ES

Company: Suntory Global Spirits

Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits with beloved iconic brands, rooted in more than 200 years of heritage and craftsmanship. Our values are deep-rooted, and we aspire to live our purpose to ‘Inspire the Brilliance of Life’ in everything we do. Our ambition is to become the World’s Most Admired Premium Spirits Company. We want to be Most Admired not only for our incredible brands, but also for the brilliant experiences we foster, the ways in which we bring people together, the impactful marketing and innovation we deliver, and for the positive impact we have on the world around us. When you’re on our team, you can build a career of personal and professional growth across functions, business units and geographies. At Suntory Global Spirits, our employees work together to Unleash Their Spirit and realize their full potential each and every day.

 

Commercial Finance Manager, GTR  

 

The following position is open in Madrid, Spain.

What makes this a great opportunity?

  • The primary purpose of the role is to business partner the commercial team and deliver the P&L for Travel Retail in GTR Global Accounts
  • The role also leads process improvement, standardization in GAA and initiatives for implementation of strategies. Requires collaboration with other teams such as S&OP, Customer Marketing and Revenue management tools and strategies.

Role Responsibilities

Business Planning and Reporting

  • Prepare Budget, Forecast and Customer Plan in line with planning cycles and deadlines.
  • Deliver monthly forecast with close coordination with other teams such as Customer Marketing, Commercial, S&OP and FP&A.
  • Monitor P&L by channel/ market/brand performance and provide insights to assist commercial team on business and financial improvement opportunities.
  • Provide material analysis vs Budget/FC till Brand Contribution and evaluate R&Os through S&OP.
  • Continue to build the culture of depletions vs shipments through existing tools
  • Safeguard investment levels for Global Accounts and ensure forecast robustness and accuracy around Trade Investment and Brand Investment.
  • Coordinate/support the Regional Business Review with cross functional teams and GAA leadership team to drive critical and insightful discussion.

 

Business Partnering through Analytics and Collaboration

  • Embed in daily WoW the use of planning tools and analytics such as Price Vol Mix and TPM to ensure proper use of funds to drive growth and be in line with strategy.
  • Collaborate and create solutions that gives business results with commercial teams using the applicable tools.
  • Support business cases and develop analysis to support business decisions.

 

Others

  • Play a proactive role in promoting financial impact and awareness within the commercial & customer marketing team
  • Challenge and drive improvements in current processes, control and compliance.
  • Responsible for following up monthly landing for Global Accounts and provide clarity about potential R&O’s .

Qualifications

  • Degree qualified with finance or accounting qualification and relevant industry (e.g. FMCG) experience. Preferably experienced in regional Commercial Finance or FP&A role.
  • Experienced in writing succinct and insightful business performance reports, and summarizing business analysis
  • Strong in building financial models and data analytics
  • Cross Functional Working – proven experience in working proactively across commercial functions to deliver total business performance solutions
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Management – demonstrated experience in influencing and managing multiple stakeholders across geographies, building mutually beneficial, profit-focused business relationships
  • Tenacity, agility and rigor
  • Strong planning and problem-solving skills 
  • Strong commercial skills and high level of business acumen
  • Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills
  • Culturally sensitive attitude and approach
  • Strong time management, able to prioritize a diverse workload and deadlines
  • Demonstrate a ‘drive for results’ mentality

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.


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