Commercial Finance Manager (contractor)

What makes this a great opportunity?

As a world leader in premium spirits, Suntory Global Spirits inspires the brilliance of life by delivering great consumer experiences through its world-class portfolio of brands. Known for its craftsmanship of premium whiskies, including Jim Beam®, Maker's Mark®, Basil Hayden® and Knob Creek® bourbons; Japanese whiskies, including Yamazaki®, Hakushu®, Hibiki® and Toki™; and leading Scotch brands including Teacher's, Laphroaig® and Bowmore®, Suntory Global Spirits also produces leading IMFL brand Oaksmith in India.
A global company with approximately 6,000 employees in more than 30 countries, one of Suntory Global Spirit's core values is Growing for Good and through its Proof Positive sustainability strategy, the company has committed to ambitious goals and investments to promote environmental sustainability in its operations, ensure the company has a positive impact on the communities where employees live and work, and programs to educate and inform consumers to make the right personal choices about drinking. Headquartered in New York City, Suntory Global Spirits is a subsidiary of Suntory Holdings Limited of Japan. 

Role Responsibilities

Position Mission

The primary purpose of the role is to business partner Commercial team to deliver the P&L for GTR - SEA, SG, Oceania and MEA.

The role also requires collaboration with other teams in process improvement and initiatives for implementation of strategies. Examples are S&OP, Marketing and RGM/ Commex

Commercial Finance

• Partner and collaborate with RGM and Commercial Team in pricing discussions, trade spent optimisation and opportunities
• Partner with Marketing team in review of Marketing spent, driving conversations to optimize P&L spent
• Partner with S&OP team to review monthly shipment forecast against inventory, depletions performance and forecast, giving early indications of any risks & opportunities

Reporting & Analysis

• Analyze P&L by market/brand performance and provide insights to assist commercial team on business and financial improvement opportunities.
• Provide insightful commentaries and supporting team reporting deliverables

Planning & Forecasting

• Prepare Budget, Forecast and Customer Plan in line with planning cycles and deadlines.
• Proactive identification of risks and opportunities and engage Commercial team in discussions on gap closing initiatives
• Participation in all Demand related conversations

Other

• Supporting Middle East in the RTM changes
• Finance representative for Project Optimus
• Partner with RGM team in support of the commercial team in the usage of TPM
• Play a proactive role in promoting financial impact and awareness, compliance within the commercial team
• Make recommendations on simplifications of processes across Finance (eg, driving forward looking analysis across GTR – Finance, leveraging AI in Finance WOWs)

Qualifications

• Degree qualified with finance or accounting qualification and relevant industry (e.g. FMCG) experience

• 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

Job Specific Competencies

• 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