Business Planning Analysis FTC 12 Months

Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Business Planning Analyst (BPA) provides commercial financial leadership and support to the UK & Ireland Business Managers through input and insight into customer pricing strategies (P and GSL), improved allocation of resources and management of new product and financial initiatives to drive sales growth and productivity. The BPA provides insightful analysis to inform resource allocation and commercial propositions for the Field Force, to help drive superior sales and profit performance and owns all aspects of the financial appraisal, forecasting, monthly performance reporting and NFCM compliance processes for the business units they support.

The successful candidate will have:
*Exceptional business partnering and commercial financial leadership skills
*Experience of customer facing financial analysis
*Relevant Business Planning, Forecasting and Management reporting in a UK/Ireland product based business
*Leverage of financial analysis to support commercial decision making with marketing and sales managers
*Development of Brand Product Pricing models, including consideration of parallel trade.
*Matrix management in a Shared Services (FRA) environment and of securing internal stakeholder resource to manage complex projects
*SAP, J D Edwards and advanced excel
*Preferably educated to degree level

Behaviours:
*Strategic thinking
*Proactive approach, with proven ability to engage and motivate multi-functional stakeholders
*Strong external focus, with experience of working with key customer and 3rd party stakeholders
*Strong results focus, with ability to consistently overcome challenges and deliver goals
*Capability to manage multiple demands and competing priorities
*Change management ability
*High integrity
*Transparent working style also under pressure
*Cultural sensitivity

hy-phen Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.