Sr Financial Analyst, Commercial

The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®.  ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibers, including sugarcane. 

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

The ASR Group® family of companies is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. The companies produce a full line of grocery, industrial, foodservice and specialty sweetener products. Across North America, ASR Group® companies operate five sugar refineries, located in California, Maryland, Louisiana, Canada and Mexico. In Europe, ASR Group® companies operate sugar refineries in the United Kingdom, Portugal, and, with a joint venture partner, Italy. The companies also farm sugarcane and own sugar mills in Mexico and Belize. The ASR Group® portfolio includes the leading brands Domino®, C&H®, Florida Crystals®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle®, Lyle's®, Sidul® and Whitworths®. ASR Group® companies also produce and market Tellus®, a single-use, compostable tableware and foodservice product made from plant fibres, including sugarcane

OVERVIEW

• The successful candidate will join our Commercial Finance team, with specific responsibility for business partnering with Sales & Marketing team to provide timely, accurate and useful management reports, analysis, and interpretations.
• Role will be a combination of i) traditional month-end and quarterly closing / reporting; ii) business partnering on value driving strategic initiatives; and iii) data analytics of retail market data
• Pan-European role and there may be the need to travel on an ad-hoc basis, to meet the needs of the business.

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acts as a business partner to the sales team, being their first point of call for commercial support and linking with other functions to provide comprehensive and holistic answers
• To work as a key part of the Commercial Finance team with deliver daily, monthly, and quarterly reporting processes
• To execute month-end reporting activities and maintenance, including analysis and reconciliation of the sales rebate accounts.
• To be a ‘go-to’ person for resolving commercial queries and preparing ad-hoc analysis with recommendations/findings.
• Prepare quarterly board presentations for commercial and finance teams
• Analyse monthly and quarterly financial projections
• Uses deep understanding of objectives, issues and root cause analysis to provide insightful, fact-based financial analysis
• To be a subject matter expert in the management of data in SAP reporting tools. This will require developing a deep understanding of the SAP source data and how this is derived
• Build data analytics dashboards and analysis in Power BI
• To support the Commercial Finance team during the year end audit process
• To support the Commercial Finance team with preparation of annual budget. This involves developing the Sales Pricing/volume/ Standard Contribution To Overheads (“CTO”) tool to enable Standard CTO to be calculated as well as to understand the components of Standard CTO and their determination
• Review profitability and potential changes to product portfolio and support the Innovation process (ad-hoc projects)
• Build financial and business case for marketing campaigns, new product launches and other portfolio changes including impact of new and de-listed SKU’s (ranging from customer margin to operational impact)
• Post-implementation audits/analysis for product launches and marketing campaigns
• Analyze Slow Moving and Obsolete Inventory to identify opportunities to reduce write-off’s
• Supervise and mentor junior members of the team on a day-to-day basis.

WORK EXPERIENCES

• Demonstratable experience of using both SAP and Anaplan
• Demonstrable experience of Food Manufacturing; Fast Moving Consumer Goods; or Commodities

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with some post qualified experience

At Tate & Lyle Sugars, our goal is to be the most admired sweetener Company.

Service Excellence - Be the industry's Gold Standard by a relentless focus on reliability, providing products with superior quality and excellent customer services. Efficiency and Sustainability - Eliminate inefficiency to be a sustainable, low cost producer and to generate fuel for reinvestment. Value-Add - create strategic advantage and enhanced profitability through value-added products and services. The foundation of our values is Talent and Culture as we aim to build, retain and motivate a winning team.