YOUR OPPORTUNITY
A truly unique role offering the opportunity to influence GTR Europe performance with the chance to help dynamically manage P&L and gain front line commercial finance experience.
On the one hand you will be involved in regional strategic planning discussions, resource allocation modelling, regional P&L reporting and management and submission of budget estimates. On the other, you will be getting into the details on Europe sales performance, working with the commercial teams to identify opportunities & drive delivery, managing costs & tracking KPIs in Europe P&L.
ABOUT YOU
You must be Fearless to challenge & influence decision making across GTR, mixing the detail and bigger picture to identify opportunities for growth in line with strategy & to manage P&Ls.
You must demonstrate a Founder’s mentality, balancing brand and commercial priorities to help us achieve the best results with our customers, and to help GTR beat our dynamic plan.
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT & PLANNING :
Help manage Europe performance, supporting profitable P&L delivery and manage month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting processes, with the following specific responsibilities:
Partner with the European Commercial team to prepare monthly P&L landing estimates by analyzing business trends, key drivers, and emerging opportunities.
Develop detailed monthly regional performance reports (market, brand, customer level) covering NSV, GP, GM%, DBC and variance analysis vs. budget.
Align landing positions (Vol, NSV, GP, A&P) with Commercial and Marketing leads before submitting updates to the Regional Director, Finance Manager, and Central Finance.
Prepare and distribute monthly performance management reports to regional stakeholders.
Execute quarterly SOX audits and manage pre-/post-close processes in line with accounting policies.
Prepare, upload, and submit regional budgets and in-year forecasts, including template creation, guidance to Commercial teams, and ensuring accurate submissions in TM1. Conduct post-submission checks and adjustments.
Be part of the wider GTR Finance team, actively contributing to ad-hoc projects and initiatives.
COMMERCIAL DECISION SUPPORT:
Act as Business partner to Sales Managers and Customer Marketing Managers with the following specific responsibilities:
Support the Commercial team in identifying pricing opportunities to improve margin and drive profitable growth.
Maintain accurate Volume, NSV, and GP forecasts through continuous review and improvement of forecasting tool.
Collaborate with Commercial team to prepare annual commercial plans (IAP/Budget) for review and approval by the Regional Director and Finance Manager.
Support the Regional Finance Manager in quarterly customer credit assessments and reviews.
Ensure accurate month-end accrual postings through timely and correct MJEs.
Review accrual adequacy by comparing accruals vs. actual invoices and customers’ stock-in-hand.
Conduct quarterly accrual adequacy checks with the Commercial team and obtain sign-off from the Regional Director.
MARKETING DECISION SUPPORT:
Review monthly A&P Planner vs. Budget/LE and prepare landing positions for month, quarter, and FY; challenge Commercial and CMM teams to optimize ROI on incremental A&P spend.
Report monthly actual A&P spend, highlight variances and discrepancies, and ensure compliance with Bacardi accounting policies.
Assist with M&E and ROI analysis to evaluate marketing effectiveness and guide optimal resource allocation.
Manage A&P code setup in financial systems to enable accurate budget uploads and spend tracking.
STRUCTURE COST DECISION SUPPORT
To support financial and operational planning, budgeting, forecasting and analytics for structure costs
Monthly reporting and monitoring of structure costs against Budgets and Latest Estimates, challenging teams where overspends occur.
Embed culture of cost control within regional commercial teams.
Share variance analysis of Travel & Entertainment actual spends vs Budget…