Finance Analyst at DS Smith | GBR | Rezi

Finance Analyst at DS Smith

Finance Analyst

DS Smith · GBR

1 weeks ago

Finance Analyst

DS Smith · GBR

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About the Role

This role supports the Packaging and Paper divisions by providing accurate pricing information, financial analysis, and transfer pricing governance. The Finance Analyst ensures intercompany transactions are priced accurately and partners with stakeholders to provide commercial insight for strategic sourcing decisions and business performance.

Responsibilities

  • Calculate and maintain transfer prices for intercompany transactions in line with Group Transfer Pricing policy.
  • Ensure fiscal pricing is applied accurately across goods, services, royalties, and other intercompany arrangements.
  • Prepare and maintain supporting documentation to meet audit and regulatory requirements.
  • Conduct periodic reviews of pricing methodologies to ensure compliance with OECD guidelines and local regulations.
  • Support month-end and year-end intercompany pricing adjustments.
  • Calculate Fiscal Price Adjustments and Gain Share arrangements.
  • Communicate transfer pricing updates and rationale clearly to key stakeholders across the Paper and Packaging divisions.
  • Produce monthly reporting and performance analysis on paper sales and purchases across the Group.
  • Develop and enhance reporting tools and dashboards to improve business visibility and decision-making.
  • Support forecasting and budgeting activities, helping stakeholders understand the financial impact of key business decisions.
  • Translate complex financial information into clear, actionable business insights.
  • Maintain and enhance the Transfer Pricing Power App.
  • Own and maintain the Price Management Tool (PMT), ensuring appropriate controls are followed, pricing records and vendor data remain accurate and up to date, internal and external purchase and sales prices are correctly maintained.
  • Support ongoing process improvements and automation initiatives.

Requirements

  • University Degree, ideally with an interest in or at the beginning of financial accounting training.
  • Previous experience with data manipulation and reporting writing, automation of data and analytics reporting.
  • Experience of process and checking transactional processes.
  • Background in a financial control function is advantageous.
  • Commodity price analysis or experience with paper and packaging pricing is preferred.
  • Experience with data and financial modelling to support scenario management and forecasting.
  • Experience of working in an internal transfer pricing environment.
  • Knowledge of systems for reporting and analysis.
  • Comfortable navigating an international, matrix environment, capable of influencing without authority.
  • Ability to build and maintain strong relationships.

Skills

  • Data manipulation
  • Reporting writing
  • Automation of data and analytics reporting
  • Financial modelling
  • Scenario management
  • Forecasting
  • Transfer pricing
  • Data analysis
  • Stakeholder management

Location

  • London (Paddington)

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • Mid-level

Education Level

  • University Degree

About the Company

  • DS Smith, together with International Paper, is a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products.
  • We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change.
  • We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more.
  • Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time.
  • Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!
  • To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce.
  • Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.
  • Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges.
  • We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.

Equal Opportunity

  • We aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce.
  • Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.
  • We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria.