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About the Role

The Commercial Finance Controller will support the business transformation agenda by ensuring clarity and control surrounding Pricing & Trade Investment. This role enables the Commercial Finance Control team to provide clarity and control through the organisation relating to Pricing and Trade investment, to unlock value for pladis as well as enabling RM analytics through systemised consistent, comparable pricing & trade investment architecture.

Responsibilities

Lead the Commercial Finance Control team to deliver key business Balance Sheet metrics, ensuring 100% accuracy in monthly and quarterly reconciliation processes.
Establish and maintain a robust control framework for trade spend, ensuring all customer investments are transparent, validated, and aligned with contractual obligations.
Proactively influence the Sales teams to manage accruals and commercial liabilities, mitigating financial risks before they impact the P&L.
Provide support to the Project team in delivering the new Promotional management system, playing a critical role in scoping and implementing new processes.
Take ownership of the Customer Master data of project stream, run to completion and move to BAU.
Take ownership of the Pricing Confidentiality project workstream, helping to lead the various arms of the project to completion, including defining and setting up ongoing business management roles and responsibilities.
Lead the annual Audit process for the commercial finance area, ensuring testing plans are agreed and aligned with the Auditors and all evidence requests are provided in full.
Directly lead and mentor a team, fostering a culture of high performance, commercial curiosity, and technical excellence.
Act as a bridge between the central Finance function and the frontline Commercial teams to ensure financial literacy and accountability across the business.

Requirements

Degree holder
Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA…)
Advanced MS Excel, PPT, PBI
Fluent in English
5-8 years’ experience in an analytical and business-oriented role within Consumer Goods - probably within a commercial finance team.
An appreciation of the commercial impacts of pricing & promotion.
Experience of pulling together different internal & data sources, to form clear insights into financial understanding.
Ability to develop your own analytical processes to investigate ways of working being flexible to accepting new approaches to drive efficiency and effectiveness.
Ability to influence and work collaboratively across the organisation.
Ability to work optimally in a sometimes ambiguous role to help define and drive the agenda forward.
Strong financial and commercial competence built over a 5-year minimum career.

Skills

MS Excel
MS PowerPoint
Power BI
Pricing
Trade Investment
Balance Sheet reconciliation
Control framework
Accruals management
Promotional management systems
Customer Master Data management
Audit process management
Team leadership
Financial literacy
Commercial competence

Location

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

5-8 years
5-year minimum career

Education Level

Degree holder
Qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA…)

About the Company

Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people?
As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire.
We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.
To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability.
If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact.
Bring happiness with every bite
It’s a purpose that every one of our colleagues, all around the world believes in.
And while we’re all unique, we also share the same values.
Each of our values is important on its own. In combination they’re exceptionally powerful.
Our values have deep personal meaning to us. They’re part of who we are and what we stand for as an employer
Living our pladis values is a key part of success, look out for questions in your interview that link to these key pladis values.
Our Values
Purpose led – We’re energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite
Agile – We’re ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers
Positive – We’re highly motivated optimistic, fearless, and we inspire each other to be better
Resilient - We’re persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward
Collaborative – We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding together.

Equal Opportunity

pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every phenomenal recipe we’re a thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to work that’s as diverse as our consumers and the communities we support, live and work in, all around the world. Where every voice is heard, and difference is celebrated. Where fresh perspectives and new ideas help us grow and thrive.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform key job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.