Financial Analyst

FINANCIAL ANALYST

Your Manager: Finance Reporting Manager

Team: Finance

Location: London, UK

About us

Pernod Ricard UK is part of Pernod Ricard, number two in wines and spirits. We are a convivial, passionate, entrepreneurial and dynamic company with 320 employees based in the UK, and are responsible for the sales, marketing and distribution of Pernod Ricard’s leading premium spirits, wines and champagnes.

Pernod Ricard holds one of the most prestigious brand portfolios in the drinks sector, including 19 brands among the top 100 worldwide. Our key brands in the UK include ABSOLUT vodka, Jameson Irish Whiskey, Beefeater and Plymouth Gins, The Glenlivet Scotch whisky, Havana Club rum, Malibu rum, Chivas Regal Scotch whisky, Perrier-Jouët champagne and our premium wine brands Brancott Estate, Campo Viejo and Jacob’s Creek.

About the team

The finance department is responsible for the organisation of the Company’s financial and accounting affairs including the preparation and presentation of business accounts and the provision of financial information for managers. To provide tools and insights to protect and leverage PRUK assets the finance department:

Business Insight – Give timely and relevant insight, provide opportunity and risk identification, offer return on investment optimisation and commercial negotiation support.

Profit and Cash Management - Set and monitor delivery of stretch targets and manage financial flow to meet Pernod Ricard Group expectations.

Robust and User Friendly Control Environment – Provide a professional framework for customer and supplier commitments, along with asset protection and financial accounts integrity and tax/regulatory compliance.

About your role

The Finance department is organised in 2 areas: the FP&A team (Financial Planning and Analysis) who provide insightful analysis and forecast of the business performance; and Financial Control which . This role sits under Financial Control but works very closely alongside the FP&A team acting as a bridge between the 2 teams.

The Finance analyst is a data driven person acting as pivot between wider Finance, FP&A and Operations team.

Finance Analyst will be the business partner for operations cost, the owner of the different Master-Data belonging to the multiple systems and the projects support.

Key Responsibilities

Business support, logistic & operations

• Goal: help the PRUK team in charge of logistic (warehousing, goods delivering, customer service) to manage costs proactively & efficiently by providing relevant financial information on a timely basis, supporting ongoing & recurring business as well as transformation projects
• Key functions:

• Cost management; monthly closing (calculation of accruals & costs estimation), yearly budget & re-forecast
• Support in the understanding, financial accruing and reporting of new government implemented EPR costs
• Cost allocation: by brand, channel, customer

Be a key partner in the Finance team digital transformation

• Goal: continue to embed new digital transformation processes and stay close to further developments, supporting their implementation.
• Key functions:
  • Be a key Finance point of contact and system expert of our new reporting tool (Tagetik tool), staying close to any developments.
  • Ensure commercial reporting in the new tool, from local systems: volume, net sales, costs
  • Support in the project to develop automation between our reporting systems.
  • Be a credible counterpart to the IT team, understanding & fulfilling IT requirements (testing, process definition etc)

• Be a key finance point of contact for logistic/operations related projects that would impact the FP&A area. Product data management, S&OP etc.

Business support, financial services

• Goal: be a support to the financial services team (responsible for accounting, treasury management, internal control) on transversal processes (from accounting to reporting) & common projects
• Key functions:

• Ensure the correct matching of monthly accounting closing & financial reporting
• Manage valuation of stock processes and reporting
• Manage the updating of intercompany COGs and reporting.
• Business partner with and manage the full P&L reporting of Italicus.

Be a key counterpart in data management for PRUK FP&A team

• Goal: support data management area, being created transversally in PRUK
• Key functions:

• Understand the data landscape of PRUK FP&A perimeter, especially in the marketing & product area (marketing spend segmentation & classification, product definition & dimension).
• Ensure data integrity across different financial & reporting systems, in close connection with broader company system landscape (S&OP, Marketing optimisation program etc.)

Key Relationships

• Finance Managers
• Operations
• Finance Control
• IT (internal and external consultants)

What you need

Strong Microsoft Excel skills: Able to create and interpret complex formulas and models. Particularly need to be extremely comfortable with LOOKUPs, SUMIFS and pivot tables.

Qualification: At least part-qualified through a recognised finance exam board (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with at least 2x years proven experience – preferably in an industry role.

Experience Base: Essential: month-end processes experience, experience using and reconciling multiple systems, solid understanding of accruals and P&L reporting requirements. Preferable: Experience dealing with multiple FX rates, experience accounting for intercompany transactions, experience with systems: Tagetik, JD Edwards.

About You:   - Analytical mindset, - Flexible and proactive; - able to drive improvements through to completion and thrive in a fast-paced environment, - Good interpersonal and communication skills, having the confidence to communicate clearly with senior management and challenge operations teams, - Positive ‘can-do’ attitude, - Ability to work under pressure and be deadline driven – Attention to detail.

Our mix of benefits

For your health, we offer private medical insurance, income protection and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

Our lifestyle benefits include 28 days’ annual holiday, your employee pension, share incentive plan, season ticket loans, payroll giving and more!

You can access lots of gifts & discounts, including an allowance each year to spend on our brands in our staff shop and employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.

We have regular events in our very own office bar, employee-run networks, a culture of flexibility and trust and a variety of tools and resources to help you focus on your wellbeing and mental fitness.

Conviviality: the Pernod Ricard Way

We have our own way of doing things. We call it conviviality! It’s our way of being, and something unique you feel and experience when working for Pernod Ricard.

We’re committed to conviviality, and with this, you’ll be Proud to Belong to our Pernod Ricard family. You’ll be Empowered to Perform, supported to succeed, and acknowledged for the value you bring.

We combine all this with our Commitment to Care: we are unlocking the magic of human connection to transform our industry and make a positive impact on the world though our strong focus on sustainability and responsibility.

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion

People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’.

We promote diversity and inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture – an environment where we can truly be ourselves. 

We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Please feel free to leave these off your CV and application form if you so wish.

Similarly, if you would like to discuss opportunities for flexible working or require accommodations or support to complete our application process, please let us know.

Responsible drinking

As ‘Créateurs de convivialité’, we want to turn social interactions into genuine and friendly experiences of sharing and wellbeing.

In our culture, we want to create diverse teams in which our differences contribute to our success. Therefore, all are welcome at Pernod Ricard, regardless of your religious beliefs or personal choices on the consumption of alcohol.

In our business, we work together with industry members, civil society, governments, local authorities and UN bodies to promote responsible drinking. 

Job Posting End Date:

2025-01-19

Target Hire Date:

2025-02-01

Target End Date: