Description
Planning and Sales Senior Finance Analyst - up to £280 based in Stockley Park
Our client is a global Pharmaceutical company seeking a Senior Finance Analyst who will report into the Sales and Planning Manager.
Details:
An opportunity for a Planning and Sales Senior Finance Analyst has arisen. This role based Stockley Park will be reporting to the Sales & Forecasting Planning Manager.
The Key Responsibilities attached to the role are:
- A key commercial Senior Analyst role operating in the core finance team and reporting to the Sales and Planning Manager.
- Engaging with the business to build and validate consensus forecasts and plans.
- Assisting with all central planning activities within the business and responsible for the reporting of parallel trade across the UK Pharma portfolio
- Understand the commercial environment and challenges within UK Pharma to be able to effectively partner with UK Pharma business to ensure robust plans are in place, which are fully bought into by the business.
- Partner with the business to compile, review and challenge consensus forecast on a monthly basis.
- Support embedding of the ESCOM project into UK Pharma
- Ensure systems in support of planning processes, are maintained and improved, to continually provide accurate and timely forecasts in line with European and internal deadlines.
Key processes include:
- Monthly consensus forecast process and review.
- Quarterly European profit updates
- Annual 3 year plan
- Monthly parallel trade reporting
Basic qualifications:
* Qualified accountant
* Strong Business Partnering and relationship building skills, credibility with senior management
* Process improvement mindset and skills
* Pro-activity and self-starting mindset
* Confidence and independence to challenge and make a difference.