Commercial Sales Analyst

Analytical (50%)

Responsible for set up of Quarterly Business Reviews including updating data and preparing presentation.

Quarterly results report - gathering of detailed results by team to distribute on timely basis to aid management in making effective decisions.

Manages and administers the retail division accrual funds to ensure expenditures meet Spectrum Brands financial objectives. As part of this maintain "expenditure forecast report" on all major discretionary accruals.

Responsible for reconciling all relevant accruals within the retail divisions and ensuring accuracy of accrual set up, balance etc.

Plays a key role in the resolution of customer deductions including taking an active role in deduction meetings and updates to group.

Account review preparation for sales managers within retail division.

Marketing/Sales/Relationship (40%)

Monthly Budget reporting distributed to management on a timely basis. Includes gaining an understanding of all key variances and maintaining a system to ensure all expenses and spends are accrued & tracked accurately.

Work with Sales and Marketing teams on major initiatives in gathering information relevant to setting up P&L's and making pricing recommendations.

Support new product development through profit and loss/financial analysis.

Key financial point of contact and owner for specific customer group.

Other (10%)

Various ad-hoc reporting as requested by the retail sales team to support the analysis of business trends.

An equivalent combination of:

Bachelor's degree required. Accounting or Finance degree preferred.

0-2 years financial analysis experience.

Requires highly refined organizational and time management skills.

Ability to multi-task effectively in a deadline driven role.

Requires creativity in problem solving.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Must be an expert in PC skills, especially MS Excel, Word, Powerpoint (SAP a plus).