Commercial Finance Analyst, South East Asia

Glanbia Performance Nutrition's purpose is to inspire people everywhere to achieve their performance goals! We are the world's leading premium sports nutrition company with Optimum Nutrition, Isopure, BSN Syntha-6 among the brands in the portfolio today. We have ambitious plans for the future, and as a values-led organisation, we're focused on driving sustainable business performance the right way.

Job Title: Commercial Finance Analyst (SEA)
Reports To: Head of Finance – SEA 

As the Commercial Finance Analyst for Southeast Asia, you'll partner with commercial teams to unlock growth and profitability across the region. You'll be the go-to expert for financial insights, helping shape the future of our business in a fast-paced, high-growth market.

Key Accountabilities include:

1)    Actuals Reporting

•    Monitor daily sales orders tracking against Budget/Forecast/Latest Estimate. 
•    Prepare sales reports: by customers, by Region, and by products on a monthly basis or as required. 
•    Prepare Trade Spend/rebates and marketing expenses accruals on monthly basis. 
•    Prepare forecasts such as Budget, Forecasts and Actuals analysis on a monthly/quarterly/annual basis 

2)        Commercial Support: 

•    Review month end P&Ls and assist in building P&Ls needed for incremental growth and profitability decisions. 
•    Monitor on-going sales outlook for SEA region. 
•    Design, evaluate and monitor rebate and promotional plans. 
•    Review all promo templates before submission for approval. 
•    Review all claims from our customers for approval from Head of Finance. 
•    Support HoF in preparation of budgets/forecasts/outlook. 
•    Track customers sell-out and inventory (DOH) to ensure proper inventory level maintained at customer level. 
•    Prepare and analyze monthly business review deck before submission. 
•    Assist in preparing ROI calculation of Trade and marketing spend. 
•    Prepare, maintain and track business KPIs, including compliance requirement 
•    Reviewing and optimizing the Value-chain for every SEA customer with the support of Commercial team.

 
3)  Customers Claim Review and Processing 

•    Review all claims received from distributors/customers, before providing the claim docs to HoF for approval. 
•    Keeping track of all customers claims and ensure claims are properly accounted for and match against accruals set-up for that purpose. 
•    Arranging NDC [No Dues Certificate] on Quarterly basis from all the SEA Customers.

4)  Ad-Hoc Projects 

•    Assist in any ad-hoc projects required to support business growth and profitability in the Region as well as for process improvements. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

•    Strong PC skills including MS Office; particularly Excel and PowerPoint 
•    Hands on operator who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get the job done working independently with little supervision 
•    Strong problem solving skills with high attention to detail 
•    Sound accounting, reporting and analytical skills 
•    Fast and accurate alpha-numeric keyboard skills 
•    Strong communication and interpersonal skills 
•    Be a strong team player and demonstrate dedication to company goals 
•    Ability to work under pressure to meet varying deadlines and work volumes 
•    Self-motivated with initiative and performance driven

Education/Experience: 

•    Bachelor Degree in Accounting or Finance with minimum 3-5 years experience in FMCG or similar within global MNC. 
•    Experience in commercial financial and accounting practice preferably international 
•    Well-developed English language skills (reading/writing and oral) with effective communication skills 
•    A working knowledge of SAP preferred

Ready to fuel your career and help shape the future of sports nutrition in SEA Apply now and be part of our winning team!