Commercial Financial Analyst

Overall Purpose of the Job

The Commercial Analyst will oversee the analytical running of their dedicated contracts across Ireland, working closely with the wider commercial, finance and operations teams to deliver overall profitability for the business, client reporting, preparation of financial pricing models for month end and year end reporting and business tool reporting.

Main duties and Responsibilities

• Review and follow up on all daily, weekly, monthly profitability figures associated with client accounts
• Monitoring and improving Customer, Category & Supplier measures/KPI’s – Profitability.
• Provide management information for improved commercial decision making - that is accurate, timely, accessible, insightful and robust.
• Margin protection and tracking of account growth across. Maintained through conducting monthly commercial performance meetings.
• Responsible for the Annual Account Budgets & any re-forecasts required. Ensure reporting and monitoring of performance against budget
• Role interacts and co-ordinates activities with Accounts, Operations, Transport, Technical, Marketing, Sales, Procurement, Farms and External Trading Partners.
• Develop and maintain detailed cost analysis report as required by customer and business to ensure accuracy in reported numbers.
• Roll out best practice commercial finance practices across specific accounts, category management and financial reporting.
• Preparation and review of weekly and monthly financial reports.

Qualifications and Experience

• Ideally Third Level Business/Accounting or Commerce Degree.
• Excel modelling experience.
• Previous experience of commercial analytics.
• Working knowledge of Navision an advantage.
• Possess or Working towards accounting qualification.
• Right to work on a permanent, full-time basis in Ireland.