Customer Finance Business Partner Analyst - Hybrid

The Role

Are you ready to take on a pivotal role that drives commercial success and fosters strategic relationships? Would you like to be part of an inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees?

We are seeking a Customer Finance Business Partner Analyst to support our Sales & Trade Marketing teams. Your expertise will be crucial in optimizing trade investments, managing credit risks, and enhancing cash flow to achieve our ambitious financial goals.

As a vital member of our team, you’ll leverage your deep understanding of market dynamics and customer needs to create mutually beneficial partnerships. Your financial acumen will enable informed decision-making and contribute to the continuous growth of our commercial margins.

If you have a passion for finance and a knack for translating complex data into actionable insights, we want you on board to help us shape the future of our business!

Principle Accountabilities

• Enable strategic insights and conversations around route to market, distribution channels, trade investments and pricing.
• Build Revenue Growth Management frameworks into all commercial decisions.
• Support the preparation and evaluation of business cases and providing financial advice and analysis to support commercial decisions.
• Support & enable Sales & Trade Marketing to jointly create and deliver financial targets.
• Support the budgeting and forecasting process, enabling Sales teams to understand the impact of those assumptions to drive business ownership.
• Monitor and drive financial performance by providing strategic commentary and insight to the reporting of actuals, and overlay insight on customer and competitor landscapes.

Skills and Experience Required

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA), MBA or equivalent
• Relevant experience in finance business partnering and / or Financial Planning & Analysis.
• Ability to present data and findings concisely. Ability to influence. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and many extras including a great pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement and hybrid/flexible working opportunities as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at resourcing@uk.imptob.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all.  Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.