Brand Finance Analyst

Overview

In this role you will act as a trusted finance business partner to Marketing and Commercial Planning, analysing brand performance and clearly communicating insights to senior leadership. You will support short-term forecasting and longer-term strategic planning, while monitoring marketing spend and identifying actions to improve margin and growth for Premier Foods' UK branded portfolio. You will influence product development costings and the innovation gate process, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive value. This is a visible, fast-paced role that shapes decisions and commercial profitability across brands.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus opportunity
• Car allowance
• Company pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Holiday purchase scheme

Responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner to Category Marketing Directors, Senior Brand Managers and Commercial Planning
• Analyse branded performance and communicate insights to senior leadership
• Support short-term forecasting, budgeting and longer-term strategic planning
• Monitor consumer marketing spend against budgets
• Identify financial challenges and recommend actions to improve performance
• Support category teams to identify margin improvement opportunities
• Evaluate and sign off costings for new and existing product development
• Challenge key assumptions behind innovation plans and KPIs
• Support category teams through the innovation gate process
• Build relationships across Marketing, Sales, Commercial Planning, Manufacturing and Finance
• Champion simpler, more effective processes across the Brand Finance team

Key requirements

• ACCA/CIMA/ACA-qualified
• commercial or analytical background
• strong business-partnering skills and ability to build cross-functional relationships
• ability to challenge and influence at all levels
• ability to explain financial information to non-finance colleagues
• strong commercial awareness and ability to turn data into practical recommendations
• ability to manage ambiguity and solve complex problems
• strong Excel skills; SAP or Business Objects or similar tools beneficial

• collaborative
• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• Excel
• SAP
• Business Objects

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