Commercial Finance Business Partner - London, United Kingdom - DS Smith

DS Smith

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Fully qualified accountant, responsible for providing expert technical accounting advice and guidance, including advising on the potential implications of any regulatory changes and leading all the technical accounting preparation for the assigned business area.

Typically, role holder will be responsible for a medium to large multi-site business unit or a group function.

DS Smith

is a leading provider of sustainable fibre-based packaging worldwide. Through our purpose of 'Redefining Packaging for a Changing World' and our

Now and Next_

sustainability strategy, we are committed to leading the transition to the circular economy, while delivering more circular solutions for our customers and wider society - replacing problem plastics, taking carbon out of supply chains and providing innovative recycling solutions.

About the role

As a key member of the commercial finance team the Commercial Finance Business Partner will have a strong focus in supporting the Program Manager in the Design, Development and Deployment of the Global Sales Forecasting Tool.

The tool itself has two core purposes:

Improving the accuracy of the volume forecasts to ensure supply issues are identified and resolved
Standardising the forecasting and budgeting processes to drive resource efficiencies within Sales and Commercial Finance

One of the key focus areas for the role will be to act as the Business Product owner in conjunction with an equivalent IT Product owner to ensure the organisation delivers significant value from the investment.

Key stakeholders of the project will be the Finance, Sales and Marketing functions as well as the Supply Chain and Operations teams.

Your remit will include but not limited to:
Tool Design, Development and Ongoing Management

Support the Programme Owner in the following areas:

Work in close collaboration with the S&OP, Finance and MDM teams on data development and on data governance recommendations both during programme delivery and in 'Way of Life'.
Financial and Business modelling: Develop and deliver the business rules associated with the tool and ensure resources are in place to maintain the tool in 'Way of Life'.
Sales Forecasting / planning statistical algorithms setup per customer, market type naccording to the DSS Planning process steps

Programme Delivery

Work with the assigned Programme Delivery Lead to ensure the programme is delivered according to the defined implementation plan.

Tool Design, Development and Ongoing Management

Support the Programme Owner in the following areas:

Work in close collaboration with the S&OP, Finance and MDM teams on data development and on data governance recommendations both during programme delivery and in 'Way of Life'.
Financial and Business modelling: Develop and deliver the business rules associated with the tool and ensure resources are in place to maintain the tool in 'Way of Life'.
Sales Forecasting / planning statistical algorithms setup per customer, market type according to the DSS Planning process steps

About you

Minimum requirements:_
Sales Forecasting, Budgeting, Demand planning ownership; ideally previous experience with S&OP Planning tools (Anaplan, BY, FuturMaster, IBM planning analytics, Kinaxis, o9, OMP etc.)
Finance qualification desirable to ensure the risk aspects of the project are clearly articulated
Experience of strategic pricing within a B2B environment desirable
Process design and redesign experience required
Advanced skills working with MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint)
Financial modelling experience preferred
Experience with Power BI, Cognos reporting or similar is desirable