Commercial Finance Analyst

Responsibilities

• Responsible for financial evaluation and initiate other aspects for new opportunities to commercial team
• Gather sales, profit, other income, and other information of each supplier, buyer, category and item for analysing
• Business partnership & support to commercial team; support and assist commercial team with scenarios, business cases, analysis and reports
• Focus on "root cause analysis" and "action driven"
• Ownership of financial measures associated with established KPIs
• Monitor and analyze activities related to sales, marketing and innovation
• Support, prepare, run and monitor planning activities (forecast, budget, strategic)
• Lead analysis and reporting for dedicated sales areas and market sectors to optimize profitability
• Identify, investigate, and analyze cost overruns, cost savings and potential improvements
• Perform, manage and support ad-hoc projects; prepare analysis reports and presentations to management teams
• Prepare information support to commercial team for negotiation with suppliers
• Improve financial and business controls across the commercial area to improve operating efficiency and data quality
• Gather product price from operation team and/or external sources, update product price list in system, suggest comparative price ranges and monitor product price by item and region to maintain competitive advantage

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or Business; CPA or CFA preferred
• At least 2 years' finance experience in FP&A, corporate finance, management accounting or business analysis in complex trading or financial analysis areas (preferably in retail or FMCG)
• Advanced Excel-based financial modeling proficiency and strong analytical skills
• Understanding of basic accounting and financial reporting concepts
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent customer service and communication skills; comfortable presenting ideas and scenarios to senior and executive leadership
• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail; intellectual curiosity, positive attitude, proactive, leadership and pressure resistant