Job Description
What makes this a great opportunity?
This position provides an opportunity for an established, commercially oriented finance professional to play a key role in the continued growth of Suntory Global Spirits’ Scotch & Irish portfolio. Based in Glasgow, reporting to the Finance Director, this position will work with our Global Finance teams and partner closely with both Brand House Marketing & the Operating Unit.
The role is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience in a fast-paced environment, drive process improvements, and can be a stepping-stone to future opportunities across the organization. Key responsibilities include providing exemplary finance business support and business partnering to the Scotch & Irish team as they set their brands’ strategic agenda and develop value-generating financial plans.
Role Responsibilities
In a fast moving, dynamic and complex consumer industry, this role is exciting and challenging. It allows for a large degree of exposure to senior leadership as well as a dynamic workload. This position allows an individual to drive impact, as Suntory Global Spirits exemplifies an entrepreneurial spirit that an individual can take ownership of in this role. A few highlights include:
- Partner with the Scotch & Irish Brand House team to develop long term strategic plans, providing the lens of sustainable value generation for the organization.
- Drive financial performance through high quality decision support including overall P&L, sales and margin management, free cash flow, ROIC and close control over cost and expense management
- Make key financial decisions with supporting quantitative and qualitative analysis to drive long-term ambition and growth strategies for the Brand House
- Analyse House financial performance & forecast to deliver short, mid and long-term Brand House goals across planning horizons (Strategic Plan, Budget, Performance and on-going Risks & Opportunities)
- Be the business partner for the Brand House team on liquid monetization opportunities, quantifying and monitoring the regional opportunities
- Support the assessment and deployment of the innovation pipeline (new product launches, LTOs, re-designs, discontinuations, etc.) to enhance brand value growth and evaluate levers to improve current brand profitability
- Review and appraise capital investment decisions during the planning process, particularly as it relates to capacity expansion
- Drive continuous improvement to achieve best in class analytics and finance support
- Work on the process simplification agenda together with the other Brand House managers
- Maintain financial controls and compliance with SGS processes and procedures
- Maintain financial reporting integrity and control across the Brand House
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in finance or Business Administration; MBA a plus
- Minimum 10+ years of financial experience
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills required – ability to extract, manipulate, mine, and analyze data for key insights
- Ability to conceptualize and think creatively
- Strong intellectual ability and demonstrated ability to manage multiple stage projects to their completion
- Strong analytical, Excel, and computer skills a must
- Excellent communication and personal skills; develop and maintain productive cross functional and key working relationships across the organisation
- 10% travel required