Commercial Finance Manager - Global Travel Retail

Job Introduction

This role business partners the GTR Head of Marketing and supports the business to achieve its financial, commercial and brand building objectives by taking responsibility for controls and governance of investments as well as driving NRM insights and recommendations that are aligned to the business’ strategy. 

Working in the GTR Commercial Finance team is the opportunity to work with both Marketing and Commercial teams, across the global market, on our global brands. 

Main Responsibility

• Shape and deliver the GTR pricing strategy, ensuring it is aligned to global benchmarks and domestic market direction while delivering sustainable profit growth
• Central coordination of the annual pricing cycle, enabling RMs and Regional CFMs to execute price rise and communicate effectively to customers
• Ownership of GTRs rolling budget, accurately reporting each month and tracking R&O’s across the channel
• Become a trusted advisor to your Marketing Team and partner with the GTR Head of Marketing to deliver brand, commercial and financial objectives 
• Produce or improve insightful reporting and analysis to your business partners
• Lead A&P planning, budgeting, LE and 5YP, in line with the Group Finance Calendar and Group Finance processes, ensuring collaboration with the local leadership and functional teams to deliver robust plans

Our Ideal Candidate

You will have excellent financial acumen with accuracy and compliance embedded in everything that you do, coupled with the ability to quickly build rapport with a diverse group of stakeholders across the globe. You will be used to operating in a very dynamic environment with regular and tight deadlines. You will be solution-orientated, with a get up and go attitude, proactively suggesting and implementing new ways of working to improve our efficiency and effectiveness. Experience working in a commercial finance environment will accelerate your route to effectiveness in this role.

What we can offer you

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan.
• Our employees enjoy a generous holiday entitlement and an opportunity to ‘buy’ or ‘sell’ some holiday entitlement.
• Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service).
• Our employees can join a defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution. Employee contributions can be made through salary sacrifice.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues. 
• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary.
• Product allocation so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands.
• Our Cycle to Work scheme allows you to hire a bike for an agreed length of time, and then snap it up for a fraction of its original value. All while making savings (at least 25%) and spreading the cost.
• Every employee has the opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated.
• Learning resources to help you be your best self.

About William Grant & Sons

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions.

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be A home where rare characters thrive. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams.
We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process.

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.