Commercial Finance Analyst

Amcor Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading packaging company in Manchester is seeking a Commercial Finance Analyst to support its beverage business unit. The role involves managing customer contracts, analyzing pricing trends, and collaborating with sales and marketing teams for financial strategies. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in Finance and strong analytical skills. Competitive pay and benefits package offered.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision plans

Flexible time off

Company-paid holidays

Wellbeing program

Life insurance and disability benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Discretionary annual bonus program

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience in a financial capacity.
• Ability to work cross functionally across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain Customer contract database.
• Collaborate with Sales & Marketing groups to monitor pricing.
• Financial analysis with account managers for contract negotiations.

Skills

Strong systems skills/aptitude (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, ERP systems)

Strong analytical/problem solving skills

Effective team player

Strong written, verbal and presentation skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or related field

Tools

SAP

Salesforce

Job description

Overview

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Accelerate the possible by joining a winning Amcor team that’s transforming the packaging industry and improving lives around the world. At Amcor, we unpack possibility through our innovative and responsible packaging to provide solutions that benefit our customers, our people and our planet. More than 10,000 consumers worldwide encounter our products every second and rely on us for safe access to food, medicine and other goods. We value their trust by making safety our guiding principle. It’s our core value and integral to how we do business. Beyond this core principle, our shared values and behaviors unite us as we work together to elevate customers, shape lives and protect the future. We champion our customers and help them succeed. We play to win – adapting quickly in an everchanging world – and make smart choices to safeguard our business, our communities and the people we serve for generations to come. And we invest in our world-class team, empowering our colleagues to unpack their potential, because we believe when our people grow, so does our business.

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Position Overview

Support multiple Amcor Rigid Packaging North America Beverage Business Unit segments in various commercial activities / initiatives to ensure customer satisfaction and attainment of volume, sales revenue, and profitability objectives.

Support Segment Commercial Teams with an emphasis on 1) Pricing and Cost Recovery activities, 2) Contract management support, 3) Competitive trend analysis and 4) Out of market risk assessment.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

• Monitor and maintain Customer contract database for business segments and key contract provisions affecting pricing including non-resin raw material cost changes, energy surcharge programs, PPI changes, automatic renewals, underutilization clauses, freight terms, etc.
• Responsible for driving ongoing commercial freight recovery program for business segments.
• Collaborate with Sales & Marketing groups to monitor competitive pricing and analyze market trends for business segments.
• Utilize pricing/quotation databases including development of quotation performance metrics.
• Work with commercial and marketing groups to identify pricing trends for different market segments.
• Participate on Commercial Account Teams including preparation and review of profitability improvement actions, proactive account planning, supply option and capital expenditure justification and analysis of customer and product profitability.
• Assist with the development of Regional and National account pricing and proposals utilizing ARPNA pricing tools, “market pricing” reports, Next Best Alternative analysis, freight costs, win/loss and competitive intelligence information.
• Financial analysis – Work with account managers to evaluate variances, leakage plugs, plant-specific issues and next best alternative (NBA) analysis for contract negotiations.
• Utilize available tools (SAP, Salesforce, Line Costing, Pocket Margin Database etc) for opportunity analysis, datamining, and customer/product profitability improvement plans.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis in support of business growth initiatives.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Statistics, or related field
• 2-4 years of experience in a financial capacity
• Strong systems skills/aptitude (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, ERP systems) Strong analytical/problem solving skills
• Effective team player and facilitator
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work cross functionally across the organization e.g., finance, commercial, supply chain, product development, operations

Travel

Travel

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• Flexible time off, starting at 80 hours paid time off per year for full-time salaried employees
• Company-paid holidays starting at 9 days per year and may be slightly higher by location
• Wellbeing program & Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance, AD&D, short-term & long-term disability, and voluntary accident disability benefits are available
• Paid Parental Leave
• Retirement Savings Plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement (dependent upon approval)
• Discretionary annual bonus program (initial eligibility dependent upon hire date)

Equal Opportunity

Amcor is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click on the "Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal" Poster. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please call 224-313-7000 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

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