Commercial Finance Senior Analyst

Hershey Company; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global confectionery firm located in London is looking for a Commercial Finance Senior Analyst. This role owns all customer and brand reporting and analysis for Europe markets, focuses on driving profitability through effective trade management, and supports annual planning processes. The ideal candidate should be proficient in Excel with a solid understanding of management accounting, and possess strong presentation skills. This position offers opportunities for growth and responsibility in a dynamic organization.

Qualifications

• Excellent skill level in Excel.
• Good presentation skills.
• Good understanding of management accounting.
• Potential for growth and taking responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Drives the integrated process of annual plan and business outlook.
• Prepares analysis and financials for business reviews.
• Owns P&L with insights to drive action points.
• Oversees portfolio profitability and drives growth strategy.

Skills

Excel

Presentation skills

Management accounting

Job description

Commercial Finance Senior Analyst

Posted Date: Jan 2, 2026

Requisition Number: 127295

Job Title: Commercial Finance Senior Analyst

Location: London, UK

Summary:

The Senior Finance Analyst is the owner of all customer and brand reporting & analysis for the EU Europe markets (across 5 distributors) including P&L by country, customer, brand & segment. Driving discussions & actions with cross functional team in line with commercial strategy and profitability benchmarks. Leads outlook & plan for the business unit, prepares related communication materials to senior management & is responsible for driving the cross-functional team to deliver results. Key stakeholder in the overall trade promotional governance to optimise and evaluate spends. Supports the month-end process.

Summary of major duties:

Drives and supports the integrated process of annual plan, business outlook and supports the SNOP process of the Europe markets. Sets timeline, task list and deliverables for the cross functional team & monitors delivery. Prepares analysis and financials for review before finalising presentation slides for Europe management business reviews.

Owns P&L by country, customer, brand & segment with analysis & insights to drive action points. Meets with sales and brand managers regularly to improve margins while optimising trade promotions and direct brand investments. Manages risk & opps to drive the right business decisions. Governs and monitors the overall trade promotions with the commercial teams to ensure trade spends are optimised with a strong level of rigor into the promo analysis.

Supports portfolio including innovations and pricing decisions as well as distributor pricing structure while working closely with sales and marketing teams. Oversees portfolio profitability at the item level and contributes to growth strategy while analysing and providing recommendations to improve efficiency of price promotions and marketing investments. Contributes to innovation process considering the consumer, retailer, and distributor knowledge as well as projection of pricing and profitability of innovation items.

Maintains a healthy understanding of the distributor’s workstreams for HSY business, seeking dialogue for ways of improvement & synergies. Contributes to key financial aspects of distributor relationship such as conflict resolution, annual contract evaluation, FX rate settlement.

Works closely with controlling team, including assistant controlling manager for EMEA as well as global business services team members (including DBE accounting, general ledger accounting, accounts receivable etc.) to drive decision and improvement points through insights & analysis.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform major duties/responsibilities:

• Excellent skill level in Excel
• Good presentation skills
• Good understanding of management accounting
• Potential for growth and taking responsibility