Finance Assistant (Eastern Europe & Nordics)

William Grant & Sons Limited; City of London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage manufacturer is seeking a Finance Assistant to manage financial performance for the Eastern Europe & Nordics region. The role requires a part-qualified accountant with strong Excel skills and commercial finance experience. Key responsibilities include financial reporting, compliance management, and supporting governance processes. This position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus plan

Generous holiday entitlement

Defined contribution pension plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance cover

Product allocation

Cycle to Work scheme

Charity support program

Learning resources

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic individual working towards finance qualification.
• Experience in Commercial Finance required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support financial management and reporting for the Eastern Europe & Nordics region.
• Lead end-to-end ownership of regional PO practice.
• Ensure compliance and governance across advertising and promotional spending.

Skills

Part-qualified accountant

Strong Excel skills

Commercial Finance experience

Communication skills

Education

Finance qualification

Job description

Finance Assistant (Eastern Europe & Nordics) role at William Grant & Sons

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Finance Executive to join the BBU Finance team based in Richmond with responsibility for the Eastern Europe & Nordics region. This is a highly diverse role with core responsibility of business partnering various functions to drive performance across the region, whilst also leading on compliance, governance and the maintenance of processes and controls around key transactions across the region. This role touches many different functions across the business; commercial, marketing, supply chain, as well as external distributor partners. Due to the scale and complexity of the region, the role exposes you to different business challenges which we collectively must navigate.

What you will be doing

This role supports the financial management, reporting, planning and analysis of commercial performance for a major global region with a wide and diverse range of markets. You will also support the Finance Manager during monthly reporting periods to meet the regional monthly reporting commitments and provide ongoing support to the Richmond based Commercial Finance team. One of the main priorities for the role will be end-to-end ownership of the regional PO practice, ensuring prompt recording of commitments and provide timely / accurate investment reporting of actuals vs. plans. Another key requirement will be to support governance and compliance across the region especially in areas of Advertising, Promotion, Customer Discounts & Commercial Marketing Investments (APCDMI) controls, including validation of APCDMI spending including backup documentation review.

About You

You will be an enthusiastic individual, part-qualified accountant or on the way to completing a finance qualification with Commercial Finance experience and strong excel skills. You will also be confident in your abilities to communicate (both verbal and written) and build rapport with stakeholders and leaders across the business and be able to establish positive working relationships with individuals across the globe remotely.

What can we 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.
• 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.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance

Industries

Beverage Manufacturing