Job Title: Junior Business Planning Analyst
Contract: Six Month
Location: London (Hybrid)
The purpose of the role is to contribute to the development of a sound business strategic plan. The individual will provide directly and support Business Partners to deliver quality analysis and insights on business performance. This will incorporate:
- Forecast volume scenarios for industry and PM with various business assumptions; and support in-depth competitive intelligence insights on nicotine products in the market
- Identify and propose business opportunities and challenges by providing timely and in-depth analysis
- Maintain and enhance tools/models for volume and profitability forecast/analysis
- Support during the preparation of corporate Strategy, Budget review & Business Updates presentation
- Support preparation of budget for the supported functions (volume/cost); collaborate with Financial Controlling for budget/volume inputs & cost controlling
- Explore business process improvement opportunities with relevant business partners to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation
- Act as a value-added advisor to Key Stakeholders on investment strategies that maximises return on investments
- Prepare official and ad-hoc reports required
Key Accountabilities
Volume/Revenue Projection and Analysis:
- Support the preparation and updated of monthly volume forecasts for a certain product category or for the total nicotine market, incorporating the latest data and performance
- Ensure alignment with Operations during the monthly volume cycles to be reflected in production to minimise out of stock or destruction exposure
Market and Competitor Analysis:
- Support analysis of competitor dynamics and its business implications to support business decisions.
Performance Reporting:
- Support Business Partners or Stakeholders around the weekly Performance Reporting by providing analysis and further insights to enable decision making.
Business Partnering:
- Support Business Partners to advise Key Stakeholders on investment strategies that maximises return on investments
- Provide support at function and category level to prepare their Budget and advise on investment strategy and Business Cases
- Interfacing between the business and Financial Controlling to ensure costs are properly managed and enhance cost controlling
The role will strongly support the Manager Business Planning & the Senior Business Planning Analysts with the key accountability's, mainly focusing on:
- Value adding Business Partnering advisory, investment appraisals and Category support
- Volume and revenue forecasting, and involvement in monthly volume cycles
- Supporting the development and building of various presentations either internally or to the Region
- Providing a proactive and collaborative interface between the business and Financial Controlling which ensures effective cost controlling
Key Requirements
The following capabilities are required for the role:
- High level of achievement orientation; strong analytical and learning capability; strong attention to detail; proactive
- Ability to work with multiple sources of data in a dynamic environment, at ease with managing large excel models
- Ability to work in collaboration with key stakeholders, excellent communication skills
- Higher education in Finance, Economics (or related subject), or Finance work experience. Ability to work with data and analytics a plus
