Perfetti Van Melle is looking for a Commercial Business Controller to act as a strategic business partner to our commercial teams. In this role, you will drive financial performance and robust controls, delivering actionable insight across pricing, promotions, forecasting, and trade spend optimisation with a focus on promotional effectiveness and revenue growth management.
What You'll Do
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and quarterly LE processes for the full P&L, ensuring robust assumptions, financial integrity, and clear communication of risks and opportunities.
- Deliver accurate and timely commercial close and management reporting.
- Manage monthly forecasting, including identification and reporting of Risks and Opportunities.
- Be the UK super-user for the trade spend management tool, leading all continuous improvement activity to ensure its use is optimised.
- Take responsibility for the ongoing training and support of colleagues across the UK business.
- Represent the UK on internal forums and work in collaboration with external providers.
- Partner with commercial teams to deliver actionable insights and performance improvement.
- Support and enhance RGM, PPA, CPI, Channel, and Product Mix performance, driving improved efficiency.
- Develop and evaluate promotional strategies by brand and channel, supporting pre- and post-evaluation processes.
- Drive trade spend efficiencies and optimisation through improved ROI, analytics, and control.
- Support the improvement of forecast accuracy through the implementation and continuous enhancement of a new S&OP process.
- Contribute to the stabilisation and predictability of demand forecasts, supporting weekly, short-, and mid-term outlooks.
- Support ongoing improvements to forecasting processes, systems, and accountability within the commercial organization.
What We're Looking For
- 6-8 years of proven experience in Commercial Finance, FP&A, or Controlling, within FMCG or Manufacturing.
- Finance qualification (CIMA, ACCA, or ACA).
- Strong expertise in forecasting, budgeting, and commercial performance management.
- Demonstrated experience in promotions, trade spend, pricing, and RGM.
- Strategic, analytical mindset with the ability to turn data into clear commercial recommendations.
- Advanced skills in SAP and Excel.
- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Understanding of S&OP and demand planning processes.
- Proactive, inquisitive, organised, solutions-focused, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
- Comfortable working 2 days per week on-site and commuting to our Old Windsor office.
Nice to Have
- Experience with BI tools is a plus.
Technical Stack
- SAP
- Excel
- BI tools
Team & Environment
You will be part of the Commercial Finance & FP&A team within the Finance department, reporting to the Finance Director.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid role based in Old Windsor, United Kingdom, requiring on-site presence 2 days per week.
