Finance Partner - Amazon
About us
Nature, nurture, and wisdom
We believe nature holds the key to our emotional and physical wellness, providing gentle yet effective remedies. At Nelsons, we harness these powerful ingredients and infuse them with centuries’ worth of expertise to offer traditional treatments for a modern world.
We’re an award winning, family-owned business, whose passion for providing natural healthcare choices since 1860 continues to drive us today. Nelsons is one of the UK’s leading and Europe’s longest established manufacturer of natural healthcare products, having built up an impressive portfolio including world-famous RESCUE® Remedy and Teetha®
What’s next? Growth, and lots of it! We’re experiencing a significant and exciting period of digital transformation and we’re looking for talented, ambitious individuals to help drive meaningful impact across the business.
The Role
The Finance Partner is a key member of the UK and US Finance team. Reporting into the Senior Finance Business Partner the key focus will be partnering the Amazon US & UK commercial team, monitoring results/driving the strategy and reporting on performance.
What you'll be doing...
* Finance Partner for Amazon US & UK, partnering with the commercial teams to monitor weekly sales, product and profitability performance.
* To update and circulate all financial reports in relation to Amazon performance from internal systems and Amazon seller central.
* Lead in conducting month end close, finalising revenue results, processing journals into SAP and providing commentary on the month performance.
* Lead in the financial forecasting & annual budgeting process, working closely with the commercial teams to ensure plans are accurately submitted as per the group deadlines.
* Drive financial insights of performance during the annual planning process and monthly performance cycle.
* Management of the full Amazon P&L to contribution and ensuring the P&L updated and circulated to senior management.
* Track all Amazon marketing investment, review results and evaluate the ROI working closely with the commercial teams.
* Update monthly performance packs with latest view with commentaries and review with line manager pre reviews.
* Involvement in new business case modelling, ROI calculations and innovation tracking for Amazon.
* Attending, and financial leading in all Amazon business meetings
* Governance and close monitoring of Amazon retail pricing. Including close analysis and bench marking vs the wider market and 3rd party sellers
* In addition to partnering on Amazon, this role would also support on preparation of month end journals for US/UK markets, supporting month end close in Trade Term Spend and Marketing Spend.
* Support in driving G2N improvements and building the commercial capability within the commercial teams
* Ad hoc reporting as required by the senior finance business partner
Requirements
What you'll bring to the role...
* Newly Qualified Accountant (CPA or CIMA)
* Experience using Adaptive Insights and SAP is preferable
* Proven experience of extracting & manipulating data from a variety of sources
* Strong Business Partnering Skills
* Advanced Excel skills are essential
* Self motivated with an ability to work on own initiative
* Strong problem solving skills
* Ability to analyse large amounts of data and quickly understand and summarise key problems & trends
* Confident dealing with and challenging people at all levels
* Able to identify ways or improving processes and implement changes
* Inquisitive nature, ability to identify and solve the cause of a problem
* Highly organised with ability to dynamically prioritise workload
* Able to work under pressure, capable of adapting to a changing environment and adhering to strict deadlines
Benefits
Annual bonus
25 days holiday per year plus Bank Hols PLUS Christmas shut down - whoop!
Free products and staff discounts to keep you healthy and happy
⏰ 3pm Friday finishes ALL YEAR ROUND (if you have done your work, obvs!)
Hybrid and flexible working
✨ Paid days off to volunteer for some awesome charities
Cycle to work scheme, free, weekly yoga class, regular socials plus all your standard stuff such as pensions, eye test vouchers and season ticket loans. We can tell you all about what is available to you when you start!