Overview
Commercial Accountant role at The Hain Celestial Group, with Ella’s Kitchen brand.
Responsibilities
* Take responsibility for the monthly accounting of Trade Spend, including detailed analysis and management reporting on actual results vs forecasts.
* Work with the commercial finance team to ensure robust financial analysis supports commercial decision making.
* Own the trade allocations and trade spend of the Sales team with a robust understanding of current accounting standards and regulations applicable to commercial accountancy.
* Business partner with the Sales team to generate comprehensive business plans aligned to commercial strategy to facilitate effective customer trade spend to budget/forecast.
* Manage month-end accruals for all trade spend.
* Own and develop trade spend dashboards in partnership with the Sales management team.
* Complete pricing reconciliations across systems and ensure accurate pricing ahead of forecasts and budgets.
* Maintain and own the pricing submission template, in alignment with revenue management strategy, providing guidance to the Sales team as required.
* Provide support to the FP&A Manager with monthly reporting packs including variance analysis of Net Sales and commentary on performance.
* Design and implement internal tools (dashboards and integration systems) to interact with the Global Oracle EPM system.
* Support Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls compliance and ensure internal control processes are in place and monitored.
* Ensure data in company systems is up to date and accurate; support internal and external financial audits with documentation as required.
* Provide holiday cover as required.
You Will Need
* Be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with previous commercial accounting experience, preferably in FMCG and matrix organisations.
* Able to work independently with a proactive approach to problem solving and complex data.
* Excellent stakeholder management.
* Embrace and embody the values of Ella’s Kitchen.
* Be driven and results oriented with a desire to achieve.
* Have good numeracy skills and strong Microsoft Excel skills.
What You’ll Get In Return
* Training and development to support your career pathway.
* Competitive salary.
* Benefits including private medical, dental, pension, life assurance, 25 days holiday (buy additional), discounts, staff perks, and a supportive work environment at Ella’s Kitchen.
About the Company
Ella’s Kitchen was set up by Paul Lindley to promote healthy eating amongst babies and young children. We’re a highly entrepreneurial and values driven company with growth to over £80m turnover, 80 employees, and locations in the UK and BeNeLux/Scandinavian markets. Ella’s is part of the Hain Celestial Group and is an accredited B Corp and included in the Sunday Times Best Companies top 100 for the last 4 years.
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