Commercial/Business Planner

Employer
catalyst
Posted
12 Jan 2010
Reference
10096
Contact
Paul Wilson
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Industry Sector
Accountancy
Position
Commercial/Business Planner
Salary
£30,000 - £35,000 per annum

Profitable fast moving manufacturing company producing branded product recognised throughout the world offers technically challenging role requiring strong character and commercial judgement, a person able to drive change and provide financial support from the business planning function to ensure divisional financial objectives are met.

• Prepare, develop and maintain reporting, forecasting and budgeting tools (Principally Excel based) to enable the business planning function to operate efficiently, while providing all operational users with sufficient detail to manage their own areas of responsibility.

• Reconciling the primary live financial reporting tool (Cognos) to divisional financial accounting data to ensure data is accurate, relevant and up to date

• Report on all required trade channels

• Sales analysis and comparatives

Support to our client's sales and marketing functions requires a confident qualified/part qualified accountant with experience of financial analysis, strong with Excel, ideally including use of Cognos, preferably gained in a fast moving profit and cash focussed business.

catalyst

Catalyst is a growing North East England based Recruitment and Human Resources service provider, specialising in introducing professional people to organisations in the region.Now recruiting in key professional disciplines including Accounts/Finance, HR, IT, Marketing, Operations, Purchasing and Sales, we advise on smarter working practices and flexible working too.  A variety of HR services such as outplacement, documents/templates, surveys, organisational change support, training and development and project management are also on offer.