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A truly unique role offering the opportunity to influence GTR Europe performance with the chance to help dynamically manage P&L; and gain front line commercial finance experience.

On the one hand you will be involved in regional strategic planning discussions, resource allocation modelling, regional P&L; reporting and management and submission of budget estimates. On the other, you will be getting into the details on Europe sales performance, working with the commercial teams to identify opportunities & drive delivery, managing costs & tracking KPIs in Europe P&L.;

You must be Fearless to challenge & influence decision making across GTR, mixing the detail and bigger picture to identify opportunities for growth in line with strategy & to manage P&Ls.;

You must demonstrate a Founder's mentality, balancing brand and commercial priorities to help us achieve the best results with our customers, and to help GTR beat our energetic plan.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT & PLANNING :

Help manage Europe performance, supporting profitable P&L; delivery and manage month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting processes, with the following specific responsibilities:

Partner with the European Commercial team to prepare monthly P&L; landing estimates by analyzing business trends, key drivers, and emerging opportunities.

Develop detailed monthly regional performance reports (market, brand, customer level) covering NSV, GP, GM%, DBC and variance analysis vs. budget.

Align landing positions (Vol, NSV, GP, A&P;) with Commercial and Marketing leads before submitting updates to the Regional Director, Finance Manager, and Central Finance.

Prepare and distribute monthly performance management reports to regional stakeholders.

Execute quarterly SOX audits and manage pre-/post-close processes in line with accounting policies.

Prepare, upload, and submit regional budgets and in-year forecasts, including template creation, guidance to Commercial teams, and ensuring accurate submissions in TM1. Be part of the wider GTR Finance team, actively contributing to ad-hoc projects and initiatives.

COMMERCIAL DECISION SUPPORT:





Support the Commercial team in identifying pricing opportunities to improve margin and drive profitable growth.

Collaborate with Commercial team to prepare annual commercial plans (IAP/Budget) for review and approval by the Regional Director and Finance Manager.

Support the Regional Finance Manager in quarterly customer credit assessments and reviews.

Conduct quarterly accrual adequacy checks with the Commercial team and obtain sign-off from the Regional Director.

challenge Commercial and CMM teams to optimize ROI on incremental A&P; spend.

Report monthly actual A&P; spend, highlight variances and discrepancies, and ensure compliance with Bacardi accounting policies.

Assist with M&E; and ROI analysis to evaluate marketing effectiveness and guide optimal resource allocation.

Manage A&P; code setup in financial systems to enable accurate budget uploads and spend tracking.

To support financial and operational planning, budgeting, forecasting and analytics for structure costs

Monthly reporting and monitoring of structure costs against Budgets and Latest Estimates, challenging teams where overspends occur.

Embed culture of cost control within regional commercial teams.

Share variance analysis of Travel & Entertainment actual spends vs Budget and update Forecast on monthly basis.

SKILLS - THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO CREATE YOUR LEGACY

- 3-5 years of relevant experience in financial/ strategic analysis gained from experience in a consumer goods/ retail environment or professional services
- Advanced Excel skills, ability to build advanced excel models, explain variances to estimates, identify business risks and opportunities, and make appropriate recommendations
- Ability to manage projects/tasks independently to ensure successful delivery (on time and within budget) while identifying potential issues/risks.



Fundamental understanding of internal controls, standards, and processes to ensure accuracy and consistency in data used for decision-making, internal/external reporting and communications
- High comfort in modelling & understanding large & complex data sets into useful information & insights
- Accounting qualifications (CA or equivalent). At Bacardi we care deeply about finding brilliant talent who can bring the following personal attributes to help elevate our 3Fs: Fearless, Family, Founder culture to the next level.

People Agility: You bring a deep ability to understand and relate to people and navigate through tough situations to harness and multiply collective performance

You have a growth and learning mindset: ready to test, stumble, learn and apply from experience

Disclaimer: Bacardi seeks talent from all backgrounds to bring diversity of thought, agility and capability to our organization across the globe. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination that adversely affects individuals or groups on the basis of national origin, race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, and any other legally protected aspect of a person's identity.

At Bacardi, we are committed to providing our Primos (employees) with a comprehensive Total Rewards package of compensation, benefits, incentives, allowances, well-being, and much more to meet the needs of themselves and their families. The total rewards program is based on pay for performance, whereby the incentive programs are linked to company and individual performance.

Compensation, Paid Time Off & Retirement:

Competitive Pay Package

Competitive Holiday/Paid Time Off, plus additional days offered ( i.e., volunteer day, allowing you to give back to the community)

Retirement/Pension Plan

Medical, Critical Illness, and Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs

Best-in-class, family-friendly, and inclusive leave policies

Incentive plans are linked to the nature of your employment and can vary based on region, market, function or brand.

At Bacardi, we want to get to know you and understand your own experience, capabilities and perspectives during the interview.

📌 Finance Analyst (Commercial Planning) (Bengaluru)
🏢 Bacardi
📍 Bengaluru