Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Company Description

We Dream. We Do. We Deliver.

As a full-service, data-driven customer experience transformation, we partner with Top 500 companies in the DACH region and in Eastern Europe. Originally from Switzerland, Merkle DACH was created out of a merger Namics and Isobar - two leading full-service digital agencies.

Our 1200+ digital enthusiasts are innovating the way brands are built, through providing expertise in Digital Transformation strategy, MarTech platforms, Creativity, UX, CRM, Data, Commerce, Mobile, Social Media, Intranet and CMS. We are part of the global Merkle brand, the largest brand within the dentsu group, who shares with us a network of over 66,000 passionate individuals in 146 countries.

Job Description

The purpose of this role is to assist the Commercial Finance team in delivering timely and accurate information to the business through analysis of business unit performance. The role will utilise financial analysis techniques to provide insight, analysis and trends on critical business issues impacting the day-to-day performance of a business unit for consideration by senior stakeholders.

Key responsibilities:

• Collects and analyses financial information to support commercial decision making.
• Identifies and monitors underlying drivers of cost and revenue variances between actual expenditure vs. forecast/budget, highlighting issues and margin impact where necessary.
• Works proactively with the business to analyse and build the forecasts, improves data capture and process and helps generate useful insight to share with the business.
• Supports the business in their development of short, medium and long-term resourcing requirements.
• Provides analytical support focused around obtaining the optimal balance of pricing, early payment discounts, rebates and volume commitments.
• Participates on bid teams for pitches and new business driving appropriate commercial terms, pricing and profitability.
• Supplies ad-hoc financial information and analysis as and when required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Commercial Finance.
• Adaptability -  we are looking for someone that can shift between local and global requirements.
• Effective team player with the ability to build strong working relationships and motivate others.
• Highly self-motivated – achiever of targets, both personally and through team
• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships (both within a team and with project stakeholders).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Good Problem solving and root-cause identification skills.
• Experience with D365 and PowerBI (Nice to have).

Additional Information

Benefits and perks:

• Cutting Edge Technology & Latest IT tools 
• Software-house environment 
• Agile and Flexible working hours 
• Hybrid work system (remote friendly) 
• Digital nomad policy 
• Focus on career development 
• Health insurance (also included for the household) 
• Mental health support 
• Volunteering experiences and sustainable mindset 
• 25 vacation days + 3 wellness days per year 
• Beers (after 6pm), foosball, and ping-pong! #workhardplayhard 
• Free breakfast every second Monday of the month 
• Employee discounts 
• Team & Company events 🎉

Inclusion & Diversity 

We value the strength diversity brings to our business and are working hard to build a more inclusive workplace through partnerships with Stonewall, Business Disability Forum and Business in the Community’s race and gender equality campaigns. We are happy to discuss all flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. 

If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with the recruiter who contacts you.