Analyst

You've picked a great time to join Avon. We're looking forward to the next chapter in our company's amazing story, and are looking for passionate people to join the team. If you'd like to become an Avon associate, this is your time! Role Type Permanent What you'll be doing:

• Partner with Commercial Transformation, Digital and Channel Management teams to deliver the financial plan, budget and forecast; oversee and drive rigour into commercial spend.
• Generate the detailed financial analysis and commentary that underpin Finance decision support relating to the role's dedicated areas.

Key responsibilities: Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Works with the Commercial Managers to deliver the planning, budgeting & forecasting processes
• Provides Commercial teams with strong financial support through the planning process e.g. situation analysis, strategic plans, management reports
• Provides analysis and evaluation of the plan, budget & forecast related to specific areas of focus, ensuring the most profitable allocation of resources through financial insights & constructive challenge
• Evaluates investment choices from a financial perspective to provide a long-term perspective of the impact on portfolio profitability
• Challenges and supports the development of the financial assumptions that underpin the commercial plan
• Ensures that the budget owners understand and adopt the right methodology, tools and templates, developing functional-specific planning, budgeting & forecasting tools and templates, if required
• Executes the approval & communication process for planning & budgeting for Commercial Transformation, Digital and Channel Management teams
• Ensures adequate and accurate budget cost allocation

Business Performance Management and Decision Support

• Cascades financial KPIs across Commercial Transformation, Digital and Channel Management
• Overlays the business performance measurement reports with detailed analysis and commentary to support the development of financial insights
• Provides financial performance insights and recommendations to Commercial Transformation, Digital and Channel Management teams, including benchmark gaps, commercial performance and spend effectiveness, and identifies potential growth opportunities or risks through scenario and sensitivity analyses
• Drives cost controllership, bringing deep understanding of cost drivers to monitor & optimise commercial spend effectiveness
• Assesses financial aspects of initiatives and projects relevant to its dedicated area using established financial evaluation tools (e.g. investment evaluation) and utilising specialist support where appropriate (e.g. tax and legal); provides recommendations
• Identifies capability improvement opportunities and proposes initiatives to drive advancement on the capability maturity staircase

Governance & Control

• Facilitates communication of Finance policies and procedures to Commercial Transformation, Digital and Channel Management teams

We'd love you to have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or business related course
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Proficient in interpreting financial results and business indicators to identify and analyze trends.
• Ability to work collaboratively across different functions
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Proficient in MS Excel

What we offer: Avon is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our priority is finding the best people for the job, regardless of sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, beliefs, religion, whether you're about to have a baby or are planning to have one. We're all about our people, and that's why we think we're one of the best companies to work for in the world!