Want to join a fast-moving company, work among convivial teams, and take part in the global growth strategy of one of the most prestigious and comprehensive portfolios in the wine & spirits industry? We are looking for a Financial Business Analyst – Havana Club ! You will be based at The Island, our office in central Paris.

Business context

In 1993, Pernod Ricard S.A. and The Cuba Ron SA Corporation created the joint venture Havana Club International S.A., to bring Havana Club to consumers around the world. Produced by a team of Maestros del Ron Cubano following the traditional Cuban methods, and whose know-how has been officially recognised by UNESCO as World Intangible Heritage in 2022, our Havana Club rums are the most rewarded Cuban rums with more than 200 medals in tasting competitions in the last four years. They are enjoyed by bartenders and rum drinkers around the world. Every bottle of Havana Club embodies the spirit of Cuba.

Your key missions:

The purpose of this role is to enable the Havana Club brand unit to achieve its ambition by providing robust business performance analysis, valuable data-driven insights for decision making, and guidance for resource optimization and ongoing business development.

Drive the ongoing business performance reporting and analysis work for the Havana Club brand

• Consolidate & analyze both sell-out and sell-in P&L performance for the Havana Club brand, including views on top markets and splits for Spirits vs RTD and domestic vs export

• Support the ongoing group financial cycles, including month-end and year-end close, risk & opportunity (R&O) tracking and mitigation plans and rolling forecast processes

• Lead discussions with market companies to better understand performance, business as well as technical explanations to better identify areas of potential value creation

• Prepare monthly Business Review presentations to the leadership teams of the Crystal BU and Havana Club International

• Support the monitoring of all performance KPIs including consumer, commercial and operations

• Contribute to incremental value generation on the Havana Club brand through portfolio pricing strategies, proactive identification of pricing risks & opportunities and any other relevant revenue growth management (RGM) topics

Contribute to brand growth acceleration by building, analyzing and validating business cases

• Co-build business cases for existing SKUs in new markets to ensure profitability as well as market share gain & penetration

• Provide financial scenarios & recommendations to ensure financial viability of new product launches (NPDs) and other projects such as portfolio expansion/extension and reformulation, leading to data-driven decisions & fast innovation launch alongside good profitability

• Define adequate WoW & process with market & brand companies to reach the right level of volumes and margins

• Improve COGS target definition considering category evolution

• Set-up post launches evaluation based on relevant KPIs & benchmark

Contribute to strategic marketing (A&P) resource allocation decision making

• Consolidate, track and analyze central brand A&P budgets and spend to ensure that limited available resources are invested efficiently according to strategic priorities

• Contribute to the annual central marketing planning cycle, partnering with key stakeholders to ensure dynamic resource allocation according to evolving brand strategies & market growth opportunities

• Track ongoing central A&P budget risks/opportunities and elevate to higher-level leadership teams to inform financial results delivery management

• Review and analyze market company A&P investments against the brand, escalating relevant insights to leadership in order to influence group resource allocation decisions and ongoing business development

If you recognize yourself in the description below, don’t wait to apply!

• University Degree or higher (B Sc/M Sc or equivalent) in business and/or engineering

• Minimum 5 years in business/financial planning & analysis, finance, audit or consulting within consumer goods

• Strong financial knowledge, thoroughness and adaptability

• Strong business partnering experience with commercial, brand marketing or operations teams

• Strong proficiency in Excel and financial modelling

• Proficiency in PowerPoint; Power BI or other BI tools a plus

• International exposure and industry experience desirable

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you are:

• Personable, with strong communication skills and a proven ability to build relationships

• A critical thinker with strong business acumen, able to identify challenges and craft clear, compelling narratives from data

• Highly detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines

• Curious and adaptable, with a continuous learning mindset and openness to change

• A proactive self-starter who works autonomously and anticipates analytical needs

• Customer-oriented, building trust by delivering reliable, intuitive, and high-quality analyses and data solutions

Wait, there’s more…

We offer you an outstanding and collaborative workplace that embodies our sharing & conviviality culture, the possibility to work remotely (up to 2 days a week), a very complete mutual insurance, an attractive compensation including profit-sharing, the possibility to train daily, employee events…

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