Junior Commercial Analyst

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here's the exciting bit…a day includes

Role Purpose

Part of a key team which supports buyers in the calculation and invoicing of supplier income across the business, developing strong and effective cross-functional working relationships and driving process improvements to enable the business to deliver company targets and profitability. This role reports to the Finance Manager, Trading (Margin Support).

A Typical Day In This Role Includes

Co-ordinate the periodic promotional support process, working closely with the Commercial team to ensure all submissions are submitted accurately and on time

Support the Finance Manager in identifying gaps and inefficiencies where income may not be being claimed and implementing tools, reports, analysis and process improvements accordingly

Manage a supplier income portfolio, facilitating the timely throughput of generating invoices to suppliers, building a working relationship with the relevant Commercial teams to do so

Support the Financial Control team in the management of aged debt so disputes are resolved quickly, primarily in managing credit note reviews

Own Income balance sheets ensuring effective controls are in place

Work alongside the Finance Manager in building the income and margin support targets for the annual budget and quarterly forecasting processes

Help develop and deliver role specific training and guidelines to the business around income and promotional processes

This Job Is a Good Fit For You If

You have strong attention to detail and can see the ‘big picture'

You are excited at understanding and finding ways to improve processes

You are a real self-starter and can take initiative and be proactive to deliver results

You have a methodical and logical approach to work

You have the ability to prioritise and manage parallel workflows with tight deadlines

You enjoy working as part of a team

You can work at a fast pace, in an ever changing environment

You are good at building strong collaborative relationships

You have good communication skills

What You’ll Need

Part qualified accountancy qualification or intention to study

Strong Excel skills and ability to master technical skills quickly

A passion for driving change and process improvement

A keen eye for detail and a passion for Finance

Commercial awareness

Here's What's In It For You

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
• Company pension matching and bonus
• We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
• We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support
  
  

Come and be part of something special.

Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.

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