Junior Business Planning Analyst

Job Description

Job Title: Junior Business Planning Analyst\n\nContract: Six Month\n\nLocation: London (Hybrid)\n\nThe purpose of the role is to contribute to the development of a sound business strategic plan. The individual will provide directly and support Business Partners to deliver quality analysis and insights on business performance. This will incorporate:\n\nForecast volume scenarios for industry and PM with various business assumptions; and support in-depth competitive intelligence insights on nicotine products in the market\nIdentify and propose business opportunities and challenges by providing timely and in-depth analysis\nMaintain and enhance tools/models for volume and profitability forecast/analysis\nSupport during the preparation of corporate Strategy, Budget review & Business Updates presentation\nSupport preparation of budget for the supported functions (volume/cost); collaborate with Financial Controlling for budget/volume inputs & cost controlling\nExplore business process improvement opportunities with relevant business partners to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation\nAct as a value-added advisor to Key Stakeholders on investment strategies that maximises return on investments\nPrepare official and ad-hoc reports required \n\nKey Accountabilities\n\nVolume/Revenue Projection and Analysis:\n\nSupport the preparation and updated of monthly volume forecasts for a certain product category or for the total nicotine market, incorporating the latest data and performance\nEnsure alignment with Operations during the monthly volume cycles to be reflected in production to minimise out of stock or destruction exposureMarket and Competitor Analysis:\n\nSupport analysis of competitor dynamics and its business implications to support business decisions.Performance Reporting:\n\nSupport Business Partners or Stakeholders around the weekly Performance Reporting by providing analysis and further insights to enable decision making.Business Partnering:\n\nSupport Business Partners to advise Key Stakeholders on investment strategies that maximises return on investments\nProvide support at function and category level to prepare their Budget and advise on investment strategy and Business Cases\nInterfacing between the business and Financial Controlling to ensure costs are properly managed and enhance cost controlling \n\nThe role will strongly support the Manager Business Planning & the Senior Business Planning Analysts with the key accountability's, mainly focusing on:\n\nValue adding Business Partnering advisory, investment appraisals and Category support\nVolume and revenue forecasting, and involvement in monthly volume cycles\nSupporting the development and building of various presentations either internally or to the Region\nProviding a proactive and collaborative interface between the business and Financial Controlling which ensures effective cost controlling \n\nKey Requirements\n\nThe following capabilities are required for the role:\n\nHigh level of achievement ; strong analytical and learning capability; strong attention to detail; proactive\nAbility to work with multiple sources of data in a dynamic environment, at ease with managing large excel models\nAbility to work in collaboration with key stakeholders, excellent communication skills\nHigher education in Finance, Economics (or related subject), or Finance work experience.

Ability to work with data and analytics a plus