Junior Business Planning Analyst

Job Title: Junior Business Planning Analyst

Contract: Six Month

Location: London (Hybrid)

The 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:

1. Forecast volume scenarios for industry and PM with various business assumptions; and support in-depth competitive intelligence insights on nicotine products in the market
2. Identify and propose business opportunities and challenges by providing timely and in-depth analysis
3. Maintain and enhance tools/models for volume and profitability forecast/analysis
4. Support during the preparation of corporate Strategy, Budget review & Business Updates presentation
5. Support preparation of budget for the supported functions (volume/cost); collaborate with Financial Controlling for budget/volume inputs & cost controlling
6. Explore business process improvement opportunities with relevant business partners to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation
7. Act as a value-added advisor to Key Stakeholders on investment strategies that maximises return on investments
8. Prepare official and ad-hoc reports required

Key Accountabilities

Volume/Revenue Projection and Analysis:

1. Support 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
2. Ensure alignment with Operations during the monthly volume cycles to be reflected in production to minimise out of stock or destruction exposure

Market and Competitor Analysis:

1. Support analysis of competitor dynamics and its business implications to support business decisions.

Performance Reporting:

1. Support Business Partners or Stakeholders around the weekly Performance Reporting by providing analysis and further insights to enable decision making.

Business Partnering:

1. Support Business Partners to advise Key Stakeholders on investment strategies that maximises return on investments
2. Provide support at function and category level to prepare their Budget and advise on investment strategy and Business Cases
3. Interfacing between the business and Financial Controlling to ensure costs are properly managed and enhance cost controlling

The role will strongly support the Manager Business Planning & the Senior Business Planning Analysts with the key accountability's, mainly focusing on:

1. Value adding Business Partnering advisory, investment appraisals and Category support
2. Volume and revenue forecasting, and involvement in monthly volume cycles
3. Supporting the development and building of various presentations either internally or to the Region
4. Providing a proactive and collaborative interface between the business and Financial Controlling which ensures effective cost controlling

Key Requirements

1. High level of achievement orientation; strong analytical and learning capability; strong attention to detail; proactive
2. Ability to work with multiple sources of data in a dynamic environment, at ease with managing large excel models
3. Ability to work in collaboration with key stakeholders, excellent communication skills
4. Higher education in Finance, Economics (or related subject), or Finance work experience. Ability to work with data and analytics a plus