Commercial Analyst

• Join an iconic beverages company with great career development opportunities
• Work with a company that celebrates diversity and encourages you to be yourself
• Flexibility to win in both your work and personal life, you don’t have to choose!

Don’t settle for ordinary – we welcome those on the hunt for more! At Lion, we believe that life is short and working for us will feel different because you’ll be centred at the heart of good times. Work in an exciting industry, as unique as you, with outstanding brands like XXXX, Kirin Hyoketsu and Four Pillars.

We are searching for a Commercial Analyst to join our Spirits Finance Team in Sydney, reporting into our Head of Finance. You will partner with functional business leads to provide financial and commercial analysis and insights to enable better decisions and manage business performance. This is a great opportunity for a self-starter to make the role their own by establishing governance and improving processes to drive outcomes. This role offers the benefits of operating in a smaller, dynamic environment, where you will be close to the customer and marketplace, whilst delivering all the benefits of being within the larger Lion network. The role is hybrid, which means you’ll have the flexibility to work from the office and from home.

A day in the life

• Conduct data manipulation, modelling and analysis to provide commercial insights to business partners and support pricing decisions
• Ensure timely, accurate and insightful management of P&L and Balance Sheet
• Support forecasting and planning processes, identifying risks and opportunities to commercial performance
• Support the brand marketing team with innovation commercials and external, brand-owner relationships
• Drive simplification of systems and processes to support continuous improvement.

What you’ll bring

• Strong data, analytical modelling and system skills
• Experience generating and sharing value-adding insights
• A record of delivering system and process improvement initiatives
• Demonstrated relationship-building skills
• Tertiary qualification in Commerce/Accounting/Finance
• An accounting qualification (CA/CPA/CIMA/ACCA) or working towards
• 4+ years of postgraduate experience, preferably in a commercial environment (we are open to first movers from top-tier accounting firms).

At Lion, we offer ‘growth on tap’ and you’ll get hooked on reaching higher with each new challenge. We have endless experiences to learn and grow for those thirsty for more. Here, you don’t have to choose between your career and other life priorities – we have fantastic people, policies and programs to empower you to lead a career and life less ordinary.