Pricing & Promotion Analyst - Bristol

About us

At Accolade Wines, our purpose is to enrich everyday moments. As one of the world’s leading wine companies, our award-winning portfolio includes beloved brands such as Hardys, Grant Burge, St Hallett, House of Arras, Mud House, Jam Shed and many more. We are one of the largest wine producers in the world – we’ve been around since 1836, and our portfolio has won a total of 8,846 international wine show awards in the last decade.

About the role

The driving force behind our business is our people – we have over 1,500 staff across Australia, the UK, Europe, Asia, South Africa, New Zealand and the Americas, and every one of us is passionate about making the ordinary extraordinary through our amazing wines.

We are now recruiting for a Pricing & Promotions Analyst to join our Commercial Finance team. 

This role would suit a graduate or equivalent with excellent analytical skills and a desire to learn. Providing a proactive and varied support role to Account Managers & Finance team. Managing, maintaining and evaluating promotional activity & managing the resolution of price and other promotional claims. Responsible for maintaining and ensuring the accuracy of customer price files and advance pricing functions.

Based in our Bristol offices, close to the M5, with free parking on site.

This role is full-time and permanent with hybrid working available.

Key responsibilities include

•    Review customer and channel levels of promotional spend and net revenue to identify errors, trends of performance and reasons for performance vs plan
•    Verify, challenge and monitor promotional spend in order to maintain accurate promotional accruals and limit potential audit claims.
•    Organise and conduct regular reviews with Account Managers / Finance Analysts to ensure all company Promotional liabilities are recorded
•    Organise and conduct promotion accrual releases in accordance with company policy’s and working with Account Managers & Finance Analysts.
•    Assist the business sales teams with Pre-& Post evaluation of promotional activity i.e. volume uplift and profitability.
•    Act as a business contact for promotional invoices. Identify, validate and pay promotional invoices to customers and resolve queries.
•    Work with the finance management to develop Accolade promo and pricing systems and improve overall profitability
•    Maintain customer adjustment schedules in accordance with company policy, ensuring that accurate pricing is invoiced to the customer and fewer claims received
•    Input into promotional and pricing processes, ensuring the processes meet company requirements and provide feedback with ideas / suggestions for changes.
 

What you’ll bring:

•    Excellent analytical skills and a desire to learn.
•    You will be able to demonstrate proficiency with MS Office, especially Excel.
•    You will be numerate and articulate as well as being an excellent communicator and team player.
•    Proactivity, excellent organisational skills and a passion for wine!

What you can expect:

For an eligible candidate there is the opportunity to study towards CIMA.

An annual wine allowance, on top of your salary! You heard right – you’ll get money to spend on our amazing wines, as well as a fantastic range of benefits including a gym subsidy, medical cover and employee assistance program. Plus, a whole host of career opportunities across the world. And wine. Oh, also – wine.

Want to see our fabulous bottling site in the UK, and find out more about our products? Watch us in action here: https://player.vimeo.com/video/296545118