Commercial Finance Intern Programme

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About Pladis Global

There has never been a more exciting time to join the pladis UK Intern Programme.

The largest food company in CEEMEA (Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa) Yildiz Holding has brought together its core biscuit and confectionery businesses Godiva Chocolatier, United Biscuits, Ulker and DeMet’s Candy Company to form a new global company pladis.

The new entity unites internationally recognised brands:

• Godiva, a leading premium chocolate brand worldwide
• McVitie’s, a leading biscuit brand with a heritage in the UK and Europe
• Ulker, the leading biscuits and confectionery brand in Turkey and Middle East; a love mark in its category.

Together we form a $US5.2 billion business, positioning us as a global leader in the category.

We are a fast paced organisation, with a strong international footprint and our sights are firmly set on growth.

As a Commercial intern at pladis UK, you can expect to Support the Commercial Decision Support Finance Team (CDS), with some of UB’s largest accounts, provide insightful and actionable financial analysis for significant sales and investment decisions.

Commercial Finance Placement Programme

Overview of accountabilities and deliverables

The role will involve helping the CDS team to develop and maintain commercial controls within the Sales teams and assist in the delivery of robust commercial and financial forecasts. We will provide you with the relevant training and support in order to carry out this role to your full potential.

• Producing weekly reports using SAP BW - actual data and forecast
• Ensuring the integrity of accruals for trade promotions
• Maintaining adequate controls over Customer Terms agreements, accruals and payments.
• Producing Monthly Management Accounts and Commentaries, highlighting variances
• Involvement in the Monthly Forecasting (SFDR) process
• Provide commercial input to support annual trade terms negotiations
• Support Year End and Half Yearly audit process
• Acting as a Finance business partner to Sales teams
• Provide "Finance for Non Finance" training to business partners
• Ad hoc business analysis & project work

What we are looking for?

You’ve set your sights high, and so have we!

• You must have the Right to live and Work in the UK.
• You must have a strong academic background, with a minimum of an expected 2:1 (60% or international equivalent) at degree level, and a minimum 300 UCAS points.
• Studying a degree with strong focus on analytical and numerical skills, be that Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics or Physics. 
• Familiar with using Microsoft office, specifically Microsoft Excel.
• Numerically literate
• Motivation to drive and succeed
• Confident/ outgoing personality
• Able to work to deadlines

How to apply

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