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DS Smith

Commercial Finance Business Partner – Sales Forecasting and Analysis

DS Smith

Commercial Finance Business Partner at DS Smith focusing on Sales Forecasting and Budget management. Collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and Finance teams in a hybrid role based in London.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Cognos

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Ownership of the Forecasting and Budget process
  • Manage revenue cycles and perform deep analysis of revenue drivers
  • Develop deep understanding of DS Smith Sales environment and packaging market
  • Oversee monthly reports to Sales, Marketing and Innovation
  • Drive automation of reporting with a focus on delivering insights
  • Collaborate and communicate effectively with stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Formal finance qualification desirable
  • Strategic and commercial acumen with strong critical thinking skills
  • Experience within FMCG is desirable
  • Proven ability to communicate and influence stakeholders on a Senior Management level
  • Sales Forecasting, Budgeting, Demand planning ownership
  • Ideally previous experience with S&OP Planning tools (Anaplan, BY, FuturMaster, IBM planning analytics, Kinaxis, o9, OMP etc.)
  • Process design and redesign experience is a bonus
  • Advanced skills working with MS Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Financial modelling experience preferred
  • Experience with Power BI, Cognos reporting or similar is desirable
  • Critical thinking will be a key attribute

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Competitive salary
  • Discretionary bonus
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Car allowance
  • Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
  • Private medical insurance
  • Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Employee Discounts
  • Cycle to work scheme

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Hard Skills & Tools
Sales ForecastingBudgetingDemand planningFinancial modellingProcess designProcess redesignCritical thinking
Soft Skills
Strategic acumenCommercial acumenCommunicationInfluencing stakeholders
Certifications
Formal finance qualification