Product Viability Manager
Location: London (Hybrid)
We are at the heart of Royal Mail's future. Everything we are doing is striving to maintain and increase market share, whilst delivering our target plan revenue through the continuous development of product features and customer-driven propositions.
Are you a proactive, organised individual with excellent communication and analytical skills? Do you have Advanced Excel Modelling experience, with expert knowledge of business and financial analysis? Interested? More details can be found below.
Role Description
Reporting into the Head of Product Viability Analysis, the Product Financial Analyst is responsible for producing viable data for product improvements. You will provide regular executive analysis against agreed financial and non-financial metrics, manage and ensure business unit adherence to Royal Mail Group financial policy and compliance obligations, and support inputs to the product investment budgets.
You will:
* Be responsible for the development of commercial options on price, cost, and return on investment
* Support the Head of Product Viability Analysis to secure budget to deliver new and continuous improvements to product features and monitor performance
* Develop economic analysis for initiatives on the product roadmap and target operating model
* Model complex scenarios, sometimes using ambiguous or incomplete data from multiple sources, to provide product metrics, trend analysis, and benefits
* Manage the comprehensive composition and viability analysis of customer tender requests, including commercial contractual obligations
* Provide a supportive role in the financial analysis of product market opportunities, sales, trends, and business value
* Provide input to product initiatives, including financial benefit modelling, evaluation of the economics, risks and issues, and commercial viability; ensuring requests are financially robust and adhere to the wider group policies & standards
* Manage the tracking of costs and product volume/revenue throughout the product lifecycle in association with Product Tower Owners and Market Launch Managers
* Support the compliance to business policies, processes, and standards obligations
Skills and Experience
Key Skills:
* Requires expert knowledge of business and financial analysis
* Deep understanding of industry-standard policies, processes, and procedures related to investment
* Strong understanding of commercial value-drivers
Experience:
* Extensive experience in commercial or operational finance on complex programmes, supporting customer, commercial and product disciplines
* Proven experience of operating at a senior stakeholder level with strong communication
* Ability to work in a dynamic environment that can have multiple priorities and with incomplete information to tight deadlines
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in finance or equivalent (e.g., professional qualified accountant, business/financial modeler, etc.)
Benefits
Extra Benefits:
* Royal Mail Group Share Schemes: partnership and matching share offer
* Family Friendly Support: Enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave, and shared parental leave
* Discounts and Offers: More than 800 offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays, and your household bills*
* Supportive and generous company sick pay
* Your Wellbeing: Access to services and tools for physical, mental, financial, and social support and advice
* Lifestyle Benefits: Purchase options for cars, bikes, technology, and mobile phones, along with a range of health benefits and insurance products
* Financial Support: Information and services for managing debt and financial growth
* Your Peace of Mind: Healthcare CashPlan, Dental Cover, Additional Life insurance, and more
* Free & Discounted Royal Mail Group Products: Free keep safe & redirection, partner discounts
* Free stamps at Christmas
*Available only to permanent employees
Next Steps
The next stage of the selection process will be an interview consisting of competency-based and role-specific questions.
Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.
Royal Mail is proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.
We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.
We are Forces family-friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors, and military spouses/partners.
Closing Date: 13th September 2024. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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