Commercial Finance Manager Portugal Lisboa

Overview

As Commercial Finance Manager for Portugal, you’ll be a core member of the Portugal Leadership Team and the right ‑ hand to the Head of Commercial. You will drive financial performance, influence strategic decisions, and embed world ‑ class finance practices across the market. You’ll partner with Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and Shared Services to ensure Bacardi Portugal meets its short ‑ term targets and long ‑ term growth objectives.

ABOUT YOU

You must be a starter, fearless to influence decision making and drive capability across Portugal, mixing detail & the bigger picture to drive growth in line with strategy. You must demonstrate a Founder’s mentality, taking ownership for the P&L & our core KPIs to help Portugal beat dynamic plan. As a leader within the South Cluster Finance team you will consistently drive high performance with your team, and be comfortable influencing & communicating across the matrix at all levels.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Business Partnering

• Shape Portugal’s commercial agenda: lead Commercial Finance and support RGM initiatives (pricing, mix, promotions) to maximize revenue and margin.
• Provide decision support to Marketing and Sales on brand investments, innovation business cases and promotional spend ROI.
• Collaborate with the Head of Commercial and Leadership Team to align financial plans with Portugal’s strategic priorities.

Planning, Forecasting & Analysis

• Own the Market P&L: produce monthly/quarterly forecasts and variance analyses against budget, dynamic plan and prior periods.
• Lead cadence of regular business reviews, focused on identifying key drivers of variances to plan.
• Build simulations and sensitivity analysis to highlight risks and opportunities vs current trajectories/forecasts and drive corrective action across the business (with support of the Head of Commercial).
• Lead the financial planning & forecasting processes for Portugal (Budget, Dynamic Plan, IAP).
• Collaborate & communicate with the South Cluster finance team to evaluate and act on results, trends, developments.

Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting

• Prepare management reports, flash dashboards and Cluster lead team level presentations with clear commentary.
• Escalate and resolve customer disputes related to billing or credit control as needed.
• Represent Bacardi in meetings with banks, regulators and statutory authorities.

Governance & Controls

• Ensure full compliance with local statutory accounting, internal policies and audit requirements (both internal and external).
• Interface with BES, Tax and Internal Audit to resolve issues and drive process improvements.
• Maintain robust control frameworks and SLAs with shared ‑ service partners.

SKILLS

• Strategic Finance Partnership: Proven ability to act as a trusted business partner, translating financial insights into actionable commercial recommendations that drive revenue and margin growth.
• Advanced Analytical & Modelling Skills: Expert in building robust “what ‑ if” scenarios, conducting variance analyses, and developing KPIs and dashboards to guide decision ‑ making.
• Commercial Acumen: Deep understanding of Revenue Growth Management (pricing, promotions, pack ‑ mix) and ability to collaborate effectively with Marketing, Sales and Supply Chain.
• Team Leadership & Development: Passionate people leader with a track record of managing, developing and coaching performing teams. Acts as a role model, inspires others through vision and integrity, and fosters a culture of ownership, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Process & Control Focus: Strong track record of designing and enhancing end ‑ to ‑ end finance processes, internal controls and governance frameworks to ensure accuracy, compliance and efficiency.
• Stakeholder Management & Communication: Outstanding presentation and interpersonal skills; adept at producing management reports and Board ‑ level presentations with clear, concise commentary.
• Systems Proficiency: Advanced Excel and Power BI (or equivalent BI tools), plus hands ‑ on experience with ERP systems (e. g. , SAP). Knowledge of Anaplan and TM1 is a plus.
• Language Proficiency: Fluent English is essential to operate in Bacardi’s international environment. Proficiency in Portuguese is a strong advantage for engaging with local teams and external stakeholders. Spanish is appreciated and would support collaboration across Iberia and Bacardi Enterprise Services.

PERSONAL QUALITIES

• Belonging: You have a strong capacity to create a culture of ‘Belonging’, where people feel appreciated for who they are, what they do, and who they can become
• Self-Awareness: You have high levels of awareness, are reflective and know yourself well, understanding both your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others
• People Agility: You bring a deep ability to understand and relate to people and navigate through tough situations to harness and multiply collective performance
• Results Agility: You demonstrate consistent delivery of results in time situations by inspiring teams, exhibiting a presence that builds confidence in yourself and others.
• Mental Agility: You can think critically to penetrate complex problems and expand the possibilities by making fresh connections. You think strategically whilst being execution focused and bring creativity to the challenges you’re presented with
• Change Agility: You have a deep natural curiosity, desire to experiment and ability to effectively deal with the heat of change. You have a growth and learning mindset: ready to test, stumble, learn and apply from experience